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Egood VENIN VF By Quimby Melton “Life’s Hunger Satisfied” is the subject of this week’s Inter national Sunday School lesson. Background Scripture is John 6. The Memory Selection is “I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hun ger: and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.” (John 6:35.) Only part of the background Scripture, starting with verse 35, is printed in the commentary we have; but one should read all of Chapter six. For instance, earlier in this chapter we read where Jesus fed more than 5,000 persons who were following him; and He did this with only five pones of bar ley bread and two small fishes, that a little boy, whose mother had been farsighted enough to provide as a lunch for him, had with him. Take notice of this — Jesus, when the bread and fish had been brought to him, gave thanks. Wonder how many of us, used to having bountiful meals three times a day, take time to say “Thanks” before we start eating? Or, do we, strangers to hunger, start eating without thanking God? If this comment will do nothing more than re vive “saying grace” before ev ery meal, then the space has been well used. There Is another lesson in connection with this feeding of the 5,000: Jesus had only just enough food to feed one little boy, but after He had blessed the food it became enough not only to give everyone of the 5,000 “as much as they would” —satisify their hunger, but, when they had eaten the discip les gathered up 12 baskets full. We do not know if these 12 baskets of food were given the small boy or not — but if they were there was food enough to supply his whole family for se veral meals. When Good Evening was a boy there was an expression often used in describing a man who looked after his family — he was called a “Good Provider”. God is certainly a “Good Provider” for His children who love Him and obey Him. In this same chapter, before we arrive at the printed part on which the lesson is based, we read of Jesus walking on the sea; of the great tempest that pre vailed, and of his disciples see ing him, thinking it was a ghost, were afraid. “It is I, be not afraid”, Jesus told them. The waves ceased and once again they were con vinced that come what may, Je sus Christ would look after His people. Jesus must have liked the seas and lakes that dotted his native land. We read often of Him talking to the multitudes by the sea; and there was the time He slept in the boat, and the discip les becoming alarmed at the storm, woke Him and He com manded the sea to be calm; An after the Resurrection, remem ber, Jesus appeared to Peter and the other disciples, after they had fished all night and caught nothing, and telling them to cast their nets out once more. He prepared a meal for them, on the seaside, as they fished and made a record catch. The lesson then tells us that Jesus told His disciples “I am the bread of life.” Bread has always been con sidered “the staff if life”; it br ings strength to the eater, it con tains the nutrement, the vita mins, the minerals needed to rebuild one’s body. “But man does not live by bread alone,” Jesus said several times. That is life eternal does not come from bread, but contes from belief in and obedience to God through Jesus Christ. There is another verse in this lesson that stands out to this layman: Jesus said, “And this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one which believeth on Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up on the last day.** But even then there were those who "murmured" against Him, They simply could not compre hend the breath and the heighth, and the magnitude of Christ’s love for mankind. Every promise Jesus Christ made, as recorded in the New Testament was not a boast of His power, but a promise He could and would keep — if we will let Him. US Jets Smash Commie Tanks Near Khe Sanh By EUGENE V. RISHER SAIGON (UPD—Marine jets smashed a Communist tank column with bombs, rockets and flaming napalm Thursday near the embattled U.S. fort of Khe Sanh on the North Vietnam border, American spokesmen said today. At the same time Leathernecks on the ground hurled back probing attacks nearby. A U.S. spotter plane sighted four tanks rumbling six miles southwest of Khe Sanh, near the Lang Vei Green Beret camp Communist armor overran two days ago. The jets screamed in and destroyed at least two of the tanks, the spokesmen said. Minutes earlier North Vietna mese troops hit Khe Sanh, Western anchor of the allied defense line under the border, with their heaviest rocket and mortar barrage of the war and sent infantry storming at the perimeter. U.S. Marines report ed they hurled back the Communists, killing at least 124. Use Big Bombers Today waves of Air Force 852 Stratofortresses dropped hun dreds of tons of bombs on the Wallace Worries Democrats, GOP By RANDOLPH PENDLETON MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UPD —Former Gov. George C. Wal lace launched his campaign for president as a third party force Thursday, and it worried Demo cratic and Republican leaders. “I think there’s a very real prospect of the presidential elec tion being thrown into the House,” said Rep. Bob Wilson, R - Calif., chairman of the House GOP campaign commit tee. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana said Wallace probably would hurt Republicans in the South, but he said there was doubt about Wallace’s popularity with the Northern “man in the street.” Wallace announced his candi dacy in Washington Thursday, stating there was little differ- Country Parson J * J* WF? kW 7 'Wfc- »•» “Weeds are good plants in which nobody has found the good.” Senate Fires Salvo In Sunday Business Battle By DON PHILLIPS ATLANTA (UPD—The stub born State Senate has fired another salvo in the hotly con tested battle over Sunday busi nesses—but it’s expected to be only a dud when It hits the House. Despite being rebuffed by the House on a similar measure earlier, the Senate passed, 31- 12, Thursday a' new Sunday closing law that would close all businesses except restaurants, bakeries, farmers markets, rec reational facilities and '‘small” establishments (employing four or less persons) which are at least partially owned by the persons running them. The bill was a substitute for one that was defeated earlier in the House and most observ ers indicated they felt the new bill wouldn’t have any more success in the lower chamber than the first one. The Georgia House devoted much of its time Thursday to pulpwood and timber trucks; finally voting, after a full day of spirited debate and confusing parliamentary tangles, to put weight and length restrictions DAILY NEWS Daily Since 1872 North Vietnamese divisions—up to 20,000 men, U.S. intelligence reported—ringing Khe Sanh, the fort U. S. generals said must and will be held. Smaller jets streaked north of the border and pounded the supply lines feeding the five divions the North Vietnamese have massed on the frontier for what American commanders said will be the Communists’ largest offensive of the war. In Saigon, South Vietnam decreed speeded up mobilization with draft of civil servants, veterans and students to meet the Communist invasion of the nation’s cities. On the northern frontier, American commanders reported the North Vietnamese troops engaged in a campaign to nibble away the defenses of Khe Sanh. They warned the big Commu nist push could come at any time. Heavy Bombardment Marines at the embattled fortress reported the Commu nist guns bristling on the hills around them slammed 650 high explosive shells into their works, about 100 more than the North Vietnamese gunners had ence between the major parties, and he indicated he didn’t want either party running the gov ernment for another four years. He said he would run as a candidate of the American In dependent Party and that five Alabama state officials would resign to take full - time jobs with his campaign staff. Wallace later returned home to be greeted by a cheering crowd, which shouted “Mr. President.” He said his was “a movement of the masses of the people of our country.” Wallace cited the Vietnam war and the “breakdown of law and order” as the top issues facing the nation. He said his first act as president would be to seek indictments against any one advocating a Communist victory in Vietnam. Much Southern reaction to Wallace’s candidacy was pre dictable. “Wonderful. He’s a great man. I wish he were presi dent,” said Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox. “They’ll know he’s in the race before it’s over,” said Rep. Thomas G. Abernethy, D-Miss. “I think he will easily carry Mississippi.” “It’s a sad thing,” comment ed E. D. Nixon, president of the Alabama branch of the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People. House Republican Leader Gerald Ford of Michigan said Wallace’s campaign could be decisive in the presidential elec tion. “It’ll do more to re - elect President Johnson than any thing else I can think of,” he said. on these trucks for the first time. The measure, adopted 122-56, would, in general, place pulp wood and timber trucks under existing state truck laws. 75-Foot Limit The bill would limit the trucks to a weight of 18,000 pounds per axle with a 13 per cent tolerance, set an over-all weight limtl of 72,280 pounds and restrict lengths to 75 feet. However, it would allow these trucks, under special permits, to be longer than 75 feet if haulding poles, logs, pilings, lumber, structural steel, piping and pre-stressed concrete. All other trucks are limited to 55 feet. An amendment to the bill would allow automobile carriers to be 60 feet long — which most of these trucks are al ready. Rep. Tom Murphy of Bre men, in support of the bill, pointed out that 10 persons have been killed in recent weeks by logging and pulpwood trucks — six in a single accident near his hometown. “If this bill had been law and GRIFFIN Griffin, Go., 30223, Friday, February 9, 1968 fired in one assault before. The Communists then sent troops crashing into the outer lines of coiled barbed wire. For two hours the fight went on. Then the North Vietnamese fell back. U.S. spokesmen said the Marines suffered 21 men killed and 27 wounded. The Khe Sany, defenders had more than North Vietnamese to handle. About 5,000 to 6,000 refugees from South Vietnam’s northwestern corner clamored around the base for safety. American commanders began planning how to ferry the refugees out of harm’s way, to the south. Little of South Vietnam was out of harm’s way today. Allied spokesmen reported fighting in dozens of spots, in the rice paddies and in the cities where the Viet Cong Invasion went into Its 12th day. Communists Claim Victories From Hanoi, North Vietnam’s defense minister, Vo Nguyen Giap, broadcast claims of “brilliant victories” in the urban warfare. He said it “marked a new and very important step” in the war. In Saigon, President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam, tears in eyes, sketched the lists of casualties for a joint session of the National Assembly. Allied spokesmen said the urban fighting has killed 26,621 Communists. They said 2,295 Allied soldiers were wounded including 4,117 Americans. Thieu said 3,971 civilians have been killed and another 7,945 men, women and children wounded. He decreed upping the figure of Vietnamese fighting manpow er above the 700,000 mark that now is the goal for year’s end. He set no end figure. Thieu also decreed added emergency pow ers for a year to meet the threat in the cities, continuing censorship and martial law. He also demanded continued bomb ing of North Vietnam. Outside the former French opera house, the parliament building where he spoke, fighting raged in the streets. City Fighting Continues Men of the U.S. Army 199th Light Infantry Brigade stormed by helicopter into the heart of Saigon’s Chinatown and fought against guerrilla forces battling and burning near the race track, four miles from Saigon’s center. More American troops killed more than 100 guerrillas in battles, north, west and center of the city limits. To the south, in the Mekong Delta rice bowl, guerrilla trooos hit at least three provincial capitals and allied airfields. To the North, U.S. and South Vietnamese troops reported killing hundreds of Communists just south of Da Nang, in Hue, the former imperial capital just above Da Nang and 400 miles north of Saigon, North Vietna mese troops clung to nests in the city. Hundreds of thousands of refugees in the cities hunt food and security. Government homelsss were being fed in Saigon alone. the trucks had been complying, these people would not have died,” Murphy said. "Do you put the interest of the people at heart or the pulpwood in dustry?” State’s Largest The pulpwood industry is re ported to be the state’s largest business. Opponents of the bill charged it was designed to put the small pulpwood farmer out of business. Supporters of the measure, claiming some pulpwood trucks load over 36,000 pounds per axle, charged the overloaded trucks were tearing up the highways and are a menace to traffic. The State Highway Depart ment sent so many people to support the bill that they were asked to leave the floor at one point in the debate. The Senate had a spirited de bate over a bill to prohibit prison nurseries from compet ing with private florists by sell ing ornamental shrubbery. Op ponents charged the Senate would be bowing to special in terests by passing the measure but it carried anyway. Three Killed, 36 Hurt In Orangeburg Clash BL ■. * % wwßßw * L . /'dMi l ’ (Griffin Daily News Staff Photo) He’s eligible for national awards. Jeff Wright Wins Leadership Honor Jeff Wright, Griffin High sen ior, today was named state win ner of the Elks Leadership aw ard in the boy’s division. He will be eligible for consi deration of national honors. Wright is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Orville Wright. The Rev. Wright is pastor of the Fir st Christian Church. He has been active in many campus organizations at Grif fin High. Among them are the Beta Club which he serves as president; the Senior Hi-Y whi ch he serves as chaplain, and the Majyc Cyrkle and Key Club. Plane Crew Foils Hijack Attempt By ROBERT KAYLOR DA KANG, Vietnam (UPD—A U.S. Marine dressed in a black leather jacket, blue jeans and cowboy boots held the crew of a commercial airliner at gunpoint for almost three hours today in an apparent effort to hijack the plane and its 83 passengers. Gen. William C. Westmore land, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, was reported personally to have ordered the Red Cross Hits Inhuman Acts’ In Vietnam GENEVA (UPD—The Inter national Committee of the Red Cross today denounced the "inhuman acts” it said were being committed by both sides in Vietnam. The committee, guardian of the Geneva War Conventions, demanded the belligerents "ob serve the basic rules of humanity.” 11 protested particularly against civilians being subjected to aerial attacks and summary executions, torture and repri sals. “The International Committee of the Red Cross has the duty of reminding all those that partake in the conflict that in all circumstances they are bound to observe the elementary and universally recognized rules of human treatment,” the state ment said. Weather: FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA — Clear to partly cloudy and continued cold tonight and Saturday. LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi mum today 49, minimum today 27, maximum Thursday 46, mini mum Thursday 28. Sunrise Sat urday 7:28 a.m., sunset Satur day 6:20 p.m. Vol. 96 No. 34 Wright moved to Griffin in 1966 when his father was named pas tor of the First Christian Chur ch in Griffin. He has a sister, Margot, who is a junior at the University of Georgia and another sister, Wen dy, a third grader at Crescent. A native of Monmouth, Hl., Wright spent most of his early life in Canton, Hl. Bill Reeves, chairman of the committee which handled the Leadership entries for the Grif fin Lodge of Elks, announced Wright’s selection for the state award today. plane held on the ground for fear the hijacker might force the pilot to fly to some Communist country. The plane was a Pan American DC6 chartered by the government to fly servicemen to Hong Kong for rest and recuperation. The sandy-haired gunman apparently was trying to go to Hong Kong himself— without informing Marine au thorities. He was eventually disarmed by the crew as air policemen wheeled stairways up to the cockpit windows and stood ready with Ml 6 automatic rifles. Others rushed into the passenger compartment and loosed clouds of tear gas. The would-be hijacker was taken to U.S. air police headquarters at the Da Nang base for questioning. A Marine spokesman said he was Marine Pfc. William Lee Clark, attached to an artillery battalion with the Ist Marine Division. His home address was not known immediately. The crew said Clark boarded the plane just before it was scheduled to take off. He told {he crew his name was James Lee Evans and said he wanted to go to Hong Kong. When told his name was not on the manifest, crew members said he pulled a .45 caliber automatic pistol, locked the cockpit door and said he would kill them unless they took off. He released a Pan American ground crew member who was in the cockpit. The crewman notified military authorities who cleared the passengers from the aircraft. Air policemen moved an ambulance in front of the plane to prevent it from moving and closed in with Ml 6 rifles and machineguns mounted on jeeps. The commotion distracted the gunman momentarily and he was disarmed by co-pilot Eric L. Archer of Beeville, Texas, and flight engineer Robert H. Clack of Midland, Mich. Classes Suspended After Bloody Battle By ROBERT M. FORD ORANGEBURG, S.C. (UPD —South Carolina State College suspended classes and urged students to stay in their dormitories today in the wake of a bloody battle between highway patrolmen and Negro students that claimed three lives and injured 36 persons. It was the worst such racial clash in the South, in terms of lives lost, in modern times. The University of Mississippi riots of Sept. 30, 1962, while much larger and more intense, claimed two lives. The injury figure in the Ole Miss riots ran into the hundreds. South Carolina State College President N.M. Nance said he was in “a state of shock” over Thursday night’s violence. He said he was trying to find out exactly what led to the tragedy, and would meet later with trustees to discuss the situation. Troopers Posted Six hundred state troopers and National Guardsmen are on duty in Orangeburg, but they were withdrawn from the campus area at daybreak in hopes the situation would return to normal. “We don’t know who shot first,” said Nance. “Right now all we know is that law enforcement officers did shoot.” Police said snipers on campus opened fire on them. A spokesman for the National Guard said the guardsmen did not use their guns. State troopers opened fire after the shouting Negro youths gathered near the front gate to the college and hurled fire bombs into nearby buildings. Police charged up a grassy slope after them, routing most of the students, but others stood their ground and did battle with clubs. At least one officer was hurt. The campus was quiet this morning, but Nance said “the situation is very tense.” Thursday marked the third straight night of violence, sparked originally Tuesday when students clashed with police over being turned away from a segregated bowling alley near campus. Sellers Arrested Among the injured, two of whom were listed as critical, was Cleveland Sellers, an official of the Student Nonvi olent Coordinating Committee Budget ‘Fat’ Cutback Won’t Hurt Programs ATLANTA (UPD— Gov. Les ter Maddox’s $874.5 million bud get has enough "fat” in it to enable it to be cut without hurt ing his programs. That’s what a special sub committee composed of House and administration leaders told the House Appropriations Com mittee Thursday. The two factions, working to gether in search of a compro mise, said they have made "significant progress” in seek ing ways to cut the budget without harming Maddox’s pro posals. However, said one House leader, it may be necessary to give Georgia teachers a small er pay raise than the $558 Mad dox promised them. House leaders have called for S3O million in cuts and the Ap propriations Committee has voted to back them. Sources say the subcommittee already has found sls million that either can be cut or which might never be spent if includ ed in the budget. "The subcommittee has found some areas where some chang es can be made without anyone being hurt," said Rep. Tom Murphy of Bremen, Maddox’s floor leader. The subcommittee was named when it appeared the two fac tions were headed for a battle on the floor of the House. "The meetings have been very con genial and we think progress is being made,” said Rep. James "Sloppy” Floyd of Trion, chair man of the Appropriations Com- (SNCC), who was arrested on & number of charges at a hospital emergency room and jailed. “Stokely (Carmichael) will probably come down if they incarcerate me,” Sellers had told newsmen earlier Thursday. Sellers, who has been organiz ing a “black awareness” committee on the campuses, was charged with inciting to riot, destruction of property, arson and assault and battery with intent to kill. State trooper David W. Shealy, who was hospitalized with a facial wound, said Sellers struck him with a club. Sellers suffered a minor wound. It was the third night of violence in Orangeburg, where Negroes have been trying to integrate the town’s only bowling alley. Firebomb Buildings Students lined a grassy knoll overlooking a street at the main gate to South Carolina State Thursday night and tossed firebombs into buildings across the way. Officers doused the fires before they could do any damage, but they did not cross the street onto the campus until Negroes started a grass fire and sniper fire cracked in the darkness. About 50 guardsmen and an equal number of troopers and plainclothed agents of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Di vision (SLED) moved up the knoll. Gunfire broke out and a number of students fell. Some attacked officers with clubs and sticks. Three Negro youths were killed. They were identified by Orangeburg County Coroner Joe A. Dickey as Sam Hammond, 18, Henry Smith, 18, and Delano Middleton, 17. Newsmen, kept a block away from the campuses, heard 40 or 50 shots. Col. R. L. McGrady, in charge of the National Guard force, said many of the shots were fired by snipers. Another officer said the sniper shots sounded like small arms fire, but he said he saw no students with guns. McCrady said guardsmen had been issued only one clip of .30 caliber ammunition and were not given permission to load their carbines until the sniper fire. “They were being fired upon and in danger of their lives,” he explained. He added, howev er, that no shots were fired by guardsmen. mittee. The House majority leader, Rep. George Busbee of Albany, said the committee found $2.2 million in funds budgeted for teacher salaries that would not be spent because some teach ing positions would be lost next year. He added there would be an other $3.3 million in funds left from this year beyond that Maddox had counted on and that it appeared another $3.85 million would "probably” be unspent from the present bud get. District 18-E Lions To Meet Here Tonight W. E. Bryan of Doylestown, Ohio, second vice president of Lions International, will address Lions Clubs of District 18-E at a district convention to be held to night at 7:30 at the Griffin Moose Lodge. Over 550 Lions from through out middle Georgia will be here for the meeting. Bryan will be welcomed to Gr iffin by Mayor Kimsey Stewart. Lemuel Watkins, president of the Griffin Lions Club, will ser ve as host. Bill Huele of Thomaston, dis trict governor of 18-E, will con duct the assembly. Harry Davis of Griffin is deputy district go vernor of region 2-18-E.-