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By Quimby Melton
What do the people in France
a! think of General Charles de
I Gaulle?
® First, one must take into con
sideration the fact that there is
K a strong communist party in
® France with many members in
I the general assembly. The par
gL ty approves the general because
■ It approves of any one who
ffi will “play footsies” with Mos-
E cow. Then one must also rem
it ember this — as mentioned in
® other countries — De Gaulle has
I brought a stable government to
A France for the first time in ye-i
■ ars.
And, one must not forget there
■ still exists, among some of the
I; older French, the image of De
||i Gaulle, the heroic leader of the
9 French underground during Wor-
I Id War Two.
However, if there is a typical
S reaction to the question “What
It do you think of De Gaulle? it
■ might be this:
“We’re getting along pretty
H well, business is good, there are
B jobs for all, why question our
I leader?”
i Those who served in France
M during World War One will re
fl member an expression used
H frequently to explain anything
St arid everything that one could
I not otherwise explain. It was,
| “C’est la guerre” — It’s the
II war. One might also say that to
ll day in Paris, at least, for we did
I not get into the rural parts of
France, there is a tendency to
4; shrug off both credit and blame
I for anything and everything with
I “C’est la De Gaulle!”
— —
I American firms have played
I a large part in the rehabilitation
ffi til' France and other European
I nations. It is interesting to re
ll port a conversation we had while
| in Brussels with a young exe
s cutive of one of the largest Am-
K erican industries that has bran-
I dies in Europe — one of them
| being in France.
I This young executive, who is
such an acknowledged authority
I in his line, has been called on
i by our government several tim
j es and has recently finished a
| long assignment with Uncle
' Bam. He had been notified, by
T another executive of his firm,
I that we would be in Brussels and
had arranged to have us at his
If home there “to meet some of
H; our friends”. However, there
=j was a mixup in dates and we ar
il rived there the day after the
I party was scheduled.
I The afternoon we returned
i| from our motor trip to Margra
j’ ten Cemetery found a note ask-
I ing us to call him at his home—
s he and his family have recently
Ii been sent to Belgium to live. Be-
I fore we could call him he call-
I ed us and invited us to come out
H to his home, he lives 25 miles in
I the country, saying he would
I tend for us. But it was late and
»l we were tired and did not want
1 to put him to this trouble, so
s' we begged off and asked him
to chat with us over the phone.
Here’s the gist of that conver
sation:
His company, which has had
a large plant in France since
shortly after World War Two,
employs several hundred peo
ple. (He had just come from this
French located plant.) It will
continue in operation but any
plans to enlarge it or any plans
i to locate any new plants in Fr
ance have been scrapped; what
ever expansion there is to be in
Europe will be in countires oth
er than France. It is likely that
the greatest expansion will be in
Belgium itself, where he and his
family are now located.
It was quite easy to get this
impression after this talk with
this American industrial leader.
We’re not abandoning Fran
ce and our operations there —
But you can rest assured my
company is not going to spend
another dollar in France as long
as De Gaulle has the attitude he
has towards America. He is set
ting France back many years
by his hostile views and critic
ism.
This senile, egomanic, one
time hero — De Gaulle — has cut
short his visit to Canada where
he tried his best to drive a
wedge between the French and
the English Canadians. Arriving
home he smiled and grinned and
all that, but he was greeted by
Faris newspapers that criticis
ed him.
One paper, apologizing to Ca
nada, said “France does not be
long to General de Gaulle body
and soul. How long will we al
low France to be compromised
this way?”
Detroit Said
Under Control
By HOWARD FIELDS
DETROIT (UPD—While sni
per fire still raked riot-torn
Detroit, the Army general
President Johnson sent in to put
down the turmoil said today, “I
have the situation under con
trol.”
• ■ Gen. John Throckmorton,
commander of the 4,800 battle
trained paratroopers flown into
Detroit Monday at the reuest
of Gov. George Romney, said
the major problem remaining
was “a few organized snipers.”
“It just takes time to root
them out and we’ll root them
out,” he said.
Throckmorton made his as
sessment after a tense night of
sniper flushing—a night during
which three shaggy-haired white
youths were collard in a
suspected sniper’s haven.
Wednesday night was one of
calm compared to the nights of
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
which have made Detroit —a
city which boasted of its racial
peace—the victim of the worst
outbreak of racial violence in
modern U.S. history.
The Detroit riot death toll hit
36, one above the six-day Watts
bloodbath of 1965, the worst
racial outbreak up to now in
almost 50 years.
Half Billion Damage
As city officials checked the
burned-out hulks of buildings on
the city’s west and east side
Negro neighborhoods, they fi
gured damage at at least SSOO
million. The Detroit board of
commerce said eventual loss to
the economy of the Motor City
could come to $1 billion.
Thousands were homeless in
Detroit. More than 3,000 were
under arrest, and officials
counted 1,289 fires set by
arsonists since anarchy began
early Sunday morning with a
police raid on an illegal “blind
pig” after hour saloon.
A welcome rain, longed for all
week, washed a scarred, bullet
pocked area of 200 square
Mocks on the West Side just
four miles 2 om downtown
Detroit. The streets were
strangely silent, their lights
shot out. No pedestrians were in
sight.
The rain stopped before dawn.
But it was hoped, the steam
seemed gone from the riot.
Police and National Guards
men waged at least two
gunbattles with snipers early
today. A policeman was report
ed wounded in one.
White Youths Captured
Wednesday night ,two national
Miss Bailey Os
Pioneer Family
Dies Here Today
Miss Myrtice Bailey of 357
East College street died early
this mornng after an illness of
several months.
Miss Bailey was a lifelong re
sident of Griffin and was the
daughter of the late Samuel W.
Bailey and the late Martha Sea
graves Bailey. She attended the
Griffin schools and the Women’s
College at Milledgeville where
she received her bachelor of
arts degree. She received her
master’s degree from Peabody
College in Nashville, Tenn. Miss
Bailey taught in the Griffin sc
hools for 20 years. She was a
member of the First Methodist
Church where she taught the
Myrtice Bailey Sunday School
Class for over 40 years. She
was a member of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Survivors include several cou
sins.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Friday afternoon at 2
o’clock from the chapel of Pitt
man Rawls Funeral Home. Dr.
Delma Hagood will officiate and
burial will be in Oak Hill ceme
tery. Miss Bailey’s body will re
main at Pittman Rawls.
(■rif?in Tecli Plans
Pre - Registration
Griffin Tech will hold a pre
registration on August 2 from 7
p.m. to 9 p.m. The pre-registra
tion will be for persons who
have not previously made appli
cation for admission. Interested
persons can go by the school at
anytime during the two hours
set for pre-registration.
Persons interested in attend
ing either day or night courses
can complete an application dur
ing the pre-registration period.
Prospective students also can
be provided with course descrip
tions and other information con-
DAILY W" NEWS
Daily Since 1872
guard tanks and 50 guardsmen
raked a snipers’ nest with 50-
caliber machinegun fire and
flushed three shaggy-haired
white youths from the ruins.
One had a rifle and their home
was loaded with loot from
smashed stores, police said.
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DESERTED DOWNTOWN streets in the heart of Detroit were guarded by mem
bers of the 82nd Airborne Division, who were also reported engaging snipers in
other areas of the city. (Other pictures on page 3).
‘ Failed To Communicate’
Board Will Make New
Effort For Library
Dr. John E. Clouse, Jr., chair
man of the Library Board of
Trustees, following a meeting
of the board Wednesday after
noon, has issued the following
statement concerning the bond
election for a new Griffin-Spald
ing County Library:
“The Board is disappointed in
the results of the election. The
board believes that a reasonable
request for a new library was
made. The board decided to
plan immediate steps to go for
ward in an attempt to find a
way to build a new library for
Dog Days
Named For
Dog Star
“Dog Days” begin Friday and
will continue for 40 days.
Years ago, people believed this
was a time of the summer
when dogs contacted rabies and
distemper.
Also, in climatic circles, it is
believed that this is the warm
est part of the summer. The per
iod is generally humid.
Griffin’s Official Weather Ob
server .Horace Westbrooks said
the 40 days get their name from
the Dog Star, one of the brigh
ter stars.
There is no scientific founda
tion for the 40-day period. The
period varies in different sec
tions of the country. This year,
some sections observed July 3
through Aug. 11 as “Dog Days.”
Old-timers believed this was a
time of the year to slow down
and take it easy and not be ce
lebrant. They believed that the
body’s resistance was lowest
during “Dog Days.”
Actually, the reference of dog
days has little to do with dogs,
but mainly with man.
cerning Griffin Tech.
Classrooms and other school
facilities will be open for inspec
tion. Parents and friends also
are invited to visit Griffin Tech
during the pre - registration
night.
The fall quarter begins August
14. Many of the Griffin Tech
courses are near enrollment ca
pacity. Interested persons can
take advantage of the pre-re
gistration to get the course of
their choice before it is filled
for the fall quarter.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Go., 30223, Thursday, July 27,1967
City Sets Tax Rate
At 8 Mills; No Hike
the people of our county.
“In our opinion, the bond is
sue was defeated because the
board failed to communicate to
taxpayers the needs, the plans,
and the necessity for a new lib
rary. The board feels that tax
payers have been seriously mis
informed about all aspects of
the library situation.
“We would urge each person
to come to the library and ac
quaint himself with library pro
blems. The board thinks the
people in turn might give us
New Commie Rocket
Used In Vietnam
By EUGENE V. RISHER
SAIGON (UPD—Using a new
rocket weapon, Communist
guerrillas today killed 11
Americans and wounded 43
more in attacking a U.S. Army
camp and airfield near Saigon.
The Viet Cong within 25
minutes slammed 137 shells into
the base. Military spokesmen
said the Communists used
mortars and 122 mm rockets, a
new addition to the guerrilla
arsenal.
It hurls a 30-pound rocket six
miles with deadly accuracy, the
U.S. spokesmen said.
The attack which caused only
light material damage to the
camp and planes on the airfield
35 miles north of the capital,
came shortly before Premier
Nguyen Cao Ky announced he
has asked President Johnson for
a seven-nation Allied summit
conference in October.
In other action, South Vietna
mese troops slashed through
guerrilla guard units and seized
a massive Viet Cong arms
cache in Saigon’s suburbs. And
Communists just above the
North-South Vietnam border
raised their artillery barrels
amid the ruins of a dramatic
U.S. Air Force 852 raid and
bombarded American Marine
fortresses just below the
frontier.
The shelling did little damage
and wounded only eight Ma
rines.
But it apparently was the
Communists’ way of showing
they survived the first Strato
fortress raid in three months
against North Vietnam. The big
bombers usually stay away
from North Vietnam because of
the threat from antiaircraft
missiles.
Further north, along the
Communist nation’s coast, U.S.
Navy planes and ships Wednes
day teamed up for the second
time in two days and struck the
big Ben Thuy power plant. The
plant, near the panhandle city
suggestions and expressions of
what they would like. We are
confident that if the board and
the people of Spalding County
establish a closer relationship
then something can come out of
this to obtain a new library that
we so badly need.
“We would appreciate con
structive criticism from both
those people who were for and
those who opposed the building
project.”
The bond issue of $350,000 was
defeated in a vote Tuesday.
of Vinh, furnishes power for the
port there and the nearby arms
smuggling harbor of Ben Thuy.
The heavy cruiser St. Paul
again led the attack, levelling
its eight-inch guns on the plant.
Overhead, U.S. jets from 7th
Fleet carriers streaked in with
bombs and rockets.
There was no immediate
damage report.
Near Saigon, U.S. strike
planes and fire-spitting helicop
ters chased the guerrilla force
that struck the base and
airfield. But the guerrillas
apparently got away.
Intelligence officers had re
ported the Viet Cong being
armed with the 122 mm rockets.
But today’s raid was the first
major iKe of the weapon thus
far reported.
The Vietnamese troops near
Saigon caught a Viet Cong force
on a canal 10 miles east of the
capital. They killed four and
found hidden nearby six ma
chine guns, 150 mortar rounds,
224 grenades, 220 pounds of tnt,
2,000 rounds of other ammuni
tion and documents.
Country Parson
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“The only time you can
praise a man without risking
harm to him is after he’s
dead.”
Vol. 95 No. 175
Budget Adopted
At Meet Today
The City Commissioners today
set the 1967 city tax rate at eight
mills, the same as it was last
year.
They also adopted a budget
of $3,445,804 for 1967-68. This is
about $230,000 over last year’s
disbursements.
The commissioners set the tax
rate at a special meeting today.
It is based on an estimated tax
digest of $46,063,000.
Mayor Carl Pruett explained
that this is the same tax rate
as last year and there will be no
change in city tax bills unless a
taxpayer has had a change in
his property since last year.
The eight mills is made up of
2.4 mills for bonded debt, and
5.6 mills for general govern
ment including streets, improve
ments, welfare, health, indiglent,
library and other purposes.
In adopting the budget, Mayor
Pruett said he and Commission
ers Kimsey Stewart and O. M. ■
Snider, Jr., had been studying i
city finances several weeks and
were “happy to come up with a
balanced budget without any
increase in the tax rate.”
The budget shows an increase
in the operation of all city de
partments so as to cope with
the city growth.
Budgeted disbursements this
fiscal year are estimated at $3,-
445,804 as against $3,215,770.00
last year, which is about $230,-
000 over last year. The addition
al revenue necessary will come
largely from growth in the tax
digest, increased income for the
Light and Water Department,
and from state aid.
“A study of the expenses of
each department shows only no
minal increases over last year
to enable them to serve our ever
growing City efficiently at a
minimum cost. In addition, the
budget includes debt service on
bonds and revenue certificates
in the amount of $353,501.70, the
commissioners said.
The eight mill tax is expected
to produce only $368,504.00. Oth
er sources of miscellaneous re
venue including licenses, fines,
franchise taxes, state aid, etc.,
will bring in $791,700 and paving
and sewerage assessments will
approximate $92,000. This will
leave a deficit of about $518,850
for general government purpos
es which will come from profits
of the Light, Water and Sewer
Spalding, Pike
Road Projects
Up For Bids
More than seven miles of re
suracing on the Orchard Hill-
McDonough road, will be includ
ed in contracts on which blds
will be received by the State
Highway Department on Aug. 11.
The Spalding project calls for
7.74 miles of resurfacing. The
project will begin at Orchard
Hill and extend north to Geor
gia 16.
The estimated cost of the pro
ject is $38,500. Fifty days will be
allowed for completion of the
project.
APike County project calls
for 5.546 miles of grading and
paving on the Ga. 18-Hollonville
road. The project begins at Ge
orgia 18, three miles west of Ze
bulon and extends northwest to
state route 752.
Estimated cost of the project
is $209,600. Time allowed for
completion is 275 days.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy and
little warmer tonight and Fri
day. Scattered afternoon or ev
ening thundershowers.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 87, minimum today
70, rainfall .07 of an inch; high
Wednesday 85, low Wednesday
70, sunrise Friday 6:51, sunset
Friday 8:42.
Department.
Because Griffin owns and ope
rates its electric distribution
system, it has one of the lowest
tax rates in Georgia while at
the same time, electric rates
are slightly under those of t h e
Georgia Power Co., the city no
ted.
The city budget includes eq
uipment replacement for every
department and some addition
al equipment to help take care
of expansion. These expenditur
es are necessary if a high eco
nomical level of city services is
maintained, the commissioners
said.
The commissioners “promise
to see that your money is spent
wisely and will see that each
city department continues to
serve the public at a minimum
cost.”
Here’s Roundup
Os Racial
Trouble In US
By United Press International
Major U.S. racial develop
ments at a glance:
Detroit—The death toll in the
worst Negro rioting in U.S.
history rose to 36, surpassing
the 35 persons who died in the
six days of Watts in 1965. The
commander of U.S. Army
troops in the city, Gen. John
Throckmorton, said the situa
tion was under control Wednes
day night “with the exception of
a few isolated snipers . . .”
Cincinnati—One man was shot
in the predominantly Negro
Avondale section Wednesday
night. Gangs roamed the area,
setting fires, looting and throw
ing rocks.
Cambridge, Md. — National
Guardsmen fired riot control
gas into a crowd of jeering
Negroes Wednesday night when
a civil rights rally threatened to
turn into a riot. A sudden
thunderstorm aided the soldiers
in restoring order.
New York—Gangs of Negroes
smashed windows and looted
shops in hit-and-run attacks in
mid-Manhattan early today.
Negroes threw rocks and bottles
at police at Mount Vernon in
nearby Westchester County
Wednesday night.
South Bend, Ind.—The Nation
al Guard was called out
Wednesday night after roving
Negro gangs looted stores and
fought with police on the West
Side.
Philadelphia — Sixteen juve
niles were picked up for
questioning and seven adults
arrested Wednesday night aft«
Negroes broke windows anjj
threw bottles in South Philadel
phia.
Chicago—One man was shot
to death while riding an
elevated train. Scattered fires
and vandalism plagued west
and south sides.
Toledo, Ohio—Forty-seven ar
rested during night of firebomb
ings and brick-throwing in
cidents, but officials said
outburst was less severe than
two previous nights and Nation
al Guard may be pulled out.
Kalamazoo, Mich More than
40 Negroes arrested during two
hour rampage that required 200
police to quell. There were a
few minor injuries and a
number of store and car
windows were shattered.
Sacramento, Calif. — Negro
gangs tossed molotov cocktails,
bricks and bottles. Two schools,
stores and cars were attacked
in what police termed “spon
taneous vandalism.”
San Francisco—Police quickly
routed 25 Negro youths who
stormed into a supermarket
throwing fire bombs. Soon
afterward 15 scattered incidents
of window breaking and fire
bombing were reported in a
Negro neighborhood in the heart
of the city. One youth was
wounded by police gunfire.
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Col. Lemuel E. Pope
Griffin Native
Named Deputy
Os Army Corps
FORT WADSWORTH — Col.
Lemuel E. Pope, a native of Gr
iffin, Ga., is the new Deputy
Corps Commander of the II Uni
ted States Army Corps.
He succeeds the retired Col.
1,. C. Brown.
Prior to coming to II Corps,
Col. Pope served with the Mili
tary Assistance Command, Viet
nam (MACV) in Saigon.
In 1939, upon graduating from
the University of Georgia, ne
was commissioned a second lieu
tenant. During his career, Col.
Pope has earned the Distinguish
ed Service Cross, the Legion ot
Merit with oak leaf cluster, tha
Silver Star, the Purple Heart
with oak leaf cluster, and the
Army Distinguished Service Or
der (Vietnamese.)
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Earnest L. Pope, Terracedale
Court, Griffin, Ga.
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Gainor Gunter
Griffin Girl
Will Serve In
Viet With ARC
Gainor Ellen Gunter of 1114
Pine Valley road, Griffin, has
joined the American Red Cross
staff in South Vietnam as a re
creation worker with the organ
ization’s clubmobile program for
U. S. armed forces personnel.
In Vietnam she will join Red
Cross teams who serve in re
creation centers established by
the military or will travel by
clubmobile or helicopter over
regular circuits to entertain gr
oups of servicemen at forward
posts. At each outfit the girls
lead the men in group games,
stunts, skits and songfests.
Miss Gunter has been employ
ed the past year as an English
and psychology teacher in Villa
Rica High School. She was gra
duated from West Georgia Col
lege, Carrollton, in 1966 with AB
degree in English.
She is a daughter of Howard
Gunter of 1114 Pine Valley road,
Griffin.