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Griffin Daily News Pope’s Surgery To Be Delayed By DAVID L. DUGAS VATICAN CITY (UPD—Pope Paul VI almost certainly will put off surgery for prostate trouble until after an historic synod of bishops next month, informed Vatican sources said today. The Vatican mentioned the possibility of an operation Wednesday in the first signed medical bulletin issued since the 69-year-old Roman Catholic pontiff came down Sept. 4 with infection of the kidneys, bladder and urinary tract. Vatican sources said that if and when the papal physicians decide to go ahead with surgery the Pope appeared certain to put it off until after the close of the synod, a new “senate” of bishops the Pope set up to help him govern the church. The synod opens Sept. 29 and Is scheduled to end Oct. 24. The synod secretary, Polish-born Msgr. Wladyslaw Rubin, told newsmen two days ago he expected the Pope to preside over the opening of the synod and to attend various other meetings through Oct. 24 despite his illness. Although the medical bulletin did not say so, Vatican sources said the Pope’s aliment was caused by an enlargement of the prostate gland. They said the infection was “most defi nitely not cancer” because It responded to antibiotic treat ment. The medical bulletin, signed by chief papal physician Prof. Mario Fontana and two specia lists, said doctors were continu ing with antibiotic treatment but reserved “the possibility of modifying It (the treatment) In a surgical manner with the aim of achieving the complete and definitive cure of the august patient.” The doctors said the Pope, who will be 70 on Sept. 26, had “notably improved" since treat ment began for an infection of the urinary tract, bladder and kidneys which has forced suspension of all papal audien ces for the past 10 days. But the wording of the bulletin Indicated that correc tive or exploratory surgery may be needed to avert recurrences of the Illness. Prostate surgery is a routine but major operation. 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Four SNCC Men Guilty Os Trying To Block Draftee ATLANTA (UPD — Four members of the Student Non violent Coordinating Committee could receive maximum sen tences of 10 years in jail and SIO,OOO fines for convictions Wednesday on charges of block ing a young Negro as he report ed for military service. The four were found guilty by an all-White jury of interfering with the Selective Service Act in grabbing Verbon Grimes of Atlanta, now an Army specialist fourth class in Vietnam, as he reported for induction last sum mer. Two other SNCC members were convicted of destroying government property in the Aug. 18, 1966 anti-Vietnam war demonstrations at the XII U.S. Army Corps headquarters here. Grimes, brought back from the war zone as the govern ment’s star witness against the young Negroes, told the jury he pleaded with the SNCC mem bers to let him go ‘‘l told them over and over, I had to, I had to,” Grimes testified. He singled out John Tillman, Donald Stone, Larry Fox and Johnny C. Wilson as the four who grabbed his trous ers’ leg and overnight bag. The two SNCC members con victed on destruction of govern ment property charges in the demonstration were Michael Simmons and Robert Moore. A third Negro, Simeon Schutz, was acquitted. Burson Pushes War On Hunger ATLANTA (UPD — Georgia’s warriors on hunger are striking ■out at “those whose hearts are unmoved by the plight of hungry children and malnour ished senior citizens.” State Department of Family and Children Services Director William Burson told a statewide conference for feeding hungry Georgians that those persons callous toward the needy are “a military minority not repre senting the thinking ... of the vast majority.” Burson, whose workers were thrown out of Glascock County by the sheriff and a band of angry citizens, wants to set up some sort of food program in the 48 of Georgia’s 159 counties that don’t already have one. If the state doesn’t do it, the federal government will, he added. Gov. Lester Maddox sent word from the Southern Gov ernors Conference in North Carolina that he was sympa thetic with the aims of the conference. “As one who knows what it is to be poor and to struggle to _ - { ■ hral 1 111 111 HI I 1 i l A : t , (Griffin Daily News Staff Photo) meehAn" * Ram bler transmission and differential to the auto Second f Wn ° f Teck The Presentation was made by Bob Roberts, ’ Par - ler1 erV * Ce mana « er for American Motors, and Homer cEZ nT n^ t) ’ al RamWer dealer - 71,6 P arts were Presented to Charles Horton, (I) assistant director and Walter Mason, instructor. JUSTICE OUTRAGED ALBION, Mich. (UPD—Sher iff Joseph Liebherr is trying to find the person who planted CO marijuana bushes in a patch of land here. The land is owned by Municipal Judge Theodore Van Dellen. TEACHER’S PET FUNKHOUSER, 111. (UPD— Schoolteacher Florence Koelsch received a present from a student Thursday. Mrs. Koelsch opened the coffee can handed to her by a fifth-grader and found a foot long alligator curled up inside. put enough food on the table to keep body and soul together,” said Maddox, “I am disturbed that in this era of plenty we still have citizens who are com panions with hunger. “It bothers me particularly to think of the innocent children who do not have adequate diets and who often go to bed hungry,” the governor added. Four Escape Clarke Jail ATHENS, Ga. (UPD —Four Athens area convicts escaped from the Clarke County jail Wednesday night by breaking through a stairwell leading to the roof. The escapers were identified as Willie Kimbro, 20, serving a 20-year sentence for armed rob bery; Glenn Cook, 19, and Billy Price, 20, both serving five years for armed robbery; and Lewis Venable, a convicted bur glar serving 10 years. 3 Powerful Lobby Groups Line lip For Tax Increase ATLANTA (UPD—Three pow erful lobbyist groups have jumped into the ensuing battle over proposed tax inc rea s e s which promises to come to a head in the next legislative ses sion. Leaders of the Georgia Mu nicipal Association and Associa- : < - zih til 18. Bi * r- IF Mr * •T /' 4v ' t—mV '® ; ' 7 • rw* tr \ a A ' X If i >■ ■’z ’ \ < toafv- ■ \ k \/ ML& I U, . - A- / ■ Cadet Capt. Larry Biles (1) checks the new Griffin High Eagle patches being worn on the uniforms of the ROTC cadets. Uniforms were issued to second year cadets this week. First year cadets will be issued uniforms later. The Eagle patch was designed by Sgt. tion of County Commissioners, botli of which sought statewide sales tax increases to 4 per cent last term without success, and the Georgia School Board Association have tentatively agreed to join in seeking a tax hike through the General Assembly. Spokesmen said w’ithin a month concrete proposals would go to Gov. Lester Maddox, whose executive secretary, Thomas Irvin, is to be the new head of the school board group, The group’s statements Wed nesday ran headlong into oppo sition from House Appropria tions Committee Chairman James (Sloppy) Floyd, who has vowed to fight any kind of tax increase, preferring instead to pare the state’s budget to match its income. He called the planned effort “a bunch of hog wash,” and predicted an increase would never pass. Julian Halligan of Savannah, current president of the school boards group, said even the oc casion of the meeting marked a “milestone,” since the three groups are often at odds. He said their intention was to protect the over-burdened prop erty owner, who through ad va lorem taxes pays most of the load of local schools and ser vices costs. Maddox has not yet taken a firm stand on the idea of rais ing the statewide sales tax, but has promised to fight “with all my being” a proposed local op tion sales tax. The local option bill earlier this year passed the House but died for lack of six votes in the Senate after the governor made his feelings known. House Speaker George L. Smith and Lt. Gov. George T A JUNE LAWN STARTS IN SEPTEMBER LET US MAKE YOUR YARD A LAWN CALL LAWN-A-MAT 946-4698 Rome Jury Balks On Indictments ROME, Ga. (UPD —A Floyd County grand jury refused Wednesday to indict two police men charged by the parents of two teen-agers pursued by the officers for an alleged speeding law violation last month. The charges resulted from gunshqts fired by patrolmen Paul Rampley and Randy Gar rett over the youths’ car when they ignored warnings to stop. The chase, at speeds up to 110 miles an hour, ended when the officers rammed the youths’ car with their police cruiser. The parents of the two youths, aged 14 and 15, claimed the officers unnecessarily jeop ardized the lives of their sons by firing the warning shots. PEACE PRIZE Theodore Roosevelt was given the Nobel prize for peace in re cognition of his part as media tor in arranging the peace terms ending the Russo-Japanese war. Smith have both said they fa vor local option taxes as the way to ease the burden on property owners. Earlier this month, two House leaders expressed their chagrin that Maddox is taking such a firm stand against the local op tion idea, which is being con sidered by a new tax study commission he requested and heads. Commission members Charles Jones of Liberty County and Mike Egan of Atlanta said they would hold back tax increases proposals of their own until the commission makes a final re port, probably in October, 1968. — ' - — ... - • Audit Shows Shortage Os $1.55-Million NEW YORK (UPD—A routine company audit at a Wall Street brokerage house has revealed one of the largest losses in the history of the financial district —51.55 million in U.S. Treasury bills. The FBI reported Wednesday it is conducting a worldwide hunt for the negotiable bills that disappeared from Hayden, Stone, Inc. The bills, ranging in denomin ation from SI,OOO to $500,000, mature Oct. 26 and are labeled “pay to bearer.” Banks and financial houses throughout the world have been notified to be on the lookout for the bills. The .loss Is covered by insurance, a company spokes man said. The bills were missed during an audit Aug. 28 and the FBI and police were given the serial numbers Tuesday. The bills were last seen July 27. (Griffin Daily News Staff Photo) Maj. Horace Pearl, a Griffin High ROTC instructor. Biles checks the patches on the uniforms of Staff Sgts. David Rhodes, Harry Murphy and Gregg Vaughn. Georgia Boy, 17, Fares Cheat Charge PRESQUE ISLE, Me. (UPD —A 17-year-old College Park, Ga„ youth, a native of Germ any, wound up a spending spree of several days in northern Maine in the Aroostook County jail at Houston Wednesday. Richard R. Pelham, sporting a blond moustache, pleaded in nocent to two charges in Presque Isle District Court. Judge Julian Turner found him guilty of unlawfully wearing a U. S. Army uniform, and bound him over to the November court term on a cnarge of cheating by false pretenses. Pelham was fined $25 for wearing the uniform, and when he failed to pay the fine, the judge ordered him to jail for five days. He was being held in lieu of $750 bail on the cheating charge, which police say stem med from a check Pelham al legedly cashed for S4O at the Fort Fairfield store of Clarence J. Lynch, where he bought a .22 caliber gun on Tuesday. Pelham reportedly arrived here Monday and was arrested by Houston police Tuesday night in a taxicab en route to the Canadian border. The sher iff’s office said he had been traveling in cabs for several days and had cashed several other checks. They said he cashed one check for S2O in the Northern Aroostook Bank at Presque Isle Tuesday, and, during the trans action, the gun fell out of his pocket. Police said he laid it on the counter and explained to the teller that it wasn’t loaded. According to police, Pelham had been medically discharged from the U. S. Army, and also spent two months in the Ma rines when he was 15 years old, after two sisters reportedly signed his mother’s name al lowing him to enlist. 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Both were declared party nominees in primary elections Wednesday, when Merritt, whose right to run was contest ed in court, outballoted oppon ent Ed Wilson 8,666 to 7,897 in unofficial Democratic returns. Thompson, 33, a gospel singer and Republican Aiderman swamped F. Royce Hobbs Jr., director of the Mercer Univers ity associates program, 7,344 votes to 1,257 in the GOP’s first mayor’s primary. Merritt won the chance to down Wilson, a Mercer law professor and former mayor, when the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that a local law al lowing mayors to have suc cessive terms except for the incumbent was discriminatory. The law past during the pre vious legislative session per mitted mayors to hold consecu tive terms, and if Merritt wins, he would be the first to bene fit. Merritt served for two years as mayor beginning in 1953 and started his current term in 1963. Wilson was mayor from 1959- 63 and made an unsuccessful bid for the lieutenant governor ship in 1962.