Newspaper Page Text
Griffin Daily News
Copter Gunners
Kill Red Officer
By EUGENE V. RISHER
SAIGON (UPD—U.S. helicop
ter gunners killed a regimental
commander and 16 other North
Vietnamese troops on a South
Vietnam coastal hilltop, Ameri
can spokesmen said today. They
said they believe the major was
the highest ranking North
Vietnamese officer reported
slain in the war.
The helicopter gunships
swarmed over the hill, spitting
streams of fire in a 75-minute
fight that ended when U.S.
Infantrymen swept over the
summit 360 miles north of
Saigon Tuesday.
The Gls found documents
identifying the major, the
spokesmen said. The gunships
apparently caught the major by
surprise. “The North Vietna
mese started popping up all
over the place on top of a rocky
knoll,” when the helicopters
appeared, said Capt. Earl
Thomas of Albany, Ga., who led
the gunships.
Hit Northern Border
In other developments, Air
Force giant 852 s struck Com
munist positions 12 miles north
of the South Vietnam border on
the Cambodian border area
today, spokesmen said. U.S. jets
flew 89 missions through clouds
against military targets in
North Vietnam’s southern pan
handle Tuesday. Viet Cong
terrorists followed up the killing
of at least 47 civilians in a
Cambodian border area raid
Tuesday with hit and run
attacks throughout the country,
government spokesmen said.
A U.S. official said no higher
ranking North Vietnamese inva-
Language Problem
Threatens Canada
By RALPH C. DEANS
OTTAWA (UPD—Official In
vestigators of Canada’s rival
English and French cultures are
urging widespread language
reforms to avert a crisis which
could break up the nation.
The first installment of. the
long-awaited report of the Royal
Commission on Bilingualism 1
and Biculturalism proposes
major legislative and constitu- '
tional changes to assure equal '
rights to Canada’s 6 million :
French-speaking citizens.
The initial reaction of political
leaders to the report was
generally favorable.
Prime Minister Lester Pear- ,
son, who presented the 212-page, '
$7 million *‘B and B” report to
parliament Tuesday, said his
government is firmly commit
ted to “the principle of ,
linguistic and cultural equality” .
It proposes. Opposition Conser
vatlve leader Robert Stanfield ,
said the commission’s recom
mendations are “not startling,”
but warned they may be
difficult to enforce.
Andre Laurendeau and A. i
Davidson Dunton, cochairmen ;
Heart Transplant
Man Recovering
CAPE TOWN, South Africa
(UPI) —Louis Washkansky to
day entered the most dangerous
phase of his uphill battle to live
a normal life with the
transplanted heart of a dead
girl beating in his breast.
Doctors at Groote Schuur
Hospital said the 55-year-old
grocer is making a “fantastic”
recovery from Monday’s five
hour operation in which doctors
transplanted the heart from an
auto accident victim, 25-year-old
Denis Darvall.
But they added he is at the
most critical stage of recovery
when his body would be most
likely to reject the "foreign”
heart and destroy it.
To weaken the rejection
mechanism doctors have bom
barded Washkansky with cobalt
rays and plied him with drugs.
Despite his tenuous hold on
life, doctors said Washkansky’t
O’KELLEY’S
FURNITURE
UPHOLSTERY
For finest fabrics and leath
ers, and best quality. Can
give yon best prices, because
of low overhead. For ap
pointments and Free esti
mates call 228-1136 or 228-
8829.
BINOCULAR HEADQUARTERS
IN MIDDLE GEORGIA
7x35 with case, List $39.95 $19.95
7x50 with case, List $49.95 $24.95
7x35 Wide Angle, List $39.95 $23.95
Bx4o Wide Angle, List $52.50 $26.95
6x30 with case, List $36.95 $18.95
Bx3o with case, List $38.95 $19.95
JIM & JOE'S PHOTO CENTER
212 South 11th Street Phone 227-2349
5
Wednesday, Dec. 6, 1967
der had been reported killed in
action. A North Vietnamese
regiment includes about 1,200
men. Hanoi sends comparative
ly few such ranking officers into
the South. The major was
caught about 10 miles below Da
Nang, the giant U.S. Marine
base.
Robert French, the American
public safety adviser to the
Vietnamese in the greater
Saigon area, toured the village
of Dak Son after about 800
guerrillas swept v in early
Tuesday. He said 40 to 50
persons suffered burns in
addition to the 47 dead. The
burns occurred when the Viet
Cong set fire to the houses used
by the villagers, refugees from
previous attacks.
Majority Escape Raid
Shortly after the attack
Tuesday, U.S spokesmen an
nounced 300 persons had been
killed in the fighting 74 miles
northeast of Saigon. Later they
said their figure was in error.
French said many of the
village’s 2,000 residents huddled
for safety in nearby caves to
escape the Communists.
Military spokesmen reported
Communist terrorists:
—Damaged a civilian hospital
at Due Long, 103 miles
southwest of Saigon, with shells
from a recoilless rifle Tuesday.
—lnflicted “light” casualties
on a company of government
irregulars Tuesday and de
stroyed a bridge at Cau Lau
Moi, 354 miles northeast of
Saigon.
—Killed two civilians and
wounded 17 Tuesday in a
grenade attack at a hamlet 15
miles outside Saigon.
of the commission, reempha
sized in the report the warning
they sounded in 1965—that
Canada is facing a crisis which
could destroy the nation.
One of the commission’s
major recommendations is that
debate in either English or
French be permitted in all of
Canada’s 10 provincial legisla
tures. The proposal Is sure to
meet with opposition in such
predominantly English-speaking
provinces as Newfoundland and
Alberta.
The commission also urged
that the provinces of Ontario
and New Brunswick be made
officially bilingual in all re
spects, as Quebec—ln effect—
already is.
The report also proposed:
—Creation of bilingual dis
tricts.. wherever there is a
concentration of French-speak
ing Canadians in which shop
ping facilities, road signs,
courts and schools would use
both languages.
—Amendments to the British
North America act (Canada’s
"constitution”) making the fe
deral parliament, courts and
governmenta bilingual.
oulook was “brightening up—his
mental state is better than
before the operation.”
Tuesday he ate solid food and
thanked the 30 members of the
surgical team who performed
the historic transplant, the first
such operation ever accom
plished.
Cape Town University Prof.
J.H. Louw said Tuesday that
one of the greatest dangers to
Washkansky is infection, a
problem compounded by the
fact that he is a diabetic.
PRACTICAL OUTLOOK
SEATTLE, Wash. (UPD—Jim
Whittaker, the first American to
conquer Mount Everest, Mon
day told sportswriters here of
the final moments of the
historic climb when he and his
parnter, Noway Gombu reached
the peak arm-in-arm.
Later during an interview,
Gombu was asked his thoughts
on reaching the summit of the
world’s highest peak.
“How to get down,” he
answered.
DIRTY DEAL
RICHMOND, Calif. (UPD—
Five men who had hoped to
clean up with a truck hijacking
were behind bars today.
They were arrested by FBI
agents and local police after
unloading 1,575 cases of laundry
soap and cleanser from a stolen
rig.
New Yorker Sets
Himself Afire
NEW YORK (UPD—A 20-
year-old New Yorker who set
himself afire in front of United
Nations Building hovered near
death today with massive burns.
His act was unexplained.
Kenneth D’Elia left his home
in Queens Tuesday evening
without telling his family where
he was going. At about 9:30
p.m., he climbed the fence
surrounding the U.N. buildings,
drenched his clothes with
gasoline and set himself on fire.
Two passersby and a police
man ran to the rescue and
smothered the flames with
coats and a blanket. D’Elia was
taken to Bellevue Hospital, in
critical condition with third
degree burns over 80 per cent of
his body.
“The man was burning from
head to toe,” said Richard
Baron, 44, of Chappaqua, N.Y.,
one of the first to reach the
scene. He was driving past the
U.N. buildings when he saw the
burning youth.
D’Elia was conscious and
apologetic about his act, but
offered no explanation.
Louis Pagliuca, D’Elia’s step
father, said the youth was not a
member of any political organi
zation. He said his stepson had
OPEN MONDAY THRU. FRIDAY 9:00- 9:00 - SATURDAYS ’TIL 6:30
of Griffin ' OT tfOffl 1k 8 0
FREE GIFT WRAPPING AT BELK’S
MLB DRBSES MAT WAFFIf GMU ,
V " “ •» en A. ann • Sizes 9 Mos. to • Piled Lined • Automatic Thermostat
ft ftW 4 Toddler • Sizes 36 to 42 • Makes Plate Size
2.97 Reg. to 8.00 Reg. 20.00 12.09 . E RmIM
L ® V2 price 12.88 9.88 j S|U
EADDinC “State Pride”
™ HATS MHI ' S SHlins blender FTI
Reduced to Values to 9.00 • Dress and Sport W '' 'IM
' 1 / • Buttondown or • Five Speed aaLtSTL?.
/ K /O PnC6 1/ Spread Collar Pushbutton
—— ' 2 R - 4 - o °
\ r'W
/■T dental JET uniK ANn 3.88 27.88 Bliss
i/ v * W • H,gh Efficiency Pump OU! IO nIW ,■„
¥ C I • E etractab,e Hose CDADT ' PArtTC GrOUP ° f Lad,es Hol,day “State Pride”
• Numbered Pressure Ol UK I vUH I O hRFQQFQ CELLULAR
* a ßeg. 24.99 • Solids - piaids. UKCuaCO Rl AMKFT
K -Sk Bft Oft Heathers • Styled for the season I DLHIIIId I |k Kmß
x 'W IM XX • Si zes 4to 7 and • Beautiful Holiday • Soft Thermal Weave
..I 8 to 20 Colors • 100% Virgin Acrylic ; I
V\T( to 17.00 Reg. Vdue. to 30.00 . - Blue .
MIXERS % Off y 4 •>« rQQ JvWI
\ •G.E. or Sunbeam _____—___ ' Jft ft
\ ;T Reg. 14.99 Boys’ Ban-Lon First Floor '
M 7.88 shirts . rummage ““ =,
I W Rack of Girls’ . 8.0-loos & Sweater. TABLE UfitM THfi IJ AQJ
H go together. • 100% Wool and Reg. 10.99 FJ ft ft
LA y CpnDTQVyrAO • Assorted Colors • Men’s - Ladies’ and Blends
O Li UrUHIUfILMII Sizes Bto 20 Boys’Wear • Made for us by leading Peaceful subjects to ac-
• Sizes 3to 6x R .„„ ma manfacturers cent your home with
Ladies’Fall and 7 to 14 Reg. 4.00 TCftl Reg. to 18.00 great charm. Stdl hfe,
Laaies rail HI I tn f HU/n nff portraits, scenes, fruit,
DRESSES
Vi Prfce La,l “ s ’
Rj.7.<x>toS2s. J r?r 7 SPORTSWEAR
Select from Junior, Misses - , rfcL —r»-
and Women’s sizes in a ? T feSSI * Large Group
large selection of sty 1e s . : 'W'l I I UX il K■ F l * Skirts - Slacks - Tops
and colors. Hurry and ‘ ' ■I J v I ■ B W eg * *°
take advantage of these •if i '"’’L ™ . ' I K B // 1 /
wring*. "'"'A ' I I I II /2 P r ’ C ®
b ° x ra iii/
STATIONERY |jT|v 'T 4a ]L-— HOUSEWARES
• 200 Sheets '( J BARGAIN TABLE
• 75 Envelopes Assorted Items
Regjl.oo J-SI-EED TORTAUe Mixa. tor,. 4.QUABT PRESSURE COOKER. Cook in 1A Pri „
77ft chroma-plated beaters release at a F,l H ■ 111 U one-third the time! Automatically con- /2 KriC6
IIL touch Rests on heel. Stores on wall. Re- KdMAMfafIUUMM trolled. Safe, flavor-saving. Helps pre-
■ ■V movable cord. Usually 8.99. IW.I ’J *J 1115 Td I’M serve vitamins. Chart. Usually 7.99.
7 1 ; ""a> 'l. n > ?rL L c U T * E AUTOMATIC POP-UP SK J■ d R FJk Ll TM STEAM AND DRY IRON. Fingertip con- Men s Dress
Complete Stock of Ladies TOASTER. Easy-clean crumb tray. Dial fro j gfl^ c ; en f S f eam ven f s in m i rror . C^UAFO
UflM-WKI toast at a touch. Chrome- M "T ft ■ bright sole plate. Handy front fill. oHUto
WINTER COATQ P |af ed finish. Usually 8.99. B| gW U ■ Fabric dial, button guard. Usually 9.99. _ RI J” jr
IV 111 ILR UUnlO DELUXE ELECTRIC CAN OPENER opens ■ f A A ■ 9-CUP AUTOMATIC PERCOLATOR. ? and Brown
Values tn fit; nn any size or shape with a push of a but- ■■WW M Drip-free spout. Self-measure marks. * «An
Vales to 65.U0 ton. Magnetic lid-lifter. You’ll use it am i j JI Stay-cool handle and knob. Bright pol- Reg. 9.00
1/ everyday! Usually 8.99. lUJU I.M ished aluminum. Usually 7.99. ft Aft
74 fflwiwmrriniHM 6,88 *
SHOP WITH CONFIDENCE AT BELK - MATTHEWS - YOUR SATISFACTION GUARANTED
Health Classes
Offered At
Griffin Center
The Griffin Recreation Depart
ment announces that health cl
asses for men and boys will be
held at the Griffin Community
Center three days and three
nights each week.
Men’s classes will be held on
Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day from noon until 1:30 p.m.
and on the same nights from
7:30 to 9 p.m.
Boys classes will be conduc
ted Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day afternoons from 4 p.m. un
til 6 p.m. The fee for these cl
asses Is one dollar per month
for adults and no charge for the
boys classes. The Griffin Re
creation Department staff mem
bers will conduct these classes.
For further information, con
tact the Griffin Recreation De
partment, 228-8405.
never—so far as Pagliufa knew
—taken part in any form of
antiwar or antidraft protest.
Roger Laporte, a 22-year-old
pacifist, burned himself fatally
in front of U.N. headquarters on
Nov. 9, 1965, but the bitter
statements he made before
dying made it clear that he was
demonstrating opposition to the
Vietnam War.
■
HR
I
L
KSm
BRITISH RULE ended more than 20 years ago, but
Indians are still busily at work removing traces of cen
turies of empire. This 12-foot bronze statue of King
Edward VII, which had dominated a New Delhi park
since 1911, is now persona non grata and is being re
moved, possibly to Canada to grace a Toronto park.
Georgia Lad
To Find Home
In The Marines
DUBLIN, Ga. (UPI) — A 16-
year-old boy who wandered from
relative to relative after his
parents died finally has a home
—with the U. S. Marines.
Frederick Steadman, who will
be 17 next week, is scheduled
to be inducted into the Marines
today.
Steadman had wanted to be
come a career Marine for sev
eral months but he could not
do it without parental consent.
Steadman had to file a peti
tion through juvenile court to
get a guardian, stating it “is his
desire to go into the Marine
Corps as a career.”
The request for a guardian
was granted and Laurens Coun
ty Ordinary Ray Camp was ap
pointed.
“It’s a wonder he hasn’t gone
bad by now,” Camp said Tues
day. “It’s a miracle he hasn’t
got a record.”
Camp said Steadman was
“sort of snatched up by the
hair of his head and taken here
and there” after his parents died
a year ago.
GRAVEYARD
The Cape Hatteras region of
North Carolina has claimed
more than 2,200 ships and is of
ten called the “Graveyard of the
Atlantic.”
Others Hike
Steel Prices
PITTSBURGH (UPD—Hear
ing no sharp blast from the
White House, steel producers
began Tuesday to fall in line
with U.S. Steel Corp.’s $5 per
ton increase in the price of cold
rolled sheets.
Armco, calling the steel
industry the “victim” rather
than the “instigator” of Infla
tion, went one step further and
hiked the price of hot rolled
sheets which together with cold
sheets account for 31 per cent
of the industry’s shipments.
Republic matched U.S. Steel’s
price changes to the dollar as
Bethlehem did.
An announcement from Inland
was expected today but the
company gave no indication
whether it would follow U.S.
Steel’s lead or go along with
Armco in the broader increase.
U.S. Steel and Bethlehem had
“no comment” on Armco’s
increase, which also included
galvanized sheets and could
touch off an industry wide
trend.
Pressure from foreign im
ports is greater on hot rolled
sheets, however, and may cause
some firms to hold back those
increases.