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By Quimby Melton
Defense Secretary Robert S.
McNamara has announced plans
to build early next year a “sys
tem” on the southern edge of
the so-called demilitarized zone,
that will make it more difficult
for supplies and troops to be
brought into South Vietnam. At
the time he made this announce
ment he gave little information
as to the nature of this barrier;
because to do so would be to tip
the Viet Oong off to what we are
planning.
But he disclosed it would inclu
de complex barbed wire lines,
mines, and some “highly sophis
ticated devices.” At the same
time he made it perfectly clear
that there was no positive way
to stop all infiltration, but that
the system planned would
“make it more difficult.”
Already some who are critical
of the way the war is being con
ducted are calling this barrier
“another Maginot Line”. And
in doing so they have done the
Secretary a service, for if he has
not already studied the history
of the Maginot Line, he can do
so and find some of the weak
nesses of that giant “fortress of
defense” that proved ineffective
when the Nazis stormed into Fr
ance.
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Now what was the Maginot
Line?
In 1930 the French, still suspi
cious of their German neighbors,
decided to build a line of forts
near the French-German bor
der. The line was started then
and when completed it was a 300-
mile-long fort that ran from the
Belgium border to the Alps. It
was armed with the heaviest
guns and its walls were of t h e
best and strongest reinforced
concrete the world had ever
known.
The Maginot fortress was
named for Andre Maginot, at
the time French minister of war,
and was planned for “any em
ergency.” It had an under ground
railroad that could transport
troops wherever needed, air con
ditioned barracks, store houses
for food and ammunition and a
complete water system.
The super defense line was
completed in 1938; and two ye
ars later the Germans started
their drive on France. They
sent some troops against the
Maginot fortress and while the
heavy French guns poured shells
into them, it soon became evi
dent that the German attack was
simply a diversion; for they, dis
regarding the neutrality of Bel
gium, over ran it and “out flank
ed” the "line”. Soon had Fran
ce conquered.
Secretary McNamara might do
well to take into consideration
that if the 1967 version of a “bar
rier” is to be effective it must
not stop at the Vietnam border
with Laos, where the enemy al
ready is sending supplies and
men on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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And there have been other ti
mes, in another war, where a
“line” of string forts failed to
halt an enemy’s advances.
In World War One the French
had such a fortress at Verdun.
But the Germans after along
siege outflanked this.
And during the last days of the
fighting, the Germans them
selves withdrew to what was kn
own as “The Hindenburg Line”.
The famed 42nd “Rainbow Div
ision”, including some men of
the Spalding Grays, smashed
that line and the Germans fell
back to a second “line” — “The
Freyer Stellung Line”, built be
fore Sedan. But American
troops, including the 82nd—“ Al
l Division, broke throu
gh this and the war was all
over, except for the Germans
admitting they were licked.
It may be, and we hope it will
be if this “barrier” is built, it
will bring a halt to the war. But
in this day and time with mo
dern weapons, some of which
were never dreamed of in the
days of the Hindenburg and the
Maginot lines, it’s a gamble to
rely on such.
But, just as the enemy has
the “new fangled” tools of war,
so has Uncle Sam and no doubt
Secretary McNamara knows this
as well as anyone.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Clear to partly cloudy
tonight and Thursday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 75, minimum today
54, maximum Tuesday 72, mini
mum Tuesday 60, sunrise Th
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7:49.
Reapportionment
Think About
Middle Ground,
Judge Suggests
By DON PHILLIPS
ATLANTA (UPI) — Georgia’s
latest attempt at achieving
“one man, one vote” represen-
Country Club
Hopes To Open
Within Year
Griffin Country Club members
voted Tuesday night to proceed
as quickly as possible with con
struction of a clubhouse and golf
course.
John Newton, president, said
members hope the clubhouse and
golf course would be ready with
in a year.
About 95 members attended
the meeting Tuesday at the Stu
ckey auditorium.
The charter membership was
closed out with 220 members.
However, club membership is
not filled and officials are still
taking applications.
The Country Club will !>e lo
cated between Highway 16 and
Ellis road about three miles
from downtown Griffin.
City Gets Bid
On Fire Truck;
Will Negotiate
The Griffin City Commission
ers approved the purchase of a
fire truck Tuesday night at their
regular meeting.
The low bid of $25,312 from the
Charles L. McLarty Co., of De
catur, Ga. was accepted pend
ing further negotiations with
the company
Four companies were asked
to bid and two submitted prices.
In other action, the city put on
first reading an ordinance to in
stall sewer lines on North Hill
from Lexington south about 400
feet and north some 400 feet.
They awarded a tree trimming
contract to Bobby Dunn of Grif
fin, provided his company is pro
perly insured.
The commissioners approved
the purchase of an addressing
machine for the Light and Wa
ter Department.
It approved purchases of sup
plies and equipment totaling $4,-
813.53.
Country Parson
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“Our government will be
weakened by corruption as
long as one voter remains
corrupt.”
Frank’s Battered Mouth Okay
But Bis Pride May Beal Slowly
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UPD—
Frank Sinatra’s dentist says the
entertainer’s bruised and bat
tered mouth will be good as
new today, but it’s unlikely the
damage to Sinatra’s pride will
heal so easily.
The bantam battler from
Hoboken lost his first cabaret
decision Sunday, a one-punch
TKO by the first of a 250-pound
heavyweight.
A roundhouse right by Carl
Cohen, 54, who oversees the
casino at the Sands Hotel on the
famed Las Vegas strip, sent
Sinatra reeling to his first
official loss in several decades
of cabaret contentiousness. Ob
servers said that Sinatra,
enraged because the hotel would
not extend him gambling credit
above the $200,000 he reportedly
GRIFFIN
DAILY # NEWS
Daily Since 1872 Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, September 13, 1967 Vol. 95 No. 216
tation apparently failed In fed
eral court, and judges, in lieu
of a formal ruling, have ad
vised both sides to compromise.
Initial hearings before a three
judge court recessed Tuesday,
and the tribunal set Nov. 20 as
deadline for final arguments ov
er the reapportionment plan
passed earlier this year by the
General Assembly. A ruling was
expected later.
The court did not hide its dis
pleasure with the House and
Senate plans, aprticularly the
legislature's insistence of main
taining county lines at the ex
pense of exactly equal repre
sentation.
“Possibly both plans may be
wrong, but it may not go as
far as the plaintiffs might want
it to go,” said District Judge
Senate plans, particularly the
plans along with Chief Judge
Elbert Tuttle and District Judge
Lewis Morgan,
“Both sides might want to be
thinking about a middle
ground,” he added.
A group of Atlanta citizens
have been challenging legisla
tive apportionment since the U.
S. Supreme Court ruled in fa
vor of equal representation in
1962.
In those five years, the legis
lature has revamped its dis
tricts three times, but it seemed
a fourth change was inevitable
before a deadline of May 1,
1968.
The plaintiffs were seeking
Immediate realignment, while
the state wanted to use the cur
rent plans until after the 1970
census, when still another re
mapping will be required.
The disputed plans call for
an increase in the Senate from
54 to 56 members with the two
new seats going to metropoli
tan Fulton and DeKalb coun
ties. The House would pare 10
seats off its current 205, com
bine 15 rural districts, and add
five new urban seats.
The court gave no indication
whether it would order the
whole plan thrown out or ask
certain changes and salvage
most of the new redistricting
map.
“All you’ve got to do to vio
late the ‘one man, one vote’
rule is to have a lot of districts
and then say ‘we will follow
county lines’,” said Bell.
“Isn’t it entirely likely we’re
operating under the misappre
hension that the county is more
Important than the representa
tion of the people in an area?"
State Rep. Johnnie Caldwell
and other legislators told the
court the General Assembly
took into consideration other
factors besides equal population
when grouping counties into dis
tricts, such as geographical and
agricultural traits and a host
of others that bind certain
areas together.
These reasons were behind
the disputed grouping of south
Georgia counties that left House
Speaker George L. Smith’s
Emanuel County politically se
cure, Caldwell said.
Burke County Rep. Preston
Lewis has charged his county
was lumped with Scriven and
Jenkins counties to give Smith
a home district of his own.
Smith denied the claim and said
his county doesn’t “have much
in common” with Jenkins and
Scriven.
owed, flung a handful of chips
into Cohen’s face and was
promptly decked.
Dr. Abe B. Weinstein, Sina
tra’s personal dentist since 1943,
flew Monday to the entertai
ner’s home in Beverly Hills to
repair the damage. The one
punch fray cost Sinatra two
front teeth and a bruised mouth.
The situation broke out
Saturday when Sinatra, who has
been entertaining at the Sands
for 15 years and for many years
owned a piece of the plush hotel,
suddenly walked out before a
scheduled performance. Sinatra
was incensed because the
hotel’s casino cut off his
gambling credit.
Sinatra reportedly drove a
golf cart through a plate glass
window, made a shambles of his
penthouse apartment, and
The Old Boy Himself
What’ll he say this week?
See Thursday’s Sports Page.
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New Mayor Is
Elected In
Barnesville
BARNESVILLE, Ga.—Repub
lican Mayor R. J. Woodlee of
Barnesville was defeated by De
mocrat Herman Andrews in a
city election Tuesday. Mr. And
rews received 746 votes and Ma
yor Woodlee received 593.
Democrat L. C. Lifsey, a re
tired railroad employe, was el
ected councilman from Ward
Two. He received 593 votes.
W. Y. Andrews, retired REA
worker, who ran as an indepen
dent for the same seat received
412. He sought nomination in the
Democratic primary and lost
by four votes. He protested and
when he was refused a recount,
ran as an independent.
Charles G. Sutton, a Negro
grocery operator, ran as an in
dependent in Ward Two and re
ceived 289 votes.
Incumbent Joe M. Keadle, a
Democrat, was unopposed in the
First Ward. He polled 1,315 vot
es.
Wendell Howell, a druggist,
and Dr. J. Holland Jackson, Jr.,
a dentist, were elected without
opposition to the school board for
six-year terms.
The mayor and councilmen ser
ve two-year terms.
ripped wires from the hotel’s
switchboard before he disap
peared.
He returned Sunday night and
continued his unscheduled show.
He reportedly shouted obsceni
ties at security guards and
executives of the hotel.
Sinatra had been given free
reign in the past, because he
was a sellout at the Sands twice
a year. But millionare industria
list Howrd Hughes recently
purchased the hotel and institut
ed some policy changes, ap
parently Including a limit to
Sinatra’s gambling credit.
The entertainer announced
over the weekend he was
severing all connections with
the Sands and would become
affiliated with Caesars Palace,
a rival showplace down the
strip.
City Completing
Paving For Year
John Avery watches grading on Maple drive.
Surgery Possible
For Pope Paul
By ZANDER HOLLANDER
VATICAN CITY (UPD—The
Vatican announced today Pope
Paul VI may have to undergo
surgery for a urinary tract
infection that is giving him
great discomfort.
A communique, released after
a joint examination of the 69-
year-old pontiff by three prom
inent medical specialists, said
they were "reserving the
possibility” of surgery “with the
aim of achieving the complete
and definite cure of the august
patient.”
In the meantime, the Pope
will continue to receive antibio
tics.
The Pope, who will be 70 on
Sept. 26, became ill last week at
his summer residence at Castel
Gandolfo and cancelled some
appointments. Vatican sources
said the illness had given him
fever, nausea and headaches
but that antibiotics had greatly
eased this condition.
"Notably Improved”
The communique also said the
pontiff is "notably improved in
regard to his episode of
pyelocystitus,” the medical
term for the infection he has
been suffering.
Rome newspapers suggested
the Pope’s infection, which
struck him Sept. 4, may be
caused by an enlargement of
the prostate gland or a kidney
stone which could require
surgery.
The Pope returned to Vatican
City from Castel Gandolfo and
was confined to his apartments.
But against doctors’ advice he
made a dramatic appearance at
his balcony window Sunday and
thanked the world for prayers
lor his recovery.
The announcement that the
Pope might have to undergo
surgery produced a hush among
the pilgrims and sightseers in
St. Peter’s Square as word of It
spread.
Joint Examination
The joint examination of the
Pope was carried out by Prof.
Mario Fontana, his personal
physician, and Profs. Pietro
Valdonl and Mario Arduini.
Valdoni is a top surgeon and
Arduini is a urological specia-
list.
So far the Pope’s doctors are
known to have been treating
him mainly with antibiotics plus
enforced bed rest. He was well
enough today to attend to
important Vatican business,
receiving Archbishop Agostino
Casaroli, secretary of the
Congregation for Extraordinary
Ecclesiastical Affairs. Casaroli
is concerned with a Vatican
diplomatic activity.
Medical experts said a
frequent cause of urinary tract
infections, especially among
persons of the pontiff’s age, is
enlargement of the prostate
gland.
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Outer Space?
GIANT INSECT FROM OUTER SPACE it appears to be, till you notice the
mechanic. He’s tending a jet engine on the runway at Franklin Rhein-Main Airport
in West Germany.
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)
INSIDE
Vietnam War. Page 2.
Bonds Approved. Page 2.
Hospital. Page 3.
Stork Club. Page 3.
Funerals. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Billy Graham. Page 4.
Television. Page 4.
Dr. Brandstadt. Page 5.
Macon Primaries. Page 5.
Society. Page 6.
Polly’s Pointers. Page 6.
Sports. Pages 8, 9.
China-India. Page 12.
Maddox Resolution. Page 12.
Teacher Strikes. Page 14.
Milwaukee. Page 14.
Comment. Page 18-
Food Tips. Page 18.
Want Ads. Page 22.
Comics. Page 23.
Biossat. Page 24.
Reagan Says Win. Page 24.
Anne Street
Project Will
Be Last One
Two major pavmg projects in
the city are expected to be com
pleted before winter.
A 1,200-feet section of repav
ing on Maple drive is expected
to be completed next week. City
machinery will move from there
to Anne street for nearly a mile
of new paving and curbing.
John Avery, superintendent of
the Public Works Department,
said the base for the Maple dr
ive project will be mixed Thurs
day.
Curbing will be installed on the
base and paving will follow.
The section is south of Pine
Valley road and extends to Gr
andview drive. Water and gas
lines were being lowered today.
MELROSE
The city crews have comple
ted several paving projects this
summer. One of the major
projects was widening, curbing
and resurfacing streets in Mel
rose subdivision.
Other projects include the pav
ing of First street from Solomon
to Broad streets, a block of East
Slaton alley, Garrett street and
a block of Lake avenue.
Curbs were Installed in each
of the new paving projects.
RESURFACE
Resurfacing has been done on
Milner avenue, West College st
reet, Lake avenue and Crescent
road.
Avery said the city handles the
projects in the order of the date
they are approved for paving
and resurfacing by the city com
missioners. Projects approved
during the summer and winter
months will be handled next
summer.
ANNE STREET
Avery said the Anne street pro
ject will be one of the easiest
for the city as far as traffic is
concerned. He said traffic, whi
ch is minimum on the street,
can be re-routed.
Left turn lanes at Hill and Tay
lor street will be constructed by
Avery’s department before win
ter.
He said monuments downtown
had been moved to make way for
the lanes.