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By Quimby Melton
■ One month from today will be
■ Christmas Day!
H Already Griffin is permeat
il ed with the Christmas Spirit.
' I Christmas decorations line the
fcl business streets, the big
I Christmas tree, corner of Hill
I and Solomon St., has been put
I up and is being decorated; the
II streets are crowded with shop*
I pers bearing arms laden with
I things they have purchased.
Churches, lodges, civic clubs,
M and other organizations are mak
| ing plans for their Christmas
I parties and children are count
?| ing the days till school is out for
I Christmas.
Meanwhile, the finishing touch
] es are being made for Griffin’s
I big Christmas Parade next Wed-
Il nesday, which will officially ush
| er in the Christmas shopping
season. There is no doubt this
I will be the largest and most in
: teresting parade ever staged
g here — even rivalling the one
I some 35 or so years ago when
|| the parade was led by Santa, rid
k ing in a sleigh pulled by live
11 reindeer. You youngsters ask
|| your parents about this — it is
| true Santa was here with rein
in deer, huskes (dogs) from the
H north pole, and he met the good
| little children standing in front
s of a replica of an Eskimo
igloo.
The parade next Wednesday
H will be made up of Parade fl
oats, many of them made and
decorated by professionals, mar
ching units, and no less than
eight bands. There’ll be high
school bands, air force bands
and army bands in the big pa
rade.
And, of course, Santa Himself,
will be on hand, riding on a big
float in the parade.
If everything goes as sche
duled, and from this viewpoint
we can see no reason why it
will not, for the various commit
tees arranging the parade have
not overlooked even the slight
est detail, this will be the lar
gest and most spectacular par
ade held in Griffin in many a
year.
Now Griffin is not a selfish city
and Griffinites want everyone
in this part of Georgia to share
this pre-Christmas event with
them. So give a friend in some
other community a ring on the
phone and invite them to spend
next Wednesday in Griffin. If
they accept, and they probably
will, they will thank you for the
invitation.
And this issue of the Griffin
Daily News, that goes into
more than 9,000 homes, a ma
jority of which are within 20 mi
les of our office, is an invitation
to one and all to come to Grif
fin and see just what a happy
day next Wednesday will be.
Christmas, as everyone knows
is the Birthday of Jesus Christ,
the Savior of Mankind. Some ye
ars ago someone becoming al
armed at the way Christmas was
being commercialized came up
with the suggestion that we
“Keep Christ in Christmas.”
That is mighty good advice.
How can we “Keep Christ in
Christmas?”
First, never forget if He had
not been sent to earth by His
Heavenly Father there would
be no Christmas; and had He
not been willing to die on t h e
cross for the sins of all genera
tions there would be no Christ
mas Spirit; the spirit that ma
kes one forget self and be deter
mined to make others happy and
joyful on this greatest of all
birthdays: A spirit that activa
tes such organizations as the
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
to see that there will be no Em
pty Stockings in our commun
ity Christmas morning; a spirit
that causes the Salvation Army
and other organizations to help
the needy and the sick enjoy the
day; and a spirit that makes
every man, woman and child,
who comes under its influence,
a better man, woman and child.
There’s another way one may
“Keep Christ in Christmas”.
Make it a point, beginning to
morrow, to do your best to at
tend all services held in the ch
urch of your choice this holy
season. Your presence at servi
ces will be evidence that you
believe in Jesus Christ, and
that you have the true Christ
mas spirit.
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Sam Strickland, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Strickland
of Route One, Hampton, bagged this seven point
buck Thursday in Butts County. It was his second deer
kill of the season. He bagged a spike buck two weeks
ago. Deer season ends in this section of Georgia on
Monday.
More Than 3,000
Reds Die In Battle
By EUGENE V. RISHER
SAIGON (UPI)—U.S. troops
killed a staggering total of 3,000
to 4,000 Communist North
Vietnamese in the 23 days of
bitter fighting around the U.S.
base at Dak To battlefield, a
U.S. general said.
Maj. Gen. William Peers,
commander of the 16,000 Gls
defending the vital Central
Highlands around the base, said
the estimates included hundreds
Two Men Hurt
In Accident
Two men were injured in a
traffic accident Friday after
noon at South Sixth and East
Poplar streets.
Walker McGarity, 55, of Route
One, McDonough, suffered a left
shoulder separation and Jack W.
Winover of Ryan Airport, Baton
Rogue, La., suffered bruises on
his head.
Both were listed as drivers of
cars involved. Damage was es
timated at $l,lOO.
No one was injured in seven
accidents investigated by the
Griffin State Patrol. Most of the
accidents Friday were minor.
Gold Trading
Takes Day Off
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG
LONDON (UPl)—London bul
lion market dealers took the
day off today from the week
long wave of frantic gold buying
that sent tremors through the
international money system.
Speculators peddled their U.S.
dollars in vast quantities for
gold Friday in recording the
largest single-day sale volume
in history. Some experts view
the gold rush as an attack on
the U.S. dollar.
The dollar became the focus
of attention when the British
devalued the pound. This made
the dollar the most important
prop to the international mone
tary system.
Would Decrease Value
If the price of gold were
driven up, It would take more
U.S. dollars to buy the metal. In
effect, therefore, the value of
the dollar will have decreased if
it should cost the United States
more than $35 an ounce to
purchase the backing for
American dollars.
Unofficial reports placed the
turnover on Friday’s market at
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of North Vietnamese burled in
hastily dug graves in the jungle
floor.
Exact numbers will never be
known, Peers said.
‘The Communists had an
estimated 12,000 men commit
ted to the highlands offensive
that reached a climax with the
bloody five-day battle for Hill
875 which ended Thursday.
American losses during the
same 23-day period in the
highlands totaled 280 killed and
974 wounded according to the
latest reports from the U.S.
command in Saigon.
Action around the embattled
Dak To strongpoint was scat
tered and light today for the
first time since the campaign
began, but Communists re
sumed guerrilla warfare tactics
in action throughout South
Vietnam.
In the Mekong Delta Viet
Cong mortar attacks on four
villages killed 17 civilians and
injured 48.
Overcast Skies
Heavy overcasts limited air
strikes over much of North
Vietnam but 91 U.S. missions
were flown in the southern
panhandle.
100 tons of gold worth $115.2
million. That raised the unoffi
cial week-long total—no official
figures are released—at nearly
300 tons.
(In Washington experts inside
and outside the government
agree there is little likelihood
the gold rush will endanger the
dollar because the United States
has a massive $29 billion in gold
reserves.
Fifty Per Cent
The United States contributes
50 per cent of whatever the
seven-national international gold
pool needs to keep the market
price of the previous metal
stable. When the price goes up,
the pool buys.
President Johnson said when
the pound was devalued that the
United States would keep the
price of gold stable at $35 an
ounce. The closing price Friday
was $35.19i/£ to $35.22i/£, tight on
the ceiling.
The Paris and Zurich markets
reported similarly heavy vol
umes. A record 10 tons changed
hands in Paris and Zurich’s
volume was 10 times that of a
normal Friday.
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Griffin, Ga., 30223, Sat. and Sun., Nov. 25-26, 1967
Mrs. Penny
Chairman Os
Parade Judges
Christmas parade chairman
Ray Esary announced today that
Mrs. Newton Penny has been
appointed chairman of the Float
Judging Committee. The com
mittee will select judges for the
float competition and decide the
criteria for judging.
Thirty floats will be in compe
tition for cash awards. The spon
sor of the float judged first place
will win SIOO. Second place aw
ard is SSO and third place is $25.
A point system has been de
veloped by the committee whi
ch will be used to determine the
winners.
To be considered, a float must
have a religious, Santa Claus or
holiday season theme. Points
will be given for general appear
ance, neatness and for originali
ty.
Mrs. Penny said the judges
would be asked to determine the
winners on the above points and
not on the size of the floats. This
means a large float would not
have any better chance of win
ning than a well-done smaller
float, Mrs. Penny said.
The Christmas Parade is sche
duled for downtown Griffin Wed
nesday, Nov. 29 at 6:30 p.m. The
62-unit porade is sponsored by
the Retail Division of the Grif
fin Area Chamber of Commerce.
Jonesboro Man
Charged In
MoneyOrderCase
ATLANTA (UPI) — A Jones
boro man is free on bond fol
lowing his arrest by the FBI
on charges he transported S6OO
worth of forged American Ex
press money orders across state
lines.
Christian Leigh Kohlhaas, 32,
was arrested at his Jonesboro
home by agents Friday.
Frank V. Hitt, special agent
in charge of the Atlanta office
of the FBI, said Kolhaas is
charged with transporting the
money orders from Jonesboro
to New York City. The money
orders, Hitt said, were stolen
last July 23 in a burglary in
Detroit, Mich.
Rain Ended
Dry Streak
More than two Inches of r a i n
soaked the Griffarea this week,
according to Horace Westbrooks,
official weather observer.
The showers that began earlier
this week broke 19 consecutive
rainless days.
Mr. Westbrooks recored .79 of
an inch of rain Tuesday, .38 of
an inch Wednesday, .09 of an
inch Thursday and .94 of an inch
Friday.
The forecast for the Griffarea
indicates the rain is over for a
few days. The U.S. Weather Bur
eau is calling for fair and mild
weather today and Sunday.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Fair and mild today
and Sunday. Clear and cool
again tonight.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 65, minimum today
44, maximum Friday 73, mini
mum Friday 46. Sunrise Sun
day 7:19 a.m., sunset Sunday
5:35 p.m.
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“If children grow healthier
than they do honest, it may
be because their doctors are
better prepared for their jobs
than the parents are.”
Greece, Turkey
On Brink Os War
International
Peacemakers
Hard At Wort
By ANTHONY TOBIN
United Press International
Greece and Turkey balanced
on the brink of war over Cyprus
today. International peacema
kers worked hard trying to
prevent it and the U.N. Security
Council urged the three nations
to refrain from any act that
might further threaten peace.
The Turkish and Greek
armies, each equipped with
sophisticated American - made
NATO weapons, were mobilized
on either side of the 100-mile
frontier between their nations.
Turkish paratroopers and
commandos were reported at
the ready to Invade Cyprus
from the South Turkish coast
where ships were taking on
ammunition and other war
supplies.
Cypriot Ambassador Zenon
Rossides told the Security
Council’s emergency session
late Friday that Turkey intend
ed to invade the eastern
Mediterranean Island nation this
weekend. Informed U.N. sour
ces said only high waves and a
low cloud cover were keeping
the Turkish invasion force from
moving out.
Reached Flash Point
The Greek Cypriot president,
Archbishop Makarios, said in
his first statement since the
crisis reached flashpoint that
Cyprus hoped war would not
come but if it did, “we shall
defend ourselves with all our
strength.”
The Security Council’s 15
members issued a consensus
statement today calling on-
Greece, Turkey and Cyprus to
show “the greatest moderation
and circumspection and abstain
from any act which might
aggravate the situation in
Cyprus and constitute a threat
to peace.”
The council adjourned but its
members stood by for reconven
ing during the duration of the
crisis.
Rossides had told the council,
“it is the knowledge of all
governments that this weekend
has been fixed for the unlawful
invasion ... by our big and
powerful neighbor, Turkey, with
whom we wish to live in
peace.”
U.S. Presidential envoy Cyrus
Vance, U.N. Undersecretary
Jose Rolz-Bennett and NATO
Secretary General Manllo Bro
sio were in the Mediterranean
trying to find a peace formula.
Vance and Rolz-Bennett have
talked, apparently fruitlessly,
with Turkish officials in Ankara
and Greek officials in Athens.
Brosio was trying his hand
today, but Turkish officials said
he would have no more success
than Vance and Rolz-Bennett.
Good Will Visit
“Brosio is not regarded as a
mediator but as a visitor of
good will,” a Turkish spokes
man said.
Neither Turkey nor Greece
regards Brosio as having
authority to negotiate a settle
ment.
Turkey maintained the war
fever at home Friday with new
reports of military movements
and exercise. An announce
ment in Istanbul said there
would be a blackout Sunday.
Turkish public opinion was
running high for an invasion of
Cyprus. Diplomatic observers
said Turkish leaders appeared
determined to go ahead with a
military intervention unless
Greece was prepared to give
satisfaction with a “dramatic
gesture” that would appease
Turkish public opinion.
Such a gesture—such as the
unconditional withdrawal of
7,000 Greek army regulars on
Cyprus—could not be carried
out without tremendous loss of
face for the seven-month-old
military regime. Some diplo
mats believe one way out would
be for Makarios to ask Greece
to remove the troops.
Vol. 95 No. 278
Ho Chi Minh Said
Seriously 11l
VIENTIANE (UPI) — North
Vietnamese President Ho Chi
Minh is seriously ill and
conducting the affairs of state
from his sickbed, a Hungarian
Violent Deaths
Total 18 In
State So Far
United Press International
A Marine returning from ac
tion in Vietnam became Geor
gia’s 17th traffic victim early
today in the Thanksgiving week
end, with the most dangerous
period still ahead
A hunting accident boosted
the accidental holiday death toll
to 18.
Two other persons were killed
early today in a single-car acci
dent just south of Cobb when
their car ran out of control at a
high rate of speed and over
turned, authorities said.
The victims were identified as
Avery Barnett, 28, of Cobb and
Audie Shaw Murphree, 40, of
Cullman, Ala.
Marine Charles W. O’Shields,
21, of Jonesboro, died while on
leave in Atlanta when his car
crashed into a telephone pole,
hit several trees and a station
wagon, police said.
Authorities said O’Shields had
just returned from a 17-month
tour of duty in Vietnam and
was scheduled to go to Camp
LeJeune, N. C. after his leave
was up.
Philip Oren Allen, 23, of Co
lumbus, became Georgia’s third
hunting victim of the season.
The Patrol said Robert Whit
ing, 17, of Sugar Hill in Gwn
nett County was killed Friday
night and four were injured
when the car they were riding
in went out of control on a
curve and overturned into a
creek. The crash occurred in
side the city limits of Buford.
Eight-year-old Lorraine Tur
ner of Screven died when the
truck she was riding in over
turned on a rural Wayne. Coun
ty road, pinning her. The acci
dent happened 16 miles south
of Jesup Friday afternoon.
Elisa Williams, 60, of Macon
walked in front of a car on
U. S. 129 near her home and
was hit and killed Friday.
John Barker, a 55-year-old
Carrollton man, was killed
when the car he was riding ift
collided with a freight train
four miles north of Carrollton
Friday. One other person was
Injured.
Fifteen-year-old Jane Marie
Landry of Atlanta darted in
front of a tractor trailer truck
in downtown Atlanta Friday
and was struck and killed.
Joe William Drake of Canon
was killed and driver Jack
Booth of Canon was injured
Friday when Booth lost control
of his car in a rainstorm on
Georgia 77 near Elberton Fri
day and crashed.
Three persons died in a head
on collision near Rockmart on
U.S. 278 Friday afternoon in
north Georgia. The Patrol said
a car driven by James T. Hen
derson, 44, of Jonesboro was on
the wrong side of the road
when the crash occurred. Hen
derson, his 62-year-old mother,
Mrs. Doshie Twilley Henderson
Chaffin of Hampton, and 18-
year-old Larry Fuller of Rock
mart all were killed.
Henderson’s wife was serious
ly injured, and driver Arthur
Sims and Emerson Gibbons,
both of Rockmart, were also
hurt.
A late report said Donald
Fred Hayes, 24, Os Meigs died
Friday night in a head-on rural
collision 2.1 miles north of Th
omasville. One other person
was injured.
Four persons died in the
early hours of the long Thanks
giving Day holiday.
journalist recently in Hanoi said
today in Laos.
Istvan I. Szabo, foreign news
editor for the Budapest Nepsza
badsag, said Ho was forced by
Illness to decline an invitation to
attend 50th anniversary celebra
tions in the Soviet Union early
this month.
Szabo also said that Hanoi is
virtually in ruins from U.S.
bomb strikes, which lately have
moved closer to the center of
the city.
He said officials in Hanoi
were becoming increasingly
concerned over Ho’s failing
health.
Szabo arrived in the Laotian
capital from Hanoi last week en
route to Cambodia. He disclosed
Ho’s illness in a conversation
with UPI.
Szabo said Ho was conducting
state affairs from bed and
permitting his premier, Phan
Van Dong, to take on more and
more responsibilities of leader
ship.
There was no indication of the
nature of Ho’s alleged illness.
Szabo said many buildings in
Hanoi’s center lie in rubble and
that living conditions in the
North Vietnamese capital are
"utterly poor and miserable.”
The Hungarian newsman said
that despite supply shipments
from friendly socialist coun
tries, distribution problems
have created serious food
shortages.
Szabo said, however, the
bombing was having no noticea
ble effect on North Vietnamese
morale or toward forcing Hanoi
to the peace table to end the
Vietnam war.
He said citizens and officials
in Hanoi are confident they can
hold out indefinitely, regarless
of the intensity of the American
air raids, depending mainly on
supply lines from friendly
countries.
His talks with officials in
Hanoi have convinced Szabo
that no peace talks would be
considered unless the bombing
is halted. He added, however,
that there was less talk in
official circles of Hanoi’s four
demands for peace including the
unilateral withdrawal of U.S.
troops from South Vietnam.
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For White House
A CRANE MOVES INTO POSITION near Gran
ville, Vt., in a 15-inch snow to take down that 70-
foot balsam fir for the White House lawn as the
nation’s Christmas tree. It’s from Riley Bostwick’s
tree farm.
Henry County
Tax Payers
Unit Studied
MCDONOUGH — A nominat
ing committee will meet Mon
day to discuss the possibility of »
tax payers organization in Hen
ry County.
The committee was appointed
at a meeting last week to dis
cuss “discrimination in tax val
uations throughout the county.”
George Gaissert of Griffin, re
presenting the Taxpayers Lea
gue of Spalding County, told the
group the Spalding organization
had set a goal to reduce pro
perty taxes.
Grady Almand of DeKalb Co
unty, representing the Georgia
Tax Payers Association, which
was organized in January in
DeKalb County, said his organ
ization had initiated a bill in the
legislature that would re-define
"fair market value” of proper
ty for tax assessment.
Former Henry County Ordin
ary Charlie Bowen served as
chairman of the meeting.
Appointed to the nominating
committee were James Cardell,
W. W. Cleveland, Ed Fortson,
C. L. Reeves and W. T. South.
The group suggested a civic
organization be formed In Hen
ry County to look into tax assess
ments and that a person be cho
sen to reprseent each area of
the county.
Seven hundred people jammed
the Henry County Courthouse
for the meeting.
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