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‘Dove’ Commission Idea
Kicks Up LBJ-RFK Storm
WASHINGTON (UPD—Sen.
Robert F. Kennedy offered to
stay out of the Democratic
presidential race if President
Johnson agreed to appoint a
commission of leading "doves”
to ease the nation out of
Vietnam.
Johnson rejected the offer. So
Kennedy decided to run.
Those are the bare bones of
About Town
GENERAL MEETING
The Christian Women’s Fel
lowship of the First Christian
Church will hold its monthly
general meeting tonight at 8 p.m.
in the Memorial room of t h e
church.
BOOK CLUB
The Griffin Book Club will
meet with Mrs. Claude Christop
her on East College street
Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. John Harlow will give the
book review.
SPAGHETTI SUPPER
The Crescent School PTO will
sponsor a spaghetti supper on
Friday, March 22 from 5:30 un
til 8:30 p.m. at the school cafe
teria. Adult plates will be one
dollar, children’s 50 cetats.
Homemade desserts will be
sold for ten cents a serving.
LEGION BIRTHDAY
Barnett-Harris Post No. 15 Am
erican Legion and the Auxiliary
will celebrate the beginning of
the 50th year of the American
Legion Monday night at 7:30 p.
m. A buffet dinner will be ser
ved prior to the program. Five
members of the loyal post will
be honored for 50 years service
in the Legion.
PULASKI CHAPTER
Pulaski Chapter, DAR will
meet Thursday at the Memorial
Clubhouse at 3:30 p.m. Mrs. Jos
eph Cumming, American Music
chairman, will present the pro
gram. Hostesses will be Mrs. R.
P. Shapard, Mrs. Arnold Wood,
Mrs. L. R. Langley, Mrs. R. O.
Maddox, Mrs. Jack Gill, Mrs.
Roswell Akin and Mrs. R. E. Mit
chell.
PINTA LODGE NO. 88
Pinta Lodge No. 88 F—AM of
Barnesville will meet this Tues
day at 7:30 p.m. in the Lodge
hall. The speaker will be Ray
mond B. Muse of Carrollton, Gr
and Master. He will present Dud
ley Cannafax his 50-year award.
There will also be other Grand
Lodge officials present. Supper
will be served.
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Monday, March 18, 1968
i an astonishing story that added
an explosive new element today
to an already bitter political
campaign.
Both Kennedy partisans and
Johnson adherents denied leak
ing the story to the press and
each accused the other oi
distorting what really happened.
But leak it most certainly did,
like a sieve.
The disclosure Sunday of the
proposed deal brought imme
diate "clarifying’—and sharply
contradictory—statements from
Kennedy, who announced his
candidacy only Saturday, and
from a top administration
official who was in on it.
What Happened?
Kennedy, in a bitter state
ment Sunday night, charged
that reports of his offer were
"incredible distortions of what
really occurred.” But he
confirmed that he and Theodore
C. Sorensen, a longtime political
ally of the Kennedys, had
conferred with new Defense
Secretary Clark M. Clifford, a
Johnson intimate, in Washington
last Thursday.
The New York senator said
the three of them discussed a
proposal for an "independent
blue-ribbon commission on Viet
nam,” an idea put forth by an
unnamed Midwestern political
leader who also reportedly
made the suggestion to Johnson.
Both the Johnson and Kenne
dy camps agree that far, but
there is a sharp divergence on
what else happened.
Kennedy, in his statement,
said Sorensen had first
broached the idea last Monday
in a secret White House
meeting with Johnson.
Kennedy denied that th'
suggestion tied the idea to his
prospective candidacy in any
way.
LBJ Rejected
The high administration
source, however, indicated that
the subject first came up at the
Thursday meeting with Clifford
and that Clifford had relayed
the suggestion to Johnson, who
Stork Club
MASTER MCBROOM
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Mc-
Broom, Jr. of 809 Pamela drive,
Griffin, announce the birth of a
son on March 15 at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital.
LITTLE MISS MILNER
Mr. and Mrs. Chester R. Mil
ner of 202 Cabin Creek road, Gr
iffin, announce the birth of a
daughter on March 15 at the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospi
tal.
MASTER HOUSE
Mr. and Mrs. George S. House,
Jr. of 1125 Dewey street, Grif
fin, announce the birth of a son
on March 17 at the Griffin-Sp
alding County Hospital.
MASTER BEVIL
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Claude
Bevil of 1456 Beaty street, Grif
fin, announce the birth of a son
on March 17 at the Griffin-Spal
ding County Hospital.
LITTLE MISS MCELROY
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ray Mc
elroy of 832 Pamela drive, Grif
fin, announce the birth of a dau
ghter on March 17 at the Griffin.
Spalding County Hospital.
MASTER GASSES
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse John Gass
es, Jr. of Route One, Griffin, an
nounce the birth of a son on
March 14 at the Griffin-Spald
ing County Hospital.
Immediately rejected it.
During the course of the
Clifford meeting, according to
the administration insider, Ken
nedy said in effect that if he
could force a change in the
"right direction,” then he might
not be obliged to run against
Johnson.
Kennedy then reportedly told
Sorensen to outline his plan for
a commission to Clifford. The
commission, appointed by the
President, would study Vietnam
policies then report to Johnson
and the public at about the
same time.
The Kennedy plan also
involved Johnson going on
nationwide television and radio
to announce appointment of the
study group and, according to
the administration official, Ken.
nedy made it clear Johnson’s
statement should be strong
enough to convey the idea that
he had reached a point of
"grave doubt" as to the wisdom
of his past course in the war.
Canned Meat
Purchased
For Needy
ATLANTA (UPD —Federal
officials have purchased nearly
5 million pounds of canned
chopped meat to feed to the
needy, the U. S. Departmnet of
Agriculture said today.
The USDA Consumer and
Marketing Service said it paid
$2,097,000 for the 74 carloads of
meat to be used in the surplus
food distribution program.
The purchase, on competitive
bids, brought the total food pro
gram to about $24.3 million for
more than 5.6 million pounds of
foods. Last year, some 336 mil
lion pounds were distibuted in
the Southeast.
In Geogia, the food is given
to the poor in joint government
programs in many counties
through the State Welfare De
partment’s "War on Hunger.”
Gas Fumes
Kill Three
SAVANNAH, Ga. (UPD —
Three workers were asphyxiat
ed and two more were injured
today when they entered a tank
truck that was filled with dead
ly gas fumes.
The accident occurred at the
Great Dane Trailer Co. plant
where tanks and trailers are
manufactured for hauling truck
loads of goods.
An investigation was begun
Immediately to determine what
kind of gas was present in the
supposedly empty tank and how
it got there.
The victims, who authorities
said suffocated almost immedi
ately after entering the tank,
were identified as Melvin Dur
rence, 44, James E. Myrick, 21,
and Jack E. Anderson, 34, all
of Savannah.
They were pronounce dead
on arrival at Candler General
Hospital, where two other men
were being treated for gas in
halation.
Hospital
The following were admitted
to the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital over the weekend:
Mrs. Dena Eaton, Mrs. Kate
Mcßroom, Mrs. Shirley Milner,
Angela Underwood, William Sm
art, Mrs. Genevieve Ballew, Mrs.
Nonie Kent, Miss Carol Foster,
Mrs. Mildred Beddingfield, Mrs.
Mattie Weldon, Mrs. Judith Hin
es, John Harlow, Ridley Wilson,
Lee Howard, Sr., Frank Knox,
Mrs. Ruby McMichael, Weldon
Presley, J. E. Pitts, Randle Ri
vers, Mrs. Onis Jo Berry, Mrs.
Thelma Holmes, Mrs. Shirley
Rivers, Mrs. Lethia Tucker, Da
niel Cloud, Mrs. Marmen Mal
lory, Mrs. Virginia Manley, Mrs.
Leslie Biles, Mrs. Ora Lutton,
Mrs. Gressle Steele, Mrs. Dar
lene McElroy, Mrs. Joan Holl
ingsworth, Jonathan Wilson, Mrs.
Sharlene Bevil, Robert Lee Cor
bin, Mel Stewart, Mrs. Shirley
House, Aaron Miller, Mrs. Ruth
Goodacre, Franklin Aiken, John
E. Dorsey, Eugene Speeg, Cand
ler Barnes, Harvey Cheatham,
Mrs. Ruby Reeves, Mrs. Irene
Harper, Bobby Berry, William
Lynch, Mrs. Juanita Anthony,
Cindy Sams, Susie Whalen, Mrs.
Rosa Howard, Jesse Greene,
Mrs. Carolyn Dean, Ewell King,
Miss Helen Blanton, Mrs. Bet
ty McLeod, Mrs. Peggy Mills, D.
O. Williams, R. A. Landers, Mrs.
Lois Leverette, Mrs. Ruth Allen.
The following were dismissed:
Mrs. Mary Landers and baby,
Michael Goss, Jack Taylor, Wil
liam Foster, Mrs. Barbara Fen
nell, Mrs. Bernice Henley, Mrs.
Mary Bedsole, Clifford Seay,
Mrs. Ruby McCormick, Mrs.
Eva Reeves, Mrs. Jayne Shrad
er, Mrs. Ruby Lee Parker, Wil
lard Spear, James Thomas, Mrs.
Jessie Spangler, Mys. Mild
red Beddenfleld, Frank Knox,
William Dickson, Miss Carol
Foster, Mrs. Meredith Altman,
Jonathan Wilson, Wilbur John
son, Mrs. Etheleen Davis, Bar
ry Turner, Julie Huddleston,
Mrs. Vera Martin, Charles Sou
thern, Mrs. Ruth Gatlin, Dessie
Eppinger, John Clark, Noel Gr
ant, Antoniette Baker, Mrs. Bar
bara Banks and baby, James
Butler, Howard Biles, Mrs. Edna
Smoot, Mrs. Doris Harris, Mrs.
Grace Patrick, Willie Gilbert,
Andrew Jones, Mrs. Barbara
Young, Mrs. Lynne Harry and
baby, Mrs. Orene Nolan, Jerry
Patton, Wallace Parks, Oris
McLeod, the Rev. G. L. How
ard, Mrs. Clara Martin and
baby, Jep Pullin, Miss Nancy
Melissa Hattaway, Robert Camp,
Guy Hayes, Miss Myrtice Rawls,
Mrs. Viola Lawson, Henry Bak
er, Mrs. Ruth Blalock, Miss
Grace Hallquist, Miss Debbie
Brooks, Johnny Bennett, How
ard Norton, Miss Barbara Mc-
Laurin, Mrs. Jewel Morgan,
Mrs. Charlotte Nichols, Larry
Neil, Otis Belvin, Mrs. Cora
Randolph, the Rev. G. A. Mor
gan, Joseph Thomas, Miss Mona
Bulce, Mrs. Margaret Huckaby.
Fighting
Erupts In
Rhodesia
SALISBURY, Rhodesia (UPD
—Rhodesian Security forces are
battling African nationalist
guerrillas in the bush country
along the Rhodesia-Zambia bor
der, the government of Premier
lan Smith said today.
A government statement said
nine guerrillas have been killed
so far plus one wounded and
"others” captured.
One Rhodesian was reported
killed and two wounded in the
fighting.
Announcement of the fighting
followed reports reaching Salis
bury that about 200 guerrillas
had crossed into Rhodesia from
Zambia.
The reports said the guerril
las paddled across giant Lake
Kariba in canoes.
The battle statement from
Security Forces headquarters
here did not say where the
clash was under way. It did not
say how many guerrillas or
government troops were In
volved.
"Security Forces are pursuing
the remainder of the terror
ists,” the statement said.
Earlier reports said the
guerrillas came armed with
Communist Chinese arms and
appeaored well trained.
The invasion across the
Kariba caught Rhodesia by
surprise, observers here said.
Smith, who declared Rhodesian
independece from Britain in
1965, told newsmen Saturday,
“There are no terrorists operat
ing here."
But Sunday night, uncon
firmed reports of something big
being up swept through Salis
bury. Movie houses flashed
notices on the screens for
troops to get back to their units.
Police appeared in bars and at
dances, presumably to round up
off-duty troops.
In Lusaka, capital of Zambia,
African nationalists warned last
week they would strike into
Rhodesia. They said the strike
would be in revenge for the
hanging of condemned African
murderers in defiance of a
reprieve granted by Queen
Elizabeth whose British govern,
ment has used almost all
diplomatic weapons sove force
to bring Smith’s regime to heel.
Griffinite
Will Intern
In Atlanta
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —Ro
bert Westmoreland of Griffin is
one of 53 senior students at the
Bowman Gray School of Medic
ine who received internship ap
pointments for 1968-69.
He will intern in medicine at
Emory University and Veterans
Administration Hospitals, Atlan
ta.
Internship appointments are
made through the National In
tern Matching Program, which
operates under the auspices of
Medical Colleges. The match
ing system utilizes preference
lists submitted by students and
hospitals following Interviews.
Seventy-eight per cent of the
class received first-choice ap
pointments.
Westmoreland is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Westmore
land of 50 Terracedale, Griffin.
He is a cum laude graduate of
Furman University.
His wife is the former Jean
Gregory of Roebuck, S.C.
Oral Vaccine
Won't Replace
Needle: Sabin
ATLANTA (UPD—Famed Dr.
Albert B. Sabin says he thinks
oral vaccine will never replace
the needle.
"Such vaccines against mea
sles, tetanus and malaria can
never be developed In oral
form,” Dr. Sabin said in an in
terview Sunday (with WSB).
Dr. Sabin said, however, that
oral vaccines can now only be
used effectively against viruses
which develop in the intestinal
and respiratory tracts.
Dr. Sabin is the developer of
an oral vaccine that helped re
duce crippling polio from one of
the most dreaded of diseases in
the 1940 s to an almost rarity in
the ’6os. He was in Atlanta to
present a paper Monday before
the American Academy of Pedi
atrics holding its spring meet
ing at Atlanta’s Regency Hyatt
House.
The famed doctor, a member
of the Chllden’s Hospital Re
search Foundation at the Uni
versity of Cincinnati College of
Cincinnati, disclosed that some
oral vaccine against virus
caused diseases of the replra
tory tract are being given to
Army recruts.
Dr. Sabin was scheduled to
deliver a paper on "The Pres
ent Status of the Search for a
Viral Etiology of Human Can
cer.”
About 3,000 persons —pedia
ticians, their families and
guests—were expected to attend
the meeting that runs to
Wednesday.
Exhibits will cover every
thing from family health plan
ning to the delivery of compre
hensive health care to a large
urban population.
Burglars Take
Money From
Frog’s Place
Burglars broke into Frog’s
Place, 1215 Boyd’s row, over the
weekend and took money from a
juke box, police said.
Police reported between S2O
and $25 in change taken from the
juke box.
Homer Stinson owns and oper
ates the business.
The burglars entered through
the front door, an officer said.
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Griffmite’s
Nephew Killed
In Vietnam
Private First Class Wayne Per
ry, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
B. Perry of Durham, N.C., was
killed in action in Vietnam on
March 3. Pvt. Perry is the
nephew of Mrs. Annie E. Chap
pell of 1256 North Ninth street,
Griffin.
Funeral services will be con
ducted for Pvt Perry in Dur
ham on Wednesday. The body is
scheduled to arive in Durham
today.
Federated Garden
Clubs To Have
Annual Luncheon
The annual March luncheon of
the Federated Garden Club of
Griffin and Spalding County will
be held Wednesday, March 20, at
12:30 p.m. at the Elks Club.
The hostesses of the spring
flower show, which will be held
at the Commercial Bank in Ap
ril, will model costumes from
different countries. Those model
ing will be: Mrs. Billy Hancock,
Mrs. Bill Wages, Mrs. Dick Sl
ade, Mrs. James Doe, Mrs.
Hugh Hunt, Mrs. Taylor Wynne,
Mrs. Jack Landrum, Mrs. Fr
ank Thomas, Mrs. R. C. Ballew
and Mrs. E. Y. Roberts.
There will be a millinery show
of new spring fashions, present
ed by Crouch’s. Modeling these
fashions will be Mrs. Walter Jo
nes, Mrs. Coleman Jackson, Mrs.
D. J. Lewis, Mrs. Dudley Fields,
Jr., Mrs. A. N. Adair and Mrs.
Marshall Evans, Jr.
Mrs. Jack Collins of Crouch’s
will narrate. Mrs. Mac Gillstrap
will give a reading. Music will
be presented throughout the
show by Mrs. O. N. Mathis.
Man Shot;
Another Held
A Griffin man Is in fair condi
tion at the Griffin-Spalding Co
unty Hospital today following a
shooting Sunday afternoon in fr
ont of 239 Kentucky avenue.
Robert Lee Corbin of 1201 Ap
artment B, Lincoln road, was
admitted to the hospital with a
bullet wound.
Willie E. Brooks was arres
ted and charged in the shooting.
Police said in a report that
Corbin found his girl friend, Od
essa Wilson, in a cor with Brooks
and he (Corbin) told her to get
out.
Corbin said Brooks then shot
him, police said.
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CIL Plans
Cancer Drive
The Spaiding County Citizens
Improvement League organ
ized for the Cancer Education-
Funds crusade at a meeting here
Bunday.
Leaders in the organization
will be Mrs. Eldora Mathis, Mrs.
Bertha Simmons, C. W. Daniels
and the Rev. O. H. Stinson.
Some 35-40 people who will
work on the campaign among
Negro citizens attended. Last
year they raised $650.65.
Maynard Brown of Macon,
state leader for the campaign,
was the speaker. Dr. O. R. But
ler, Spalding Cancer chairman,
attended with other local leaders
in the crusade.
The program will be held dur
ing April.
Rangers Report Fire
Calls On Sunday
The Forestry Commission an
swered two alarms on Sunday.
Rangers assisted the Dundee
volunteer firemen extinguish
a field fire on West Mclntosh
road.
Rangers also answered a call
to Pike County Sunday morning
at 2 a.m. to a barn fire.
Volunteer Firemen
Extinguish Field Fire
The Dundee Volunteer Fire
Department, Station One, Ex
periment, answered a call to a
field fire on West Mclntosh
road, Sunday afternoon.
No damage was reported. Pro
perty belonged to Clyde Saylor,
640 West Mclntosh road and R.
D. Cowan, 540 West Mclntosh
road. Approximately two acres
burned.
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Mrs. Gordy Os
Barnesville Dies
BARNESVILLE — Mrs. Leila
Velma Mills Gordy, widow of
Mr. Peter Lee Gordy, died Sun
day morning at the Providence
Nursing Home in Thomaston
where she had been a patient for
several weeks. Mrs. Gordy suf
fered a fractured hip several
months agi and had been con
fined since that time.
She was a native of Coweta Co
unty, but had resided in Barn
esville most all of her life. Mrs.
Gordy was a member of the
First Baptist Church.
She is survived by a grand
daughter, Mrs. Charles C. Mor
gan, Jr., of Barnesville; a grand
son, Peter L. Banks of Atlanta;
two nieces, Mrs. Paul Walker,
Jr., of Griffin and Mrs. William
Connell of Waycross; and four
great grandchildren.
Funeral services were con
ducted this afternoon at 3 o’clo
ck from the First Baptist Chur
ch in Barnesville. Dr. Howard
Ethington and the Rev. C. W.
Moss officiated and burial was
in the Zebulon Street cemetery
in Barnesville. Haisten Funeral
Home of Barnesville was in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Berrigan Os
New Orleans Dies
Mr. Joseph B. Berrigan of
New Orleans, La, brother of
Mrs. A. C. Griffin, died Sunday.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Tuesday in New Orleans.
Griffinites To Attend
Sales Seminar In La.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin N. Crou
ch and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh E.
Nelson will attend the Indepen
dent Life and Accident Insurance
company’s sales seminar March
28-31 in New Orleans, La.