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Egood f^ VENIN \Jf By Quimby Mellon One who makes a trip to Eu rope should include a visit to Cologne, Germany, for not to do so will be to miss one of t h e most interesting cities in all Eu rope. Os course Cologne is chiefly known for its cathedral. Build ing the giant medieval cathe dral was begun in 1248 and not completed until 1880. One, who has never been there and been awed by its size, can get an idea of it when told two of its spires reach 512 feet skyward and the cathedral is made up of dozens of chapels and occupies an en tire city block, and the city block is no small thing in Cologne. On our trip to Cologne fortun ately we were assigned to the Hotel Excellsior Ernst, which opens on the wide street in front of the cathedral. It was only a few steps away to this famed Go thic structure. Not only is the cathedral more than 700 years old, but it has survived many wars. Even in its early days roving bands of vandals sought to destroy the building, and by the time World War One came, with the first use of airplanes to bomb, it was in danger. It was not until World War Two that great damage was done. To the Allies it was consi dered off limits for bombing and Allied planes kept across the Rhine River — Cologne is on the west bank — when on a bomb ing raid. The Nazis, however, did not fail to drop bombs close to it and damage was done. (Noticed one tremendous stain ed glass window, made up of a dozen or more individual panels, that was so badly damaged it had to be replaced.) The Cathedral has the bones of many martyrs entombed there and we were told that one of the chapels, named in honor of St. Ursula, has beneath it the bon es of 11,000 English virgjns, who were massacred near Cologne while on a pilmigrage to Rome. (Columbus when he discovered islands near Perto Rico in 1493 named them “Virgin Islands” for these victims.) One could spend a week in the Cathedral at Cologne and still be interested. But one must move on. For it was from Colo gne that we boarded a Rhine River steamer for a day long trip up the river to Weisbaden, a trip that was so interesting that it deserves a column by it self. Some day Good Evening would like to visit Europe again and specialize in visiting churches and cathedrals on a more lei surely schedule. We would like to start with Westminster Abbey, which we visited in 1918, but which we could not visit on our recent trip since there was a state funeral being held of some distant cou sin of the royal family, and the entire area was blocked off. (We did manage to slip into one part, being renovated, and stand in what was one of the first parts of the abbey. We’d like to spend more time at Christ’s Church, in Oxford, and visit the little centuries old church, near Avon, where Chur chill is buried. (This church was locked up and no one could en ter.) Then in Europe we would like to spend a lot of time in the Cologne Cathedral, we’d like to stop at Coblentz, further up the river and visit the cathedral there (we also visited it in 1918). and then on to Paris where No tre Dame is the focal point of all tourists. We’d like to extend that trip into other parts of France, into Spain and certainly into Italy where churches and cathedrals are numerous; and of course we’d like to top it all off with a visit to “The Holy Land” with its many relics, not only of ear ly Christianity, but of Judaism and of Mohammedanism. That trip probably never will be taken. But we’d like to advise our readers to be certain and include a visit to churches and cathedrals in whatever land they should visit. Weather: FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA — Partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday with widely scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers. LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi mum today 87, minimum today 70, maximum Monday 83, mini mum Monday 67. Total rainfall .18 of an inch. Sunrise Wednes day 6:49 a.m., sunset Wednes day 8:43 p.m. I Masked Gunman Robs Supermarket A masked gunman robbed ' Clark’s Super Market at 403 i East Broadway of an undeter- i mined amount of money Mon day night. | Officers said Irvin Clark, own- i er of the store, and four men, < who work for a janitorial ser- I vice, were in the store at the 1 time of the robbery. One of the men working for < the janitorial service, Levis I Jackson, went out of the build- i ing to get a bucket out of a i truck. The gunman approached Jackson and put a gun to hi s - back. ] Jackson was ordered to put i the bucket in the truck and en- 1 ter the store. Jackson did as he I was told. Clark was in the store office, i Considine Will Talk To Co-op Bob Considine, nationally kn own news commentator and wri ter, will be the guest speaker at the 30th annual meeting of the Central Georgia Electric Mem bership Cooperation at Indian Springs State Park this year. The meeting will start at 10 a. m. Wednesday, Aug. 9. Quimby Melton, Sr., publish er of the Griffin Daily News, will introduce the speaker. Quimby Melton, Jr., editor of the Grif fin Daily News, will be master of ceremonies. Mr. Considine Is associated with the American Broadcasting Company and has been doing radio programs and television specials more than 16 years. He is a King Features syndicated columnist and his column “On The Line” appears in many newspapers in this country. The Central Georgia Electric organization will elect three dir ectors to serve the Butts County area, Monroe-Bibb County area, area. They will serve three-year terms, each, beginning Aug. 9, 1967. Valuable door prizes donated by suppliers, appliance dealers and other businesses will be giv en away during the meeting. “The Kitchen Kuties” from the Henry-Clayton County area, will provide the morning entertain ment. Talent groups from othgr ar eas will perform after a barbe cue lunch. Navy Hurls Mighty Force At Power Plant By EUGENE V. RISHER SAIGON (UPl)—Navy war planes and the mightiest guns of the U.S. 7th Fleet blasted a key North Vietnamese thermal power plant in a simultaneous attack, U.S. military spokesmen said today. It was the first such attack of the war. The coordinated attack came as Viet Cong terrorists kidnaped five men and a woman from their homes on the outskirts of Saigon and executed them on a major highway in true gangland fashion—with a bullet in the back of the head. It was a warning to Vietnamese against cooperating with the govern ment. The spokesman said the air sea assault, the first simul taneous attack on a major target, hammered the Ben Thuy thermal power plant on the banks of the Song Ca River just outside of Vinh in the North Vietnamese southern panhandle. Country Parson “I don’t know anybody who lives up to what he preaches — but it’s seldom the preaching that needs changing.” GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS Daily Since 1872 which is on a platform. The gun man took Jackson to the office and told Clark it was a holdup. The robber made Jackson go to another side of the office. He called George Cloud and Arthur Green, two other employes of the janitorial service, to the of fice. Jackson, Clark, Cloud and Green were forced to stand in the small office space. The gun man told Clark to give him the money. Clark had a box in the office with money taken from the cash registers. He gave that to t h e robber. The robber then ordered him to open the store safe and take money from it. Clark did. The robber then requested Clark’s money from his billfold. gjjjgf Bob Considine f Tickets for the barbecue will ■ be available In advance at the , co-op office as well as from Fr ank Eady Grocery, Cleghorn’s l Grocery and W. C. Futral’s i store, all of Route Four, Griffin; ■ and Neel’s Pharmacy on East Solomon street in Griffin. • Picnic grounds will be avail- I able for those wishing to bring • lunches. Special invitations have been ■ Issued to newspaper editors, se • nators, and representatives to attend the annual meeting. It was the second day In' a row that pilots have bombed the plant. It is a strategic facility which supplies power for the industrial and military installa tions surrounding Vinh and for the Ben Thuy port facilities. Sky Hawks, Intruders and supersonic F 4 Phantom jets from the carrier Constellation streaked in, knocking out flak sites as they went, and the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Saint Paul opened up with its eight inch guns. Two destroyers—the U.S.S. Barney and U.S.S. Blue slashed in toward two Commu nist shore batteries that fired at the three warships and silenced them with repeated salvoes from their five-inch guns. Then the destroyers helped the cruiser In the naval bombardment. Spalding Deputy Hospitalized By Heart Attack Spalding County Deputy Sher iff Jack Taylor suffered a heart attack Monday and was listed in fair condition today at t h e Griffin-Spalding County Hospi tal. A spokesman for the sheriff’s department said Taylor had pains in his chest on the North Expressway. He drove the pat rol car he was in to his home at 120 Magnolia drive. He used the telephone there to call the sheriff’s department and asked that someone be sent to take him to the hospital. Deputy Gray Pinson was in the Highland Mill area and went to Taylor’s home. He rushed De puty Taylor to the hospital. Griffin, Ga. # 30223, Tuesday, July 25,1967 Clark took the money from the billfold and began counting it. The robber told him there was no need to count it. The robber put the money in a cigar box and told the men to squat down in the office area and not to raise up until he left the store. Clark said he waited about a half minute to give him time to leave the store and called the Griffin police. Eddie Williams, another of the janitorial employes, lay on the floor in the back of the store during the robbery and was not seen by the robber. The money taken was in S2O, $lO, $5 and $1 bills. He told Clark he did not want any checks or change. The robber was described as being of slim build, light hair, five feet, eight inches to five feet, ten inches tall, wearing a black jacket and black pants. He wore a blue and white mask over his face. He also was wear ing a black hat, believed by of ficers to be the old wide-b r i m style. Officers said the robber possibly had a scar around his right eye. The robbery was the second of a Griffin business firm in less than a week. Last Thursday night a lone gunman robbed West Side Package store on Me riwether street. District Masons To Meet In Fayetteville The Sixth Masonic District of Georgia will convene Its 62nd annual convention Wednesday, at Fayetteville, Ga. The session will be hosted by Fayetteville Lodge No. 711. Brother Edward N. Travis, Treasurer of the Fayetteville Lodge, is Worshipful Master of the Sixth District. Brother Travis is a Past Mas ter of Fayetteville Lodge No. 711 and has held office in the Lod ge since it was chartered in 1954. The Sixth Masonic District of Georgia contains the counties of Fayette, Bibb, Butts, Clayton, Jasper, Spalding and Upson, and consists of 32 lodges. The session will begin at 2 p. m. with the regular business session. A very well-planned evening meal will be served at 6 p.m. by the Ladies of the Eas tern Star. At 7:00 p.m. the ses sion will be addressed by Most Worshipful Master Paul Ponder, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia. All qualified Master Masons are urged to attend. Griffarea Officers To Attend NCIC Briefing Here All police officers in the Grif farea are urged to attend a two hour class on the functions of the National Crime Information Center to be held at City Hall in Griffin Thursday at 2 p.m. Bill Foster, public information officer for the Georgia Depart ment of Public Safety, will be the speaker. The class Is to familiarize po lice officers with N.C.I.C. and how it can help them do a more effective job for the people whi ch they serve. INSIDE Local News. Page 2. Sports. Page 3. Editorials. Page 4. Georgia News. Page 5- Want Ads. Page 6. Comics. Page 7. Society. Page 8. ★★★ ★ ★ Coffee, Brewer Wed; Live In Cocoa ATLANTA (UPI) — An article on the society page of Mon day’s Atlanta Journal announc ed the marriage of Miss Mary Patricia Coffee to Miles Ashley Brewer. They will live in Co coa, Fla. ★★★ ★ ★ Paratroopers Take Control Os Detroit 1 <■ B&. I* ' ysg' .;-’.; (Griffin Daily News Staff Photo) Library Bonds Balloting was slow when the polls opened this morn ing in the library bond election but picked up later in the day. A check of polling places at noon indicated the total ballot cast may be somewhat larger than first expected. Voters have until 7 p. m. to mark ballots for or against the bond issue. EX - Oriffinite Police Radioman In Detroit William Rawls, a native of Sp alding County, probably has : been busy for the last several 1 days handling police radio calls i in the Detroit area. i He is assigned to one of the precinct stations in the Michi- , gan city which has been hit with ' rioting in the last few days. Rawls has been with the De- ( troit police department some 13 years. 1 He is married to a Detroit girl i Will Not Tolerate Lawlessness’: LBJ By MERRIMAN SMITH i WASHINGTON (UPI) —Pres ident Johnson, faced with a 1 crisis at home as grave as any 1 overseas, has pledged that his ! administration will be relentless 1 in suppressing and punishing rioters. ( “Pillage, looting, murder and , arson have nothing to do with civil rights,” the Chief Execu- I ive declared in a nationaly I televsed and broadcast state ment Monday night shortly | after he ordered federal troops into shattered Detroit. “We will not tolerate lawless ness. We will not endure , violence. It matters not by J whom it is done or under what ( slogan or banner. It will not be tolerated. This nation will do , whatever is necessary to ( suppress and punish those who | engage in it,” Johnson said. ( “I call upon all our people, in all of our cities, to join in a determined program to main- . tain law and order—to condemn • and combat lawlessness in all of Its forms—and firmly to show by word and deed that riots, looting and public disorder will ’ not be tolerated.” Johnson said it was “with the j greatest regret” that he issued | the proclamation sending two brigades of Paratroopers into 1 Detroit. But, he said, “The fact ] of the matter is that law and i order have broken down in • Detroit.” i The President referred repea- 1 tedly to the pleas of Michigan Gov, George W. Romney and i Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavan- ' augh. He said the federal 1 Vol. 95 No. 173 whom he met during World War II while he was in the service. They have three children, two of whom are married and the other lives with them in Detroit. Rawls attended Spalding High School before entering the ser vice in World War 11, He w a s home recently to attend his fa ther’s funeral. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Geor ge Rawls of Spalding County. government had no alternative but to respond since “it was called upon by the governor of the state and presented with proof of his inability to restore order.” $50,000 Tag Placed On Gov. Kirk’s Life TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (UPI) — The underworld has put a $50,000 price tag on Gov. Claude Kirk’s life, according to one of the governor’s aides. Jack Ledden said in St. Pet ersburg Monday a “contract” to kill Kirk has been offered, but he didn’t know if “the con tract has been picked up.” He said the governor’s agents learned of a $25,000 contract just before the Fourth of July holiday. “They apparently upped it.” Ralph Kiel, an aide to George Wackenhut, chief of Kirk’s “war on crime,” said he knew nothing of the reported con tract. Ledden said the $50,000 con tract is the fifth threat made on Kirk’s life since he began his anti-crime war. He said Kirk’s security guard has been dou bled and federal authorities no tified. He said security around the governor is so stringent that “he doesn’t walk outside into the street first any more.” 23 People Dead; Hundreds Wounded By HOWARD FIELDS DETROIT (UPI) —Federal troops today took control of the nation’s fifth largest city, ravaged by its worst racial disturbance in a generation. Snipers firing from the smoking ruins of Negro riot areas were answered with salvos from tanks and machineguns. The death toll in the three-day riot stood at 23—at least three of them white—and more than 1,500 persons were injured. The wounded included police and National Guardsmen augment ing a force of 1,500 paratroopers who moved into the city Monday night under orders of President Johnson. Another 3,200 Army regulars were on standby alert at Selfridge Air Force base 30 miles outside of town. Authorities today struggled to bring a semblance of normality to Detroit, but the state of emergency imposed by Michi gan Gov. George Romney remained in effect. That includ ed an all-night curfew and a ban on the sale of beer, liquor and gasoline. Brilliant sunshine with tem peratures in the 60s broke over the city where the devastation of racial insurrection began Sunday morning with a “rou tine” police raid on a Negro after-hours saloon. Heavy Shooting Before the federal troops moved in, bands of Negroes opened fire on four police precinct stations and a National Guard command post. One of the rioting wolf packs rattled away with machinegun fire. A National Guard officer said Detroit’s insurrection was changing from mass destruction and looting to armed combat waged by Negro outlaws. Today, vast sections of the Motor City appeared to have undergone air raids. Little of the city’s 139-square-mile me tropolitan area was unaffected. Damage was estimated at more than S2OO million. Sporadic sniper fire was reported during the morning. But thousands of police, guards men and paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divi sions for the first time were answering the hidden gunmen bullet for bullet. Cyrus Vance, former deputy defense secretary and civilian chief of the federal troops here, toured the city early today and said that “on the whole things appear to be relatively quiet.” Romney remained in the downtown area. Border Reopened The city opened its borders with Canada for the first time since the rioting began. The bridge and tunnel linking Detroit with Windsor, Ont., across the Detroit River were operating normally. Most small businesses re mained closed and traffic into the downtown section was light. Paratrooper truck convoys joined private automobiles mov ing along the John C. Lodge Expressway linking downtown with the suburbs. A white man was shot and killed as a sniper when he ignored a National Guardsmen’s order to stop as he climbed down from a rooftop. At least one white looter was also killed. Some whites have been seen looting and hurling firebombs in Negro areas, but police said the vast majority of rioters were Negroes. Early today, snipers fired Into an East Side street from a building. “I’ll give you to 10 to get out of the building,” shouted a Guard commander aboard a tank. Fires on Building No one emerged. The guards man counted loudly and quickly, then opened up with heavy machingun fire. Bullets shat tered the building and five men walked out and were arrested. Racial disturbances als o erupted Monday night and early today in nearby Pontiac, In Flint, and in Grand Rapids, Mich. Trouble also was reported in Toledo, Ohio, 70 miles to the south of Detroit. Two Negroes were killed In Pontiac, 30 miles north of Detroit, one by a state legislator protecting his store with a shotgun. In Flint, about 70 miles north of Detroit, Negro Mayor Floyd McCree joined police in attempting to quell sporadic rock-throwing and fire bombing. Authorities in Grand Rapids, the state’s second largest city about 150 miles west of Detroit, banned the sale of liquor after roving gangs of Negro youths went on a rampage over a wide area of the business district and fanned out into residential areas. 900 Fires Detroit Fire Chief Charles J. Quinlan said more than 900 fires had been started since the rioting erupted early Sunday in a Negro ghetto along 12th Street on the West Side. The distur bances then spread to the East Side, south of the Detroit River and to the fashionable North Side. Detroit city courts, operating on an around-the-clock basis, today were holding suspected snipers in $200,000 bond. Alleged looters were being held over in bonds averaging $25,000. Romney watched today as six buses, each carrying 40 priso ners, were loaded for a trip to Jackson State Prison. The occupants, having been ar raigned, were being transferred to the state prison until trials can be arranged. Government offices in Detroit were reopened today and Romney, Vace and Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh urged other business places to reopen. The three said business as usual would help restore calm to this city of 1.6 million residents, of whom 33 per cent are Negroes. Pickup at 15th pgh: Lt. Gen. Racial Violence At A Glance By United Press International The U.S. racial situation at a glance: Detroit, Michigan—Negro out laws engage federal Paratroo pers, National Guardsmen and police in guerrilla combat. At least 23 dead, blocks of property destroyed. . Pontiac, Mich.—Two persons shot to death in racial violence. City’s largest gun store broke into and looted. There was also violence in Flint and Grand Rapids, Mich. Rochester, N-Y. — Two Negroes killed in violence oni third anniversary of 1964 rioting-l New York City—Two killed as Puerto Rican youths battle police from tenement roofs. Gangs roam streets breaking windows and lights. Cambridge, Md—Negroes set fires and break windows after H. Rap Brown, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating committee (SNCC) was slightly wounded by gunshot during black power speech. Englewood, N.J.—Police and snipers exchange heavy gunfire. There also was trouble In Toledo and Lima, Ohio. POOR EYESIGHT? LONDON (UPl)—lndependent television commentator Henry Blofled, announcing a cricket match Monday, told viewers there was a man on a balcony overlooking the ground wearing only a bathing costume. “That’s the way to watch cricket,” he said. The cameras zoomed In for a closer look. Then fellow sports commentator Crawford White said, “careful Henry. That’s a woman.” At the moment, the beautiful blonde sunbathing in a topless suit dashed inside her house.