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■ By Quimby Melton
Bbriffin as usual takes the lead.
■ Even before the big time col-
Bfges select the teams to play
■a the various Bowl Games, Gr
■fin will have played its Youth
Howl Game.
■ The Big Bowl event is Satur-
Bp-y and will see a day long ser-
Bs of games. Starting at 10:00
llm. with the Junior League
■layoff the pigskin menu will
■find up with a game beginning
lx 8:00 o’clock that night for the
Benior League crown. During
■pe day there will be a special
■ demonstration of baton twirling
■ taged by the young beauties
I ho have attended the Recrea-
I ion Dept, school for twirlers.
■ All games will be played at
I Iriffin High’s Memorial Stad-
I im and will mark the end of a
I nost successful season under
■ he auspicies of the Griffin Re-
■ reational Department.
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■ Now one does not have to tra-
I 'el miles and miles to see a
B:ood Bowl football game.
j And one does not have to shell
■ut $12.00 for each ticket—this
Is the price that has been set
I or the Super Bowl to be play-
| -d in the Orange Bowl in Miami
Bietween the champs of the two
I >rofessional football leagues.
1 If not $12.00 for a ticket—what
I vill one have to pay?
g A quarter — 25 cents —for
I hildren and half-a-dollar — 50
l:ents for adults. Neither will
line have to pay ‘‘Bowl Prices”
I or Cokes and Hot Dogs, for the
I Recreation Department is inter-
Ijsted in providing a good pro
|;ram for our youth and good,
I competitive games for the spec
tator and is not out to “milk the
liubiic” as sometimes we belie
l.e the promoters of the Bowl
I Sarnes are.
I Now of course, C.B.S. nor any
I other TV network will pay the
■ Recreation Department $2.5 Mil-
I lions for exclusive rights to tele-
I vise the Griffin Bowl Game; but
I we’ll bet our bottom dollar the
■ crowds that attend the Youth
I Bowl here next Saturday will get
I more of a kick out of the games
■ than tired folk, sitting in front
lof their TV set will get out of
■ that Super Bowl Game in Mia-
Imi Jan. 14. Because a maj-
I ority of those who attend will
I have a son, a brother, even a
| grandson playing on one or the
I other teams, and the rest of
I them will be friends of “the boy
I next door.”
| And there is a most impor-
I tant feature of the Youth Bowl,
I the proceeds will go to the Jay-
I cees Empty Stocking Fund. So
when one buys a ticket or tick
ets to the game Saturday one
will not only be able to see some
mighty interesting football, but
one will be helping one of the fi
nest civic projects ever
held here — the Filling of Emp
ty Stockings of a lot of children
who' through no fault of their
own might wake up Christmas
morning disappointed because
Santa had failed to visit their ho
mes.
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Speaking of proceeds from the
Youth Bowl Games Saturday go
ing to the Jaycees Empty Stock
ing Fund, brings home the fact
that Christmas will be here be
fore one can say “Rudolph the
Red Nosed Reindeer.”
And Griffin is getting ready for
one of the finest Christmas sea
sons the city has ever experien
ced.
Wednesday, November 29th,
will be the date of the spectacu
lar Christmas Parade that Grif
fin is planning for homefolk and
thousands of vis’tors from our
good neighboring communities.
More than 40 floats, many of
them designed by professionals,
with eight bands are already
signed up. The parade is sche
duled for 6:30 p.m.
The Merchants Division of the
Chamber of Commerce is spon
soring the parade.
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A note to the homefolk:
Better go on and invite “Cou
sin Minnie” and family to visit
you; for whether you invite
her and her brood or not, they
will be on hand to enjoy the
Christmas parade.
But invite her before Thanks
giving, which is a week before
the parade. Your invitation may
so surprise her that she will af
er thanking you and saying she
will come to Griffin for the par
ade, say something like this
“Why don’t you and your fam
ily come and spend Thanksgiv
ing Day with me and my fam
ily." Oh Boy, a good Turkey
Dinner that you don’t have to
prepare.
Who knows? But it’s worth a
Griffin GI Wounded
Second Time In Viet
Pfc. John Bradley, 20, of Grif
fin has been wounded for the se
cond time in Vietnam. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Brad
ley, 1483 Beatty street. They
both are employed at Griffin Di
vision of Thomaston Mills.
Pfc. Bradley wrote his rela
tives that he suffered wounds
when his tank was hit by enemy
fire. He said most of the men
in his unit were killed or wound
ed during the attack.
He is being treated at an Army
hospital in Vietnam.
Pfc. Bradley said he was left
for dead in the field but later
a helicopter came to the scene
and picked him up.
He said his tank exploded ab
out 15 seconds after it was hit
and he escaped from it.
About a month ago, the Griffin
GI suffered a wound in the arm.
He has received two purple he
art medals, he wrote his par
ents.
He has been in the Army 16
Plane Falls
In Backyard;
Three Killed
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPD—
Three men were killed today
when their single-engine Beech
craft plane lost power and
crashed into a pecan tree in
the back yard of a Birming
ham home.
The names of the victims, all
believed to be from Huntsville,
were withheld by University
Hospital pending notification of
their families.
The plane struck ground in
the rear of a home owned by
Mrs. Richard H. Nabors Jr. in
suburban Inglenook.
Mrs. Nabors was taking a
shower when she heard a loud
noise outside. She looked out a
window and saw the wreckage
scattered around the yard.
John E. Smith was standing
across the street when the plane
fell. He said he saw it coming
in at an extremely low altitude
with its engine off. Suddenly,
he said, the plane dipped and
crashed.
Rushing to the scene, Smith
found * three bodies thrown
clear.
Capt. B. K. McKee of the En
glenook fire station was the
first official on the scene. He
said two of the men were dead
and one was still breathing.
All three men of the plane
were pronounced dead on ar
rival at the hospital.
Mrs. Nabors’ home is locat
ed near the Birmingham muni
cipal airport runway.
INSIDE
Okinawa. Page 2.
Mueller Found? Page 2.
Viet Report. Page 2.
Christmas Ballet. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4-
Billy Graham. Page 4.
Television. Page 4.
Arrendale. Page 6.
Poverty Agency. Page 6.
Blue Laws. Page 6.
Dr. Brandstadt. Page 7.
X-15 Crash. Page 7.
Textiles. Page 7.
Society. Page 8-
B’ossat. Page 9.
Commentary. Page 9.
Georgia News. Page 11.
Elections. Page 11.
Hospital. Page 12.
Stork Club. Page 12.
Funerals. Page 12.
Youth Page. Page 13.
Sports. Pages 14-16-
Comics. Page 17.
Want Ads. Pages 18, 19.
JFK Study. Page 20.
Sanders To Attend
Meet Davison Event
Former Gov. Carl Sanders ex
pects to attend the Sixth District
Georgia Alumni meeting in Grif
fin being held to present Dr.
Fred C. Davison, new president
of the university.
The meeting will be held at the
Griffin Elks Club Nov. 30 be
ginning at 7:15.
Former Gov. Sanders is head
ing up the 1968 Loyalty Fund
campaign for the Georgia Alum
ni Society.
DAILY
Daily Since 1872
months and received his train
ing at Ft. Hood, Texas.
A native of Griffin, he attend
ed Orrs elementary school be
fore moving with his family to
California. They lived there un
til about two years ago ■when
they returned to Griffin.
Besides his parents, Bradley
has a brother, Jim, who teach
es in McDonough.
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Miss Frances Skelton’s first grade class this morning
saluted and said the pledge as the American and
Georgia flags were raised at Orrs Elementary School.
Atlanta, Gainesville
Get ‘Model’ Grants
By JOHN PIERSON
WASHINGTON (UPD—The
government today announced
the names of 63 cities chosen to
receive the first “model cities”
planning grants. They range in
size from New York City to
Pikeville, Ky.
Two Georgia cities were on
the list—Atlanta and Gaines
ville.
Washington, D. C., is one of
those selected. The others are
in 33 states and Puerto Rico.
The cities will share sll
million of planning money. They
will now be expected to draw up
detailed plans for eliminating
social and physical blight in
EARLY BIRD
CINCINNATI (UPD—A judge
has decided Peter Byrd, 35,
convicted of stealing a nine
pound turkey, will not have to
eat Thanksgiving dinner in jail.
The judge Wednesday placed
him on probation for six months
noting, “This thett was a little
early for Thanksgiving.”
MUTUAL AID
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (UPD—
Gov. Claude Kirk Wednesday
received a SI,OOO check for his
“war on crime” fund—from the
state pest control commission.
The meeting is being held in
the district so alumni will have
an opportunity to meet the new
president of the University of
Georgia.
Byron Mathews, Jr., of New
nan, and Willis H. Newton of
Forsyth who are co-vice presi
dents of the district are work
ing with the committee on ar
rangements. This includes Er
nest Carlisle 111, John Newton
and Frank Jolly, all of Griffin.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, November 16,1967
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Fair and cold again
tonight. Friday fair and warmer.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 60, minimum today
33, maximum Wednesday 60,
minimum Wednesday 37. Sun
rise Friday 7:11 a.m., sunset
Friday 5:39. p.m.
SCIENCE FICTION WRITER
The novels of Jules Verne ma
de use of scientific discoveries
for his day, and anticipated de
velopments which did not ac
tually come for some time later.
‘One Nation Under God' 9
entire neighborhoods.
The population of the cities
range from New York’s eight
million to Pikeville’s 5,000.
A total of 193 cities applied
for the planning money. Once
the plans are in for the 63
picked, the government will
select the best ones to put into
effect, with the help of special
federal money.
However, Secretary Robert C.
Weaver of the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment (HUD) told a news
conference that the 130 cities
that failed to receive planning
grants would be eligible for a
second competition, expected to
begin soon.
Draft Director
Seeks Informers
By DANIEL RAPOPORT
WASHINGTON (UPD—Selec
tive Service Director Lewis B.
Hershey has asked government
appeal agents—the lawyers who
advise young men of their legal
rights—to turn in any men they
believe are violating the draft
law.
The general’s “request” was
disclosed today by Rep. Charles
A. Vanik, D-Ohio, who termed it
an attempt to convert the
appeal agents into “informers”
and force them to violate the
traditional confidentiality of the
lawyer-client relationship.
Vanik said in a speech
prepared for House delivery
that he was calling the
American Bar Association’s
attention to what he described
as Hershey’s effort “to make a
mockery of the legal services
provided by the appeal agent.”
“His order makes it impossi
ble for members of the legal
profession to continue to pro
vide voluntary service without
violating the lawyer’s code of
ethics,” he added.
It was the second time in less
than two weeks Hershey, 74,
draft chief since 1940, found
NEWS
Shipyard At
Haiphong Hit
The students are participating in the “One Nation
Under God” program which was initiated by the
Exchange Club of Griffin.
Cities named to receive the
first planning grants were:
Huntsville, Ala.; Texarkana,
Ark.; Fresno, Oakland and
Richmond, Calif.; Denver and
Trinidad, Colo.; Bridgeport,
Hartford and New Haven, Conn.
Washington, D.C.; Dade Coun
ty (Miami) and Tampa, Fla.;
Atlanta and Gainesville, Ga.;
Honolulu, Hawaii; Chicago and
East St. Louis, Ill.; Gary, Ind.;
Des Moines, lowa.
Pikeville, Ky.; Portland,
Maine; Baltimore, Md.; Boston,
Cambridge, Lowell and Spring
field, Mass.; Detroit and
Highland Park, Mich.; Duluth
and Minneapolis, Minn.
Kansas City and St. Louis,
himself in hot -water with
Congress over a proposal he
made to the nation’s 41,000 local
draft boards.
On Oct. 26 he “suggested” to
the boards that they consider
revoking the deferments of
students protesters who inter
fere with military recruiting.
According to Justice Depart
ment sources, he has urged the
White House to issue an
executive order to that effect.
Several members of Congress,
as well as officials in the
Justice Department, feel such a
step is beyond the authority of
the draft boards and an
unconstitutional infringement on
free speech. They maintain
there are adequate criminal
laws to take care of those
protesters who obstruct the
lawful activities of draft boards
and military recruiters.
Hershey said he was making
the request so that violators
still subject to the draft could
be “expeditiously processed by
their local boards as delin
quents,” while information on
nonregistrants could be turned
over to the justice Department
for prosecution.
Vol. 95 No. 271
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)
Mo.; Manchester, N.H.; Hobo
ken, Newark, and Trenton,
N.J.; Albuquerque, N.M.
Buffalo, N.Y.; New York
City’s Central and East Harlem,
South Bronx, Central Brooklyn;
Poughkeepsie and Rochester,
N.Y.
Charlotte, N.C.; . Columbus,
Dayton and Toledo, Ohio; Tulsa,
Okla.; Portland, Ore.; Philadel
phia, Pittsburgh, Reading-Berks
County and Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
San Juan, Puerto Rico;
Providence, R.1.; Nashville-
Davidson County and Smithville-
Dekalb County, Tenn.; Eagle
Pass, San Antonio, Texarkana
and Waco, Tex.; Winooski, Vt.;
Norfolk, Va., and Seattle, Wash.
Blast Kills Four
UDINE, Italy (UPD—A fath
er was hospitalized under arrest
today and his son was sought on
charges of manslaughter in the
explosion of their illegal store
house of explosives that killed
four persons, injured 121 others,
left 110 homeless and did $1.6
million damages. Authorities
said Giacomo Perotti and his
son Francesco are salesmen for
an explosives factory but have
no license to store explosives.
Country Parson
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“Facts, like eggs, must be
used while they’re fresh —
or replaced with new ones.”
Mortar Unit In
Viet Knocked Out
By EUGENE V. RISHER
SAIGON (UPD—U.S. Navy
Skyhawks bombed a previously
untouched shipyard near the
heart of Haiphong today while
in South Vietnam Air Force
planes knocked out one of the
North Vietnamese mortar posi
tions which in six attacks
devastated the American base
at Dak To.
The Communists mortared
Dak To for the sixth time today
but inflicted only slight addition
al damage on the Central
Highlands base where earlier
attacks destroyed two transport
planes vast ammunition stores,
150,000 gallons of aviation fuel
and quantities of tear gas.
Despite the loss of ammuni
tion stockpiled for a major
offensive against the 6,000 North
Vietnamese who pushed into the
Dak To region from nearby
Cambodia, Maj. Gen. William
Duckworth
Sees No Rule
On Subpoena
ATLANTA (UPD— Georgia’s
Supreme Court has taken un
der advisement the question of
whether a Fulton County judge
correctly said he had no juris
diction to rule on an attempt
by State Pardons and Paroles
Board member J. W. Claxton
to void a subpoena for his per
sonal financial records.
Chief Justice W. H. Duck
worth said there is not even a
remote probability the tribunal
will rule on the state’s right to
issue the subpoena.
Attorneys for Claxton told the
court Wednesday they are at
tacking the subpoena as an of
fical state document, alleging
the case should be heard in Ful
ton County.
But in September, Fulton Su
perior Judge Durwood Pye
ruled there is a constitutional
requirement the court proceed
ings take place in the home
county of the defendant. The de
fendant in this case is Atty.
Gen. Arthur Bolton who issued
the subpoena. His home county
is Spalding;
Bolton subpoenaed Claxton's
records after Gov. Lester Mad
dox ordered an investigation in
to alleged irregularities by the
pardon board.
Duckworth said he feels ev
ery public official has an ob
ligation to cleanse himself in
the eyes of the public. But As
sociate Justice H. E. Nichols
said he doesn’t think “every
Tom, Dick and Harry” should
have the right to inspect an of
ficial’s records.
Ernest Tidwell of the attor
ney general’s office admitted
that Claxton did offer some of
his records to members of Bol
ton’s staff during closed door
hearings more than a month ago
after a second subpoena was is
sued. But he offered only the
“records that were in his judg
ment germane,” Tidwell told
the court.
Gen. Throckmorton
Coming Here For
‘Under God’ Program
Lt. Gen. J. L. Throckmorton,
commanding general of the U.S.
Third Army, has accepted an
invitation to visit Griffin and be
present at the presentation of a
Freedom Shrine on Wednesday
morning Nov. 22. The presenta
tion will be made by the Exchan
ge Club at the 8:30 o’clock Grif
fin High chapel service.
The presentation of the Free
dom Shrine will be in connec
tion with the observance of “One
Nation Under God” Week spon
sored by National Exchange.
General Throckmorton is a
native of Kansas and a graduate
of the U. S. Military Academy
at West Point. He has served.
Peers, commander of the 4th
Infantry Division in the area,
said “the pinch is only
temporary.”
Military spokesmen in Saigon,
in announcing today’s raid
against the barge-repairing
shipyard a mile from the center
of Haiphong, disclosed that U.S.
planes bombed the Kep and Hoa
Lac MIG bases in North
V*etnam on Wednesday. There
was no word whether any MIGs
were destroyed.
The shipyard located on the
Song Tra Bac canal in Haiphong
is used for building and
repairing barges and other
small boats. Officials said it
was similar to three other
shipyards previously hit in the
Hanoi and Haiphong areas in
hopes of choking out waterborne
war supplies for Red troops in
South Vietnam.
The A4 Skyhawks operating
from the carrier Coral Sea flew
close to but did not bomb the
international shipyards in Hai
phong where Soviet Russia
brings in most of the materiel
for the North Vietnamese war
effort.
The number of planes in
today’s raid was not disclosed
but a spokesman said the Air
Force and Navy took advantage
of a break in monsoon weather
to fly a 110-mission assault
against the airfields Wednesday
—up to 400 planes.
There was no announcement
of plane losses.
Some Private
Kindergartens
Are Criticized
ATLANTA (UPD — A House
committee on preschool training
charged today some private kin
dergartens were “nothing more
than overcrowded babysitting
agencies.”
The committee recommended
that the State Department of
Education prepare minimum
standards of accreditation for
kindergartens and supervise in
spection of them.
“While many private kinder
gartens are staffed with quali
fied personnel and have ade
quate facilities, concern was
expressed that many private
programs in Georgia are detri
mental to children because they
instill faulty or outmoded learn
ing processes in the children,”
the report said.
The report also recommended
that Georgia set up a statewide
system of compulsory public
kindergartens. The committee
said the program should first
be implemented as demonstra
tion projects in counties that are
able to provide the necessary
local support.
The report said only three in
dependent school systems — At
lanta, Columbus and Bremen—
have established public kindar
garten programs. However, it
said, nearly every community
has a privately owned kinder
garten.
there as an instructor and as
Commadant of the Cadet Corps.
He commanded the Fifth
Combat regiment in Korea and
for two years was deputy com
mander of U. S. forces in Viet
nam. General Throckmorton,
himself a paratrooper, has
seen active service with both the
101 and the 82 Airborn Divisions.
Notified that the commanding
general of the Third Army wou
ld be in Griffin for the chapel
service presentation, Major Gus
Pelt and the staff of Griffin
High’s R.O.T.C. have selected
a special honor guard to greet
the general when he arrives in
griffin.