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By Quimby Melton
Banking officials of seven na
tions are meeting in Washing
ton to consider an American pro
posal to boost the dollar and
ease the world money crisis by
letting the price of gold “float
with market demands.” The six
nations that have representativ
es in Washington to meet with
Americans are Britian. Bel
gium, West Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands and Switzerland all
active members of the interna
tional gold supply market that
puts the metal up for sale to in
dividual buyers.
There will be no public an
nouncement of any action until
Sunday when an official state
ment will be made.
What has been called “t h e
gold crisis” became acute Fri
day when speculators in Paris
and Hong Kong bought heavily
forcing the price some $9.00 an
ounce above the $35.00 an ounce
Uncle Sam has guaranteed. The
speculators had their heyday. It
is possible that when the an
nouncement from the Washing
ton conference is made there
will be a lot of speculators who
will find they have a tiger by the
tail and will lose their shirts.
They are gambling that Un
cle Sahl and the dollar won’t
weather this storm. But they
have forgotten other times when
Uncle Sam has weathered other
“crises.” Regardless of how
much gold there is, or is not, av
ailable in the world, the good
old American dollar is still the
most wanted money in the wor
ld.
In the meantime we at home,
we citizens who work for the
American dollar must not be
come too alarmed and act fool
ishly. The money we have in the
banks and the Savings and Loan
Associations is as safe, even sa
fer, than if we had it in our poc
ketbooks. It is guaranteed, in
sured and safe. We should pro
ceed as usual working for the
dollar, spending the dollar for
the things we need and want. It
may take national belt tighten
ing, it may take an increase in
income taxes, but above all it
will take cool heads. This is no
time for any person, any organ
ization, to "panic.”
••Don’t Sell America Short!”
It always has and always will
be the winner.
Griffin High senior Donna Mos
tiler has advanced another step
towards winning the national
American Legion sponsored ora
torical contest, by winning the
Georgia State contest Thursday
morning. She will represent Ge
orgia in the four-state regional
contest to be held in Atlanta on
April 1 at Woodward Academy.
State winners from Alabama,
Florida and South Carolina will
compete with the Griffinite for
the regional championship.
This year the theme of the ora
torical contest is the Constituion
of the United States.
Speaking of the American Le
gion oratorical contest — the
Griffin Barnett-Harris Post 15,
will celebrate the beginning of
the American Legion’s 50th year
at its meeting Monday night. Or
ganized shortly after the Ameri
can Legion was chartered as a
national veteran’s organiza
tion, the Griffin post was origi
nally called the Barnett post, and
was the 15th in Georgia to re
ceive its charter. Following Wor
ld War Two the post became
Barnett - Harris Post honoring
two Spalding County men who
had been killed in action.
There is no doubt left but
that Senator Robert F. Kennedy
will be a candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Presi
dent. He announced today.
Here are two comments, re
presenting two widely different
attitudes.
One, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy,
Widow of the brother of Sena
tor Kennedy, taking time from
a vacation la Mexico, to endorse
the one-time attorney general,
saying “I will support with all
my heart any presidental bid by
Senator Robert F. Kennedy.”
Then at the other end of the
political spectrum we have Go
vernor Lester Maddox, of Geor
gia, saying he’d just as soon vote
for Fidel Castro, Cuban com
munist dictator, as for the for
mer attorney general.
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Bitter Fruit
FOLLOWING THE DEATH of her father and two
sisters in a Viet Cong raid on Gia Dinh, South Viet
nam, a suburb of Saigon, a little Vietnamese girl is
wide-eyed as she eats a piece of grapefruit.
State Republicans
Getting Organized
By United Press International
The Republicans of Georgia
began organizing at the grass
roots today after hearing from
possible presidential nominees
that the party should win this
fall.
County GOP meetings were
scheduled over the state to
elect the county officers on
whom much of the campaign
burden will fall.
The season opened Friday
night at five fund-raising din
ners, with in-person speakers
and telephoned messages from
Richard Nixon and Ronald Rea
gan, prospects for the top nom
ination.
“The long winter is over,”
Nixon said.
And, Nixon said, "that’s the
way it is for the Republican
Party.” Nixon called the South
a “land of golden opportunity,”
and predicted the GOP would
capture a “basket full of elec
toral votes.”
Reagan, also speaking by tel
ephone to dinners in Atlanta,
Albany, Savannah and Macon,
said Republicans must "guaran
tee that a book will never be
written that is called ’The Rise
and Fall of the United States of
America,.” The future of the
nation depends on a Republican
victory, he said.
Gov. Raymond P. Shafer of
Pennsylvania spoke at the At
lanta dinner, calling for unity
and predicting the party could
“beat any opponent in the pres-
Gov. Shafer
Sees Defeat
Os Johnson
ATLANTA (UPI) — Gov. Ray
mond P. Shafer of Pennsylva
nia views the showing of Sen.
Eugene McCarthy in the New
Hampshire primary as a har
binger of defeat for President
Johnson.
Shafer, in an address Friday
night at a Republican fund
raising dinner, said the vote for
McCarthy shows that “if we Re
publicans dedicate ourselves to
unity from now until November
all across this land, we will
beat any opponent in the presi
dential election.”
He said the President’s lead
ership was not the kind “in
which we can have faith and
trust.” r;
"The forces of the opposition
are in disarray. An incumbent
president stands on the thres
hold of defeat, something that
is unfamiliar at Americans.
"The anatomy of the Demo
cratic defeat is clearly in the
making,” he said.
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idential election.”
"The forces of the opposition
are in disarray,” Shafer said.
“An incumbent president stands
on the threshold of defeat,
something that is unfamiliar to
American politics.”
Sacred Heart
Variety Has
St. Pat Theme
Sacred Heart PTG will present
“Variety Capers of 1968” tonight
at the school auditorium.
The program already is a sell
out.
It will open with a buffet sup
per at the cafeteria and the pro
gram will follow.
Under the direction of Mrs. Ge
nevieve Meza of Griffin, the
program will feature local talent
in a variety program with a St.
Patrick's Day theme.
Included in the cast will be
Martha Scott, Millie Fletcher,
Bob Harrison, Carol Bunn, Mar
ilyn Tweedell, Anita Hazelwood,
Barbara Ryan, Juanita Fulli
love, Nancy Wood, Sara Fran
ces Williams, Hugh Couey, Joe
Mansour, Jim Hedderman, Paul
Stockhammer, Donald Dorton,
’and Harmon Hazelwood.
The Dixieland Kings will fur.
nish music. The group includ
es Kim Beatty, Rick Tierce,
Kenneth Bass, John Hemphill,
Allen Davis, and Drew Whalen.
Savannah Has
Big St Pat
Celebration
SAVANNAH (UPI) — The
biggest St. Patrick’s Day cele
bration South of New York and
east of "The Old Sod” will be
held today, beginning with a
huge parade through downtown
Savanah expected to be
watched by more than 100,000.
Similar celebrations have
been held here almost annually
since 1812 when hordes of Irish
men came to America during
the potato famine.
Sen. Herman Talmadge, D-
Ga., Rep. Elliott Hagan, D-Ga.
and Lt. Gov. George T Smith
are scheduled to lead the two
hour parade.
Throughout the day, green
beer will be served, green
smoke will rise from chimneys
and there will be a general
wearing of the green.
5-STAR WEEKEND
GRIFFIN
RFK Jumps Into
Presidential Race
Vows Harmony
With McCarthy
WASHINGTON (UPD-Sen.
Robert F. Kennedy jumped into
the presidential race Saturday
with a vow to work in harmony
with the peace candidacy of
Sen. Eugene McCarthy against
the policies of President John
son.
Kennedy said he would enter
primaries in at least California,
Nebraska and Oregon and urge
his backers to vote for
McCarthy in Wisconsin, Penn
sylvania and Massachusetts
preferential races.
Kennedy said he told both the
President and McCarthy of his
decision, as for Johnson, the
New York senator said the issue
was “not personal; it is our
profound differences over where
we are heading.”
Kennedy, 42, made his an
nouncement in the old Senate
office building caucus room—
the same place that a then 42-
year-old John F. Kennedy
announced his candidacy for
president in 1960.
Asked if he would campaign
for the Minnesota senator’s
peace candidacy in Wisconsin
and other primary states where
not competing, Kennedy said:
“Yes, I will.”
Kennedy and McCarthy will
compete in primaries in Califor
nia, Oregon and Nebraska.
Kennedy was asked about the
President’s reaction to his
advance notification of his
decision. He said that he had
not talked to Johnson personal
ly, but that he believed Johnson
did “not indicate pleasure or
displeasure.”
Asked if he would support the
nominee of the Democratic
National Convention in Chicago
if he failed to win, Kennedy said
he would decide that at
convention time.
Tile President apparently did
not hear Kennedy’s news
conference He was en route to
the Sheraton-Park Hotel in
Washington to talk to a group of
businessmen trying to find jobs
for hard core unemployed in the
nation’s cities.
As for the cities, Kennedy
said jobs were the most
pressing problem.
As for the war—which he has
said is the over-riding issue in
the nation because of its broad
influence on other areas—
Kennedy said he basically
favored de-escalation. He said
he believed the South Vietna
mese should assume a greatet
role.
$47,000 In
Bank Funds
Taken From Car
SAVANNAH, Ga. (UPI) —The
Federal Bureau of Investigation
is searching for the thieves who
forced their way into a car Fri
day and made off with $47,000
in bank funds.
John Hubbard, manager of
the First National Bank of
Ridgeland, S C„ said the mon
ey was missing when he
returned to the vehicle early in
the day after dining with a
friend, George Beaver, at a
downtown restaurant.
Hubbard told investigators he
picked up the money from the
Citizens and Southern National
Bank in Savannah Thursday aft
ernoon and placed it in white
canvas bags in the trunk of his
car.
He said when he returned to
the vehicle shortly after mid
night, the car had been entered
forcibly and the money was
missing.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Considerable cloudi
ness and warm with a few sc
attered showers tonight. Sunday
partly cloudy and warm.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum oday 65, minimum today
49, maximum Friday 63, mini
mum Friday 36. Sunrise Sunday
6:49 a.m., sunset Sunday 6:49
p.m.
Nixon Starts
Oregon Race
With Confidence
By DONAD C. JEPSON
PORTLAND, Ore. (UPI)—
Richard Nixon kicked off his
campaign for the Oregon
presidential primary here Fri
day night with the prediction he
would wrap up the Republican
nomination with a repeat of his
1960 primary triumph.
The former vice president,
relaxed and smiling, pumped
hands for three hours during a
steady rain at the huge Lloyd
Shopping Center here.
“I’m coming to Oregon to
win,” Nixon said, adding he felt
if he won here he would “wrap
up the nomination.”
Nixon returns to New York
today.
Nixon’s wife Pat, his daugh
ters, Patricia, 21, and Julie, 19,
and David Eisenhower—grand
son of the former president and
Julie’s fiance—shared the plat
form.
Nixon said Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller was capable of
waging an aggressive campaign
—primary or no primary—and
said the New York Chief
executive still has a strong shot
at the nomination.
Nixon said if the primary
developed into a three-way race
with Gov. Ronald Reagan of
California an active candidate,
the primary would have less
significance than if just he and
Rockefeller were entered.
Vatican Stand
On Masons
Not Changed
VATICAN CITY (UPl)—The
Vatican said today it was not
planning to "change profound
ly” its probation on Catholics
joining the Order of Free
Masons.
Well-informed Vatican sources
said the denial was issued
because of some confusion that
has arisen following reports
earlier this week that the
Vatican has changed its attitude
toward the Masons.
These sources said Catholics
who join the European Grand
Orient form of Masonry,
established especially in Italy,
France, Germany and Austria,
are still automatically excom
municated from the church.
But they said Catholics may
join Masonic organizations that
are not considered anti-reli
gious, such as those in the
United States and Britain.
Copter Troops
Raid Village
By JACK WALSH
SAIGON (UPI)—U.S. Infan
trymen landed from helicopters
under cover of an artillery
barrage today and killed 128
Viet Cong in a raid on a
Communist-held village near
Quang Ngai on South Vietnam’s
northern coast. The enemy toll
in “Operation Certain Victory”
ner Saigon climbed to 484
dead.
Elements of the 11th Light
Infantry Brigade dismounted
from helicopters around My I.ai
village just after dawn and
fought scattered bands of
Communists until about 2 p.m.,
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Lot Os Booze
George Frank Pittman, 34, of Haddock, Ga., was arrested at a service station in
Sunny Side this morning at 5:30 by Deputy Sheriff Tommy Whaley. He was charg
ed with possessing and transportating non-tax paid whisky and driving a car with
an illegal tag. The car, a 1959 Plymouth, was loaded with 260 gallons of “moon
shine” whisky. Whaley was on routine patrol when he spotted the car at the ser
vice station and stopped to investigate. The trunk and back seat of the car were
filled with one-gallon plastic jugs of whisky.
Bankers See Tax Increase
As Result Os Gold Rush
United Press International
Taxpayers can look for at le
ast a 10 per cent surcharge to
be levied on their income tax
as the result of the current gold
crisis, if the sentiments of a re
presentative group of the na
tion’s bankers provide any indi
cation.
A survey taken by United Pr
ess International showed that,
almost unanimously, the bank
ers thought the current gold
crisis would favorably affect the
chances of passage of an income
surtax.
Some of the bankers said to
day’s meeting of the world’s
banking minds in Washington
would provide the basis for many
decisions on what the United Sta
tes would do to surmount the
problem. They withheld predic
tions pending its outcome.
One banker suggested that
unless "very drastic action”
is taken, the current crisis
would bring about conditions si
milar to those which led to the
depression of the 19305.
Almost to a man, the bankers-
a spokesman at the American 1
■ division headquarters in Chu
; Lai reported.
U.S. casualties were two ’
I killed and 10 wounded, a
spokesman said.
Allied forces sweeping
through five provinces around 1
. Saigon killed another 151
guerrillas in a series of sharp
skirmishes to run the toll for
the operation to 484 dead. A
spokesman said 27 Americans 1
have been killed and 213
wounded. South Vietnamese
casualties were described as
“light." ’ 1
The operation, under personal 1
all vice presidents or higher in
large city banks-agreed the cur
rent monetary controversy in
creases the chances for Presi
dent Johnson’s surtax proposal
pigeonholed for months in the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee.
Most of the bankers also ag
reed the surtax is necessary and I
some expressed the same opin
ion as Catesby Jones, senior vice
president of State Planters Bank
in Richmond, Va.
"I’m afraid it’s necessary,
primarily as a result of the ad
ministration’s spending policies.
I’m not sure how much. I’d ra
ther see a spending cut.”
Dr. B. W. Sprinkel, vice pre
sident and economist of the Har
rist Trust and Savings Bank in
Chicago, disagreed on one of Jo
nes’ points.
“No, I do not agree that a sur
tax is necessary, unless it is ac
companied by strict restrictions
on government spending,” Sp
rinkel said. “Otherwise, infla
tion will continue as before and
nothing will have been gained.”
command of Gen. William C.
Westmoreland, was announced
Friday. It began March 11 as
the biggest allied offensive of
the war aimed at seizing the
Initiative from the Communists
and preventing an expected
attack on Saigon itself.
The Air Force in Saigon
meanwhile called in 16 Cl3O
“Hercules" transport plans
from the United States to
bolster the supply effort in the
threatened northern provinces
of South Vietnam and to replace
those shot down at Khe Sank.
Athens Man
Installed As
GEA President
ATLANTA (UPI) —The Geor
gia Education Association
wound up its annual meeting
today, installing Dr. Alton Ellis
of Athens as the incoming pres
ident.
In last minute action Friday,
the GEA elected Dr. Franklin
Schumake, 32, of Decatur to the
post of president elect — the
youngest person so honored in
the history of the association.
Dr. Ellis will succeed A. J.
Strickland of Trion as president.
In other action Friday, the
GEA approved an annual dues
increase of from $8 to sls; re
solved to give more considera
tion to a tenure bill for state
teachers; and rejected a motion
to support Florida teachers who
have not been reemployed fol
lowing a recent strike.
Country Parson
Jlhg
“A fellow ought to control
his mind as carefully as ha
controls his tongue — or
someday his tongue will he
tray him.”