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By Quimby Melton
Lest We Forget!
It was twenty six years ago to
lay “a day of infamy” was re
■orded in history. America was
ilunged into World War Two.
We must not forget the sacri
ices of the men and women who
ought, many to be killed, many
nore to be wounded. They of
ered their very lives that we to
lay might be free.
It’s the same type Americans
vho, despite some punks at
tome, are fighting for us in
Vietnam.
We must not forget!
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Good Evening does not know
whether he should write a letter
,o the President, to the Secre
;ary of the Treasury, to the
Chairman of the Foreign Aid
committees of the Senate and
rlouse, or to the Secretary of De
'ense, or to Senator Herman
Talmadge.
But he believes he has hit on
i plan that will make Charles de
Gaulle change his attitude to
ward Uncle Sam. And It might
also cause some other heads of
state in some other countries to
examine their position and pull
In their horns.
There once was a President of
the United States, “Teddy”
Roosevelt who became famous
for a one sentence explanation
of what should be our foreign po
licy. He said “Walk Softly, but
carry a Big Sitck."
Maybe we have followed that
advice too long!
Maybe we have walked softly
too long, afraid we might step
on soineones toes or hurt some
ones feelings.
Maybe we should have used
that Big Stick long ago.
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Charles deGaulle has been our
“thorn in the flesh” long en
ough and it’s time to remove
this thorn, even if it takes ma
jor surgery to get it out.
Here’s the picture.
During World War One Uncle
Sam loaned France something
more than $4-Billion. In addition
to that Uncle Sam sent many
American boys to France to
fight the Germans and save
France from annihilation. Dur
ing the first few years, after
that war, France was more or
less grateful for Uncle Sam’s
help, paid off some Half-A-
Billion dollars. (De Gaulle was
not king of the roost in
those days.) During the Hoover
administration 1928-32, the wor
ld’s finances were in a mess and
France was given an extention
on the loan.
In addition to thes4-Billion or
iginal loan there is more than
$3-Billion of accrued interest.
Any way one figures it, wheth
er by old time arithmetic or
new tangled mathematics, De-
Gaulle’s France, as of today, ow
es this country some $7-Billion.
How about calling that loan?
Tell France, through DeGaul
le, “pay up.”
Anyone who has ever borrow
ed money knows part of the
wording of the note one signs
reads something like this, “time
being an essence” when any in
stallment is due the entire am
ount is then and there due. Fr
ance has certainly had plenty of
time.
So let’s call that note and de
mand immediate payment.
At one time France used the
excuse that Germany had not
paid her reparations debt to Fr
ance. That’s a bunch of hooey.
If an individual tried to say to a
bank, from which he had bor
rowed money, “I can’t pay you
because Joe Doakes hasn’t paid
me what he owes.” The banker
would laugh in his face when he
tried to renig on payment.
Now there have been some na
tions that have paid Uncle Sam
what they owed. Finland was
one of these. As a matter of
fact, big hearted Uncle Sam
offered to reduce the debt of
this nation — but little Finland
said “We pay our honset debts”
and paid up.
But, should we force France
to pay up some will call Uncle
Sam “Uncle Shylock” and say
something about “wanting his
pound of flesh.”
But being called “Uncle Shy
lock” isn’t anything nearly as
bad as some of the things De
Gaulle has been saying about
this nation, that twice in the last
50 years has saved his coun
try.
One may expect senile old
Charles De Gaulle to keep right
on defying the United States,
trying to wreck us, and all that
unless we immediately Call His
Hand.
Let’s try the Big Stick, before
that Big Stick is wrestled out
of Uncle Sam’s hands.
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Fund Drive
Dixie Standard, Griffin High student, shows one of
the Christmas stockings to be sold by Jaycees during
their fund raising drive Sunday. The drive will begin
at 7 a. m. The Jaycees also will take used toys during
the drive. The Jaycees have a budget of $2,500 for
this year’s Empty Stocking Fund. They will distri
bute toys and food baskets to needy families at Christ
mas.
Transplant
Doctors Watch
Heart ‘Wobble’
By WILLIAM STEENKAMP
CAPE TOWN, South Africa
(UPD—The world’s first trans
planted human heart has
developed a “slight wobble,”
doctors announced today.
Dr. Christian Barnard, who
performed the unprecedented
surgery that gave grocer Louis
Washkansky a new reart
Sunday, told newsmen he is
unable to say exactly how the
“wobble” would affect the
transplanted organ.
“But it is one aspect that is
being very carefully watched,”
Barnard said.
Gets Smaller Heart
The doctor traced the trouble
to the size of the 55-year-old
Washkansky’s new heart. In the
operation, his old heat was
discarded and he was given the
smaller heart of a 25-year-old
woman fatally hurt in an traffic
accident.
Years of ailment had greatly
enlarged Washkansky’s old
heart, Barnard said, and made
his heart cavity larger. The
smaller “new” heart was now
“loose” in the larger cavity, the
doctor said.
Barnard said the next time he
performs such an operation he
might make the patient’s heart
casement smaller to fit the
transplanted organ.
From July 16, 1895 Election
Old Voter List Shows
How District Has Grown
If one does not think Griffin
and Spalding County have grown,
all one has to do is to compare
the registration list of voters in
Akin District in 1895 and the re
gistration list of the same dis
trict today.
Mrs. Lillie Duke Futral, who
lives on the Rehoboth road in
Akin District, recently found a
printed registration list for that
district used in an election
July 16, 1895. She found the old
list among some papers in an
old trunk that belonged to h e r
husband’s father, W. J. Futral,
who in 1895 was a county com
missioner. There were 138 re
gistered voters in that district
at the time. Today there are
some 468.
The registration list was sign
ed by Charles A. Cooper, O. S.
Shattuc, and George C. Stewart
as county registrars.
Mrs. Futral remembers only
one of the three registrars —
Charles A. Cooper. She remem-
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872
Despite the “wobble,” a
spokesman for Groote Schuur
Hospital said Washkansky’s
condition was as good as that of
any patient who underwent a
heart operation.
The spokesman said Washka
sky’s condition continued to
improve. He said the patient
might leave his special oxygen
room for the first time since
Sunday’s surgery.
If his condition is satisfactory,
Washkansky will be given more
cobalt radiation treatment to
help his body “accept” the
foreign tissue of the transplant
ed heart.
Barnard said diabetes may
prevent Washkansky’s body
from rejecting the new heart.
Diabetes, he said, lowers the
patient’s resistance to infection
—but it might also reduce the
body’s natural immunity to
foreign tissue.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Clearing tonight. Fri
day fair and a little cooler.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 69, minimum today
52, maximum Wednesday 65,
minimum Wednesday 46. Sun
rise Friday 7:29 a.m., sunset
Froday 5:34 p.m.
bers that he was postmaster at
a post office named “Semper”,
located about two miles from the
Rehoboth Baptist Church. Mrs.
Futral says that Postmaster
Cooper, his family, her hus
band’s family and her family
(she was the daughter of M. A.
Duke and the granddaughter
of John E. Duke) were charter
members of the church.
Mrs. Futral does not recall
anything about Mr. Shattuc or
Mr. Stewart, but other sources
say Mr. Stewart probably was
a member of Congress from this
Congressional District at one
time.
The registration list for that
July 16 election in 1895 shows
30 colored voters registered, but
no woman, as women were not
franchised at that time. The list,
also shows the age of each per
son registered and his occupa
tion. All but seven of those re
gistered were farmers. The se
ven included one minister, J. B.
Burgess, who was 28; one su-
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, December 7, 1967
Demo ‘Horse’ Has
Several Leaders,
Sanders Says
ATLANTA (UPI) — Former
Gov. Carl Sanders says the
current dissension among Geor
gia Democrats apparently is due
to the fact that “three or four
people are trying to be the lead
horse.
“When you have that,” San
ders said, “you're going to get
a lot of dissension. Apparently
that’s what’s happening right
now.”
Sanders made the statement
after Gov. Lester Maddox—ap
parently referring to Lt. Gov.
George T. Smith—said anyone
unalterably pledged to the na
tional Democratic party is “ei
ther stupid, a fool, a coward or
a traitor.”
Maddox denied he was refer
ring specifically to Smith but
Capitol sources interpreted his
statement as the strongest de
nunciation of an elected official
by a Georgia governor in years.
Smith said last week that elect
ed Georgia Democrats should
close ranks behind the national
party.
Maddox said “our party here
in Georgia belongs to Geor
gians, not to the United Nations
or to Washington."
Joe Sports, executive director
of the state Democratic party,
would not comment on Mad
dox’s remarks, but he said the
state party “has a lot of fac
tions and ideas and everyone
has a right to be heard.”
Ft Cambell
Troops Flying
To Vietnam
WASHINGTON (UPD — The
decision to airlift 10,000 troops
to Vietnam from Ft. Campbell,
Ky., represents a speedup in
original plans for their deploy
ment to the combat zone, it was
learned today.
Thougn costly, the airlift is
advancing by at least a month
the date when the 15,000-man
101st Airborne Division can be
reunited and fully combat ready
in Vietnam. A formal announce
ment to this effect is expected
when the airlift is completed.
One brigade of the 101st has
been in Vietnam since July,
1065. Giant Cl4l transports
began the airlift of the rest of
the division last Friday; the
operation is scheduled to be
completed within the week.
With 373 flights and approxi
mately 22,000 flying hours
involved, the cost of the airlift
was estimated at $17.5 million,
or $1,750 per man if the planes
returned to the United States
empty. The cost of flying a Cl4l
is SBO3 an hour.
The airlift was planned before
Gen. William C. Westmoreland’s
recent visit to Washington, but
Pentagon sources said this was
the kind of speedup action he
had in mind when he said he
would like to have the rest of
his troops as soon as possible.
U.S. troop strength in Viet
nam is now approaching the
480,000 mark and is scheduled
to reach 525,000 not later than
next June 30. Westmoreland
indicated that he would like to
reach the full authorized
strength in early 1968 rather
than by midyear.
perintendent of the chain gang
— J. J. Camp, age 50; a black
smith, j. m. Lindsey, colored,
age 64; a school teacher. J. H.
Morris, 30; two merchants, W.
J. Grubbs, 23, and M. F. Swint.
39.
Mrs. Futral’s father, M. A.
Duke, 36, and her grandfather,
John E. Duke, 76, both were
farmers.
The present registration for
the entire county on Nov. 14 was
14,005.
The July 16, 1895 registration
list contains the names of many
who have descendants still pro
minent in Spalding County, such
as Akins, Bell, Chapman, Cum
ming, Dingier, Duke, Evans,
Futral, Goddard, Gossett, Gr
ubbs, Gardner, Harper, Hatch
er, Head, Hammond, Ison, Jes
ter, Kinard, Manley, Maddox,
Morris, McKneely, Ogletree, Ox
ford, Peurifoy, Payne, Rivers,
Slade, Simonton, Smith, Sw
int, Sawley, Whatley, Willis and
Wise.
LBJ Wouldn’t
Block Goldberg
UN Ambassador
Visits President
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Pres
ident Johnson has told Ambas
sador Arthur J. Goldberg that
he will not stand in the way of
his desire to Jeave his post at
the United Nations, official
sources disclosed today.
Goldberg was in Washington
Wednesday and was reported to
have had dinner with Johnson
after sitting in on a cabinet
meeting.
They presumably discussed
the ambassadorship over dinner
following a spate of published
reports Goldberg was preparing
to step down as American
representative on the world
body.
For the record, however, all
the White House would say
today was that Goldberg had
not resigned.
Informed sources said the
former Supreme Court justice
and former labor secretary has
discussed with Johnson his
desire to leave the job soon,
since when he took it more than
two years ago he intended to
remain only a couple of years.
Sources said Goldberg has not
set a date when he would like to
leave.
Goldberg for some time has
felt an increasing sense of
frustration in his U. N. Job,
according to his associates. He
has not been able to operate
with the latitude he had
expected nor has he been able
to achieve the progress he had
hoped on the Vietnam war issue
and other international prob
lems.
The assumption in Washington
has been that Goldberg has
been one of the modrating
voices on U.S. Vietnam policy
since his statements usually are
couched in more conciliatory
language than those of Secreta
ry of State Dean Rusk.
At the time he left the
Supreme Court in 1965 to take
the U.N. job, Goldberg ap
peared to feel that there was
more room for his skill as a
negotiator than turned out to be
the case. He frequently spoke
privately of the tight reign
which was kept on him by
Washington.
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Fire Damages
Indian Springs
Camp Ground
JACKSON — Three buildings
were destroyed by fire and five
others damaged at the Indian
Springs Holiness Camp Ground
near Jackson Wednesday.
The buildigs were all private
dwellings and were among ap
proximately 30 on the property.
Firemen reported the first hou
se caught fire when leaves were
being burned, and the two other
houses burned before the fire
men from Jackson arrived.
A water system installed at
the camp ground about six mon
ths ago, probably kept the entire
camp ground from being destroy
ed, a spokesman stated.
All of the buildings were about
30 years old. The buildings whi
ch were destroyed had some his
torical significance, the spokes
man said.
Country Parson
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“Computerized life, like a
super highways, helps us fin
ish the journey in a hurry
with as little enjoyment as
possible.”
ABRIDGEMENT — A 7 5-foot section of the Chesapeake Bay bridge is off its pile
caps at Norfolk, Va., butted that way by the freighter Mohawk, shown still flat
tened against it by force of 40mph wind. The freighter battered four miles of the
structure and damage is estimated at more than a million dollars. The freighter
broke anchor in the high wind.
Another Joins
In Steel Hike
PITTSBURGH (UPl)—Jones
& Laughlin Steel Corp., seventh
ranking producer, fell in line
with the industry’s top five
today and increased prices of
hot and cold rolled and
galvanized sheet and strip steel
—all products used extensively
in the manufacture of automo
biles and household appliances
J&L raised cold rolled and
galvanized by $5 a ton and hot
rolled by $4 a ton, despite a
plea by President Johnson for
restraint.
Similar increases were ex
pected to be announced today
by National Steel Corp., ranked
sixth among major steel produ
cers, and Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Corp., ranked eighth.
J&L followed the lead of U.S
Steel Corp., Bethlehem Steel
Republic, Armco and Inland—
the top five—and Kaiser,
although some of the firms
refrained from increasing prices
of hot rolled “at this time.” Hot
rolled represents a major line
of steel products.
J&L was the first company to
join in the price spiral after the
President’s call for restraint
and after a call in the Senate
for an investigation by the
Justice Department.
For the second time this week
President Johnson has dropped
a veiled hint to business and
labor leaders that unless they
exercise “voluntary restraint,”
wage and price controls may
become necessary.
Johnson made no direct
mention of the latest round of
price increases in the steel
industry in an address to the
Business Council Wednesday.
But he made a last-minute
departure from his prepared
text in discussing wage and
price controls.
Tire President’s prepared
speech, distributed in advance to
reporters, said: “Voluntary
restraint has made involuntary
curbs unnecessary.” But when
he read the speech, Johnson
changed it to: “Voluntary
restraint has made involuntary
curbs to this point unnecessa
ry.”
His insertion of the words “to
this point” was in line with his
response to a question at his
White House news conference
Monday, when he was asked
whether he might consider
requesting Congress for emer
gency authority to enact wage
and price controls.
“No such proposals are under
consideration at this time,”
Johnson said. Then he repeated,
“I say nothing at this time.”
During the last several days,
several of the nation’s largest
steel manufacturers announced
price increases for types of
sheet steel used in the
manufacture of automobiles and
household appliances.
In Wednesday’s speech, John
son noted that “for the first
time, America is fighting for
freedom abroad without resort
ing to wage and price controls
at home.
“Nobody benefits from a
wage-price spiral,” Johnson
said. “Labor knows that it does
not. You know that business
does not. And surely the
American people do not. Yet
business says it is labor’s
responsibility to break the
spiral, and labor says it is
yours.
INSIDE
Youth Pages. Pages 2, 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Television. Page 4.
Billy Graham. Page 4.
The Wedding . Page 5.
School Aid Bill. Page 6.
Meat Law. Page 6.
New Radar. Page 6.
Pulp Trucks. Page 7.
Georgia Voting. Page 7.
Society. Pages 8, 9.
Sports. Pages 10-12.
Ray Cromley. Page 14.
Bruce Biossat. Page 14.
Military. Page 15.
Brooklyn Transplant. Page 15.
Hospital. Page 16.
Stork Club. Page 16.
Funerals. Page 16.
Hampton UN Show. Page 17.
Why Did They? Page 19.
Comics. Page 20.
Want Ads. Pages 21-23.
Protest Fizzles. Page 24.
Troop Airlift. Page 24.
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