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By Quimby Melton
“Acting on Faith in Crisis”
is the topic of this week’s Sun
hay School lesson. Background
Scripture is Acts 27:1 through
Acts 28:16.
The Memory Selection is "Sirs,
be of good cheer: for I believe
God, that it shall be even as it
• was told me.” (Acts 27:25.)
This is the King James version;
the Revised Standard Version
translation is “Take heart men,
for I have faith in God that it
will be exactly as I have been
told.”
This lesson should impress pro
fessing Christians that even In
the greatest crisis that may ar
ise God will take care of t h o s e
who have complete faith in Him.
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This lesson tells the story of
Paul’s sea voyage to Italy. The
first stop was at Alexandria
where Paul and the Centurian,
Justus, who was in charge of the
prisoner Paul, boarded a ship
that was on its way to Italy; of
an increasing storm that led
Paul to warn they should put in
to port and spend the winter and
how the captain of the ship, sc
orning the advice of Paul sailed
right on. Finally it was neces
sary to lighten the ship, in an
attempt to ride out the storm.
But the storm grew more severe
and for “many days neither sun
nor stars appeared, and all hope
that we would be saved was tak
en away.”
It was then that our lesson be
gins.
Paul assured the captain, the
crew and other passengers that
no lives would be lost, though
tlie ship would be wrecked. He
told them not to lose hope, that
the night before “an angel of
God” had stood before him and
told him, he and those with him,
would be saved.
This was not the first time that
Paul had been assured he would
arrive safely at Rome. In Acts
23:22, after the Jewish council
sought to “get rid” of him, and
the centurian had taken him into
“protective custody” the Lord
stood by him, and said, “Be of
Good cheer, Paul; for as thou
hast teslfied of me in Jerusa
lem, so must thou bear witness
of me in Rome.”
Paul based his confidence that
he and others on the ship would
be saved on his complete faith
in the promises of God.
And it is such complete faith
in God that will enable those of
us today to meet unafraid any
crisis that may arise.
The greatest foe of faith is
fear!
Remember? When this nation
of ours faced a crisis, with many
banks closing and our national
economy in danger, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt told the
American public "the only thing
we have to fear is fear itself.”
This layman does not know ex
actly just how the following
statement can be tied in with
this lesson of Paul’s complete
faith in God; but he will make
it anyway.
God’s assurance, given many
times in the Old Testament, and
reaffirmed by His Blessed Son
in the New Testament, that
complete faith in Him is the only
guarantee of salvation does
not mean that one should try
and test one’s faith by taking
unnecessary risks — “play the
f 00 l” _ and expect God to step
in and rescue us.
When God made man in His
own image, He gave man a br
ain and expects man to use that
brain.
Certainly God . saved Daniel
when he was thrown into the
lion’s den. But he was thrown
in there on the orders of the
king and did not jump in “just
to prove his faith”. This story
in the Bible does not furnish any
of us an excuse to spit in a lions
face, or cuddle a rattlesnake to
our busom, or try and beat a
rushing train to the crossing. In
doing so rather than dislpaying
trust in God, it seems that we
are defying God to prove his po
wer.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Mostly sunny and mild
Saturday. Fair and cool again
tonight.
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Ready to cheer the Griffin High Eagles tonight when they battle Cedartown here
are (1-r) Carol Hollon, Bette Mills, and Dale Williamson.
Eagles To Play
Cedartown Here
By ROGER DIX
The Griffin Eagles, unsuccess
ful in their first two tries, will
attempt to smash into the win
column tonight when they host
Cedartown.
The non-region game will be
gin at 8 p.m. at Memorial Sta
dium.
Coach Max Dowis was happy
with training sessions this
week and feels the Eagles are
ready to redeem themselves for
Big Parade Planned
For Yule Season
The Griffin Area Chamber of
Commerce announced today en
tries are being accepted for the
Christmas parade. It is schedul
ed Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 7:00
p.m.
Business firms, organizations,
school groups and churches are
asked to enter floats.
Parade Chairman Ray Esary
Country Parson
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“When I was a ki d we
didn’t have juvenile delin
quents—we just had naughty
kids.”
Nobody On Money Panel Will
Stand Up For LB J Tax Hike
By MICHAEL L. POSNER
WASHINGTON (UPD—If a
single member of the key House
Ways & Means Committee is
willing to stand up and be
counted for President Johnson’s
proposed tax increase, he is
keeping mighty quiet about it.
If anything, Johnson appears
to have lost what small support
he had on the tax-writing panel
since proposing the 10 per cent
income tax surcharge Aug. 3.
The committee wound up its
hearings Thursday with a
warning from Federal Reserve
chairman William McChesney
Martin Jr. that failure to enact
a tax increase would lead to
booming inflation and higher
interest rates.
When hearings started a
month ago, several congress
men gave qualified support. But
at least, one Rep. Joel T.
DAILY k NEWS
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poor showing against Woodward
a week ago.
Coach Dowis emphasized fun
damentals in drills this week and
expects improvement in Grif
fin’s blocking and tackling.
The offensive lineup is just
about the same as last week.
Wayne Westmoreland, who did
a creditable job of quarterback
ing against Woodward, will be
at the position again tonight.
Bobby Whitehead, who alter-
said 40 parade units are plan
ned. He said the parade will in
clude seven area bands, several
marching groups and approxi
mately 25 floats.
No entry fee for a float will be
charged. The parade committee
will offer cash awards to the
floats judged outstanding.
First place winner will receive
SIOO, second place SSO, and
third place $25. The floats will
be judged on appearance and
originality.
Esary urged those interested
in entering a float to contact the
Chamber of Commerce.
INSIDE
Sports. Pages 2, 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Billy Graham. Page 4.
Television. Page 4.
Woman’s Page. Page 6.
Polly’s Pointers. Page 6.
Comics. Page 7.
Want Ads. Pages 8, 9.
Hospital. Page 10.
Stork Club. Page 10.
Georgia News. Page 10.
Broyhill, RIVa., pulled back
after being deluged by mall
from his constituents—who live
about half a mile from here
across the Potomac in Washing
ton’s northern Virginia suburbs.
Broyhill said he has received
more mail on this issue than
any other in his 15 years in
Congress, “with not a single
letter supporting the surcharge
proposal.” He said a tax
increase would have merit only
if accompanied by reductions in
government spending.
Chairman Wilbur D. Mills, D-
Ark., whose support Johnson
badly needs to win any tax
measure, also is demanding
reductions in spending. His mail
is tlie heaviest since 1942, he
reported, with people through
out the country demanding
spending cuts.
Although Mills’ committee is
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nated with Dwayne Fallins at
fullback, will start also.
Running in the backfield with
Westmoreland and Whitehead
will be Larry Chambers and
Richard Turner.
Butch Bell will be at left end,
Cameron Smoak at left tackle,
Ronnie Anderson at left guard,.
Tommy Eidson at center, Aub
rey Westmoreland at right gu
ard, Danny Clark at right tack
le and Alton Askew at right end.
Parole Board
Favors Keeping
Death Penalty
By DON PHILLIPS
ATLANTA (UPI) — A mem
ber of the Pardon and Parole
Board said Thursday “there
are very few real murders,”
but Georgia still needs the
death penalty. Four other cor
rections officials agreed.
J. O. Partain Jr, newest
member of the board, said ca
pital punishment should be
maintained in Georgia but
should be used “sparingly and
failingly”
Partain was one of five cor
rections officials who testified
Thursday before a House com
mittee studying capital punish
ment. The others were State
Corrections Director Asa Ke
ley; LaMont Smith, a regional
state prison warden; and two
other board members, Mrs. Re
becca Garrett and J. W. Clax
ton.
All five agreed that capital
punishment should be main
tained in Georgia.
“What worries me,” Partain
testified, “is that capital pun
ishment is not uniformly ap-
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scheduled to hold closed ses
sions next week to discuss the
tax plan again chances are
virtually nil that the panel will
take any substantive action for
weeks, at least.
Mills did not appear to be
impressed with the argument
that raising some $7 4 billion in
new revenue via a tax increase
would otfset the anticipated $29
billion budget deficit enough to
cut down on the inflationary
threat.
He called $7.4 billion a “drop
in the bucket” considering the
size of the expected deficit.
Besides, he argued, all the tax
increase would do is permit the
federal government instead of
private citizens to spend $7.4
billion thus still feeding the
fires of inflation in the absence
of federal spending reductions.
US Blitz Smashes
Invasion Threat
Commies Had
35,000 Set
For Attack
By EUGENE V. RISHER
SAIGON (UPI) — American
forces smashed a major North
Vietnamese invasion threat on
South Vietnam’s northern fron
tier, but near Saigon today
Communist guerrillas caught an
800-man U.S. Army force in a
machine gun and recoilless rifle
barrage, military spokesmen
said.
They said a massive land, sea
and air blitz thwarted plans by
35,000 North Vietnamese troops
to sweep away U.S. Marine
forts guarding the northern
frontier. But North Vietnamese
artillery fire has killed 21
Leathernecks and wounded 169
others the past three days in
the border battle, the spokes
men said.
In the Mekong Delta, 45 miles
southwest of Saigon, the guerril
las raked with fire a U.S. Army
9th Infantry Division battalion
storming ashore in an anti-Vlet
Cong drive.
There was no immediate
report on casualties.
U. S. commanders rushed in
one battalion and then another
800 - man unit to reinforce the
Americans fighting on the banks
of the Rach Ba River. The
battle raged throughout today,
spokesmen said.
The 9th Division force the
past three days killed 134 Viet
Cong and suffered nine men
killed and 21 wounded in its
Operation Coronado drive. The
Communists caught the batta
lion as the Gls were charging
onto the banks from assault
craft protected by gunboats
modeled on the American Civil
War Mississippi River Craft.
Today U.S. Air Force 852
Stratofortresses staged two
more raids against the North
Vietnamese dug into the six
mile-wide Demilitarized Zone
(DMZ) on the North-South
Vietnam border.
U.S. spokesmen said the 8525,
the largest U.S. weapon in the
war, struck after smaller jets
wiped out three missile launch
er sites threatening the big
eight engine bombers.
Although none has been hit by
a missile, the 852 s are
considered vulnerable to the
teiphone pole-shaped anti-air
craft weapon.
U.S. spoKesmen said Air
Force F 4 Phantoms, the fastest
American plane in the war,
streaked over the DMZ at low
altitude and spotted the three
missile launchers. One of the
Surface to Air Missile (SAM)
sites lay only three miles north
of the DMZ. It was in an ideal
position to hit the 8525.
The Phantom pilots blasted
each of the three SAM
launchers, clearing the way for
the 852 raids today.
Flint River
Baptists To
Meet Next Week
The 144th annual session of the
Flint River Baptist Association
will open Monday afternoon at
2:30 at the New Salem Baptist
Church at Vaughn.
The Tuesday morning and af
ternoon session will be held at
the Faith Baptist Church on East
Mclntosh road. The Tuesday ni
ght session will be at Second
Baptist Church on West Broad
street.
Speaker for the Monday
evening session will be the Rev.
Henry W. Crowe, a Home Bo
ard Missionary and Minister of
Juvenile Rehabilitation for De-
Kalb County. The Rev. Wayne
Wheeler, missionary to Hondu
ras, will speak Tuesday even
ing. He is the son of the Rev.
and Mrs. S. J. Wheeler.
Reports of association activi
ties will be given by pastors and
committee chairmen during the
two-day session. Several state
officers and representatives are
expected to make reports.
The Rev. Hartwell E. Kenne
dy, pastor of the Second Baptist
Church of Griffin, is moderator.
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Cpl. Jimmy Turner
Griffin Marine
Wounded In
Viet Fighting
Lance Corporal' Jimmy Tur
ner, 23, of Griffin has been
wounded in Vietnam fighting.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hurley Stansell, 239 Spring st
reet, East Griffin, were notified
late Thursday afternoon by two
Marines who came to Griffin.
They said Cpl. Turner was
wounded by mortar fire in both
legs on a sweep mission near
Dong Ho Tuesday, Sept. 12.
He was scheduled to finish his
duty in Vietnam in eight weeks.
He has been in the war torn
country 11 months.
The Marines who came to tell
Mr. and Mrs. Stansell of the
incident said the Griffin man
was in good condition. He has
been in the Marines about a year
and a half.
Cpl. Turner was reared in Pike
County. He and his family mo
ved to Griffin some six years
ago.
Mrs. Stansell said the Marin
es were unable to tell her when
her son might be returned to the
United States.
LBJ Blames
Wretched Men
For Rioting
WASHINGTON (UPI) —
“Wretched, vulgar men . . .
poisonous propagandists” who
exploited the desperation of the
poor spawned the riots that
wracked the nation’s cities this
summer is the view of
President Johnson.
The Chief Executive lashed
out at the rioters and demanded
respect for the law Thursday in
an unusually strong speech
before- the 74th annual conven
tion of the International Associ
ation of Chiefs of Police at
Kansas City, Mo.
At the same time, in what
appeared to be a shaft at the
Republican leaders who blamed
him for not heading off city
riots, Johnson heaped scorn on
those who proclaim their “self
righteous indignation” at the
rising crime rate but fail to
support measures aimed at
countering it.
“What America needs is not
hand-wringing about crime in
the streets,” he said. "America
needs a policy for action against
crime in the streets.”
Johnson reserved his har
shest language for the summer
riots. “The violence of this
summer raised up a new
threat to local law enforce
ment,” he said. “It spawned a
group of men whose interest lay
in provoking others to destruc
tion while they fled its
consequences. These wretched,
vulgar men . . . these poisonous
propagandists posed as spokes
men for the underprivileged and
capitalized on the real grievan
ces of the suffering people”
The riots did more than
material damage, he said.
“They damaged the respect and
accommodation among men on
which a civilized society ulti
mately depends, and without
which there can be no progress
I toward social justice.”
Presbyterians
To Consider
New Site Sunday
Townhouse
Development
Being Built
A 36-unit townhouse apart
ment complex being developed
just off Grandview drive is ex
pected to be ready for occupan
cy by the first of January, 1968.
Jimmy Murray of Searcy-Mur
ray Company which is sponsor
ing the stock company for the
development said the complex
would have nine buildings.
A swimming pool and cabana
will be constructed for the dwell
ings.
Each building will house four
townhouse apartments, Mr. Mur
ray said.
There will be eight three-bed
room units and 28 two-bedroom
units.
He noted that in the townhou
se development, the living room,
dining room and kitchen areas
are on the ground floor and the
bedroom areas are on the se
cond floor.
The monthy rent will range
from $139.50 to $159 .50.
News In Brief
Republican Opposition
WASHINGTON (UPI) —Virtually solid Republi
can opposition was forming today against legislation
that would provide federal financing of presidential
and senatorial election campaigns, starting in 1968.
Auto Talks Resumed
DETROIT (UPI) — The Ford Motor Co. and the
United Auto Workers today begin the first full-scale
negotiations since the giant auto maker was closed by
a nationwide UAW strike Sept. 6.
Birth Control For India
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The United States is
going to give India $1.3 million for birth control pills
and contraceptives, the first American aid grant ever
made for that approach to population control.
Trouble In Chicago
CHICAGO (UPI) —Police battled window-smash
ing, rock-throwing Negro youths for eight hours
Thursday night. Today they launched a full investiga
tion into charges of police brutality, the apparent
reason for the melee. At least 11 persons were hurt,
five of them policemen, in the south side disturbance.
Russia Closing Gap
LONDON (UPI) — The Soviet Union, in a major
change in strategy, is attempting to close the missile
gap with the United States, experts of the institute for
Strategic Studies (ISS) said. ISS experts said the
Soviets already have cut the American lead in Inter
continental Ballistic Missiles from 3 to 1 to 2 to 1.
Pope Approves Surgery
VATICAN CITY (UPI) — High Vatican sources
said today Pope Paul VI has tentatively decided to
undergo surgery if it is necessary to cure his illness,
reported to be an enlarged prostate gland. “T h e
holy father wishes to be freed of the threat of further
infection once and for all,” a source said. “He has
told his physicians he wants them to operate if their
examinations show this is the best way.”
Beulah Threatens Cuba
MIAMI (UPI) — Hurricane Beulah, packing 85
m.p.h. winds and growing stronger each hour, threat
ened western Cuba today on a course toward the nar
row Yucatan Channel that could box it in the Gulf of
Mexico and make it a threat to the U. S. mainland.
The First Presbyterian Chur
ch congregation Sunday will con
sider relocating on Memorial dr
ive near the East College-Futral
road intersections.
Letters were received today
by members of the church ex
plaining the recommendation
from the Building Planning Co
uncil.
The recommendation was un
animous. The council said it had
a no-cost option until November
to buy the property for $15,000.
It fronts on Memorial drive
(US 41 south) some 420 feet and
is 525 feet deep. The site covers
about five acres.
The committee said utilities
could be secured at a reasonable
cost.
Completion of the Griffin-Bar
nesville four-lane by-pass will
reduce the highway traffic in
the area, the letter pointed out.
The committee said the site is
as accessable to 83.5 percent of
the membership as the pre
sent church buildings at Taylm
and Eighth streets.
ADVERTISING DIDN’T PAY
OLDHAM, England (UPI)—
Frank Hadfield, a 34-year-old
billposter, was in the hospital
with a broken ankle today.
Hadfield was up on a ladder
Wednesday, pasting an advertis
ing sign on a bus, when the bus
drove away.