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Airliner Headed
Back To Cuba To
Retrieve Passengers
By MATTHEW T. KENNY
MIAMI (UPD—An 87-seat
Eastern Air Lines Electra
headed for Cuba today for what
is becoming a familiar task—to
retrieve passengers taken to
that Communist island bastion
by an armed hijacker.
The plane was to return
around noon EDT with the 46
passengers from Eastern’s
Flight 950, a Boeing 720 jet
heading uneventfully into Miami
from San Juan, P.R., Friday
morning when a loudly dressed
Latin, possibly with the help of
a key, entered the cockpit,
waved a revolver and spoke the
only English he knew:
“Havana, Cuba, not Miami."
Those four words were
enough and Capt. Watson T,
Babbitt turned toward Cuba. It
was the year’s 15th domestic
hijacking.
Babbitt, 58, a veteran of 33
flying years, was the only one
of the seven-man crew to talk
with newsmen following a
debriefing by federal officials
Friday night at Miami Interna
tional Airport. The crew was
detained about 12 hours in
Havana.
The tired-looking captain said
"he must have had a key. The
cockpit door was locked. I
personally locked it and then
went out. When I got back I
relocked it, so I know it was
locked a short time later when
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he showed up.”
Babbitt said the hijacker,
who wore blue pants and an
orange shirt, locked the cabin
door from the inside with a bolt
after gaining entry. The pilot
said It looked to him that “he
might have been around
planes.”
“He was waving that gun at
all three of us. He had me
convinced it wouldn’t take much
to use the weapon.”
The run to Cuba was
relatively uneventful after the
hijacker took over. When the
plane touched down at Havana’s
Jose Marti Airport at 9:45 a.m.,
Cuban troops boarded the plane
and the three crew members in
the cockpit told the gunman,
"Out, out,” motioning him out
of the cockpit.
Babbitt said the Cubans
treated them “very courteous
ly,” but segregated them from
the passengers, except for
lunch. He said the Cuban
officials refused to let them
bring the passengers back with
them “for security reasons,”
but the pilot said there was no
other explanation.
"We could have taken off
from that runway," he said, a
reference to previous Cuban
explanations that the runway at
Jose Marti Airport isn’t long
enough to accommodate Ameri
ca's big commercial jets.
The passengers were taken to
Veradero Airport Friday night,
a few hours drive from Havana,
to be ready for the incoming
flight today.
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McDonough
Teen Injured
In Wreck
A McDonough teenager was in
jured in a two-car collision Fri
day night on North Express
way at Knox street.
Margaret E. Acosta, 17, of
Route Three, McDonough, was
treated at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital for neck and
back injuries.
She was a passenger in a car
driven by Louise Alexander Ac
osta, 44, of Route Three, McDon
ough. The other car was driven
by Kenneth Eugene McFarland,
19, of Ellenwood, Ga.
Louise Alexander Acosta was
charged with making an impro
per turn from the wrong lane.
Damage to the two automobil
es was estimated at S9OO.
Campaigns
Continued from page one
party candidate promised Fri
day to put the federal judiciary
"in its place” if he is elected
president by making judges
face Senate review every eight
years.
Edmund S. Muskie—The vice
presidential candidate cam
paigned in Kansas Friday,
calling Nixon a candidate “who
won’t debate anybody, including
Wallace.” Senator Muskie ad
ded: “Perhaps they can’t find
enough differences to discuss.”
Spiro T. Agnew—The Mary
land governor, the GOP vice
presidential nominee, said in
San Francisco the Democrats
had lost their right to govern
the United States because of the
credibility gap.
Property
Transfers
The following property trans
fers have been recorded in the
office of Superior Court Clerk F.
P. Lindsey at the Spalding Coun
ty Courthouse:
Otis D. Blake, Jr. and Andrew
E. Blake to Alfred and Ruth B.
Perdue, a house and lot in Blake
Subdivision: Robert L. Buchan
an to James Ronald Gregory, a
lot on West Mclntosh road; Sm
ith and Dukes Builders, Inc. to
Billy A. Peeples, a house and
lot in Forest Hills Subdivision.
Harold L. Morris to Harold W.
Morris, a lot on Old Orchard Hill
road; Mrs. Essie Buchanan to R.
L. Watson, six acres in the Se
cond Land District; Louise O.
Rogers to Edward O. Shirah, a
house and lot on Sixth street; Sc
ott H. and Mary C. Searcy to J.
L. and Sue C. Savage, a house
and lot in Forest Hills Subdivis
ion.
Smith and Duke Builders, Inc.
to John Ellis, Sr., a house and
lot on Lake Placid drive; Robert
L. Jones to W. W. Harvey, a lot
in Vt. B. Wise Subdivision; Sin
gletray-Barron Realty to Ron
ald A. Gilbert, a house and lot
on Upland drive; Louis F. and
Florene W. Strickland to Barney
L. and Evelyn S. Hunter, a lot
in Camp Stevens Subdivision.
George J. Addison and Ralph
W. Freeman to Pauline William
son, two lots in Pleasant Hills
Subdivision; James A. Dukes to
James R. Cook, a house and lot
on Brook circle; Roy H. Shock
ley to J. D. Huddleston, a lot in
Courtney Heights Subdivision;
Donald and Mary Ann R. Watts
to John H. and Sue S. Lovelady,
a house and lot in Mathis Sub
division.
John 11. and Sue S. Lovelady
to Dan J. Smith, Jr. and Fred R.
Smith, a house and lot on Hlll
- avenue; James E. Morgan
to H. H. and Agnes B. Baker,
a house and lot in W. T. Walsh
Subdivision; Joe Dutton to Don
ald E. Powell, a house and lot in
Joe Dutton Subdivision.
Claude E. Johnson to N. D.
Green, a house and lot on Rich
ardson street; C. M. Anderson to
Jayne Linda Anderson and Dan
iel Wayne Allen, a lot on Mount
Zion road.
Stork Club
LITTLE MISS ENGLISH
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Nolan
English of Route Three, Zebulon
road, Barnesville, announce the
birth of a daughter on Sept. 20
at the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
Medals Presented
To Sgt. Turner
The Army awarded several
medals posthumously this week
to S-Sgt. Philip G. Turner, 21.
Members of his family accepted
the awards, presented by an Ar
my officer who come to Griffin
to present them.
Sgt. Turner was killed in Viet
nam May 24. He was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Davis Turner of
High Falls road.
The medals presented includ
ed the Bronze Star, Purple He
art. Good Conduct, Commepda
tion Medal for Heroism, Nation
al Defense Medal, Vietnam Ser
vice Medal, Vietnam Campaign
ribbon, Combat Infantry Badge,
and Sharpshooter’s medal.
Bible Belt
Tops Tribal
Belt Maddox
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. '
(UPD—Gov. Lester Maddox Fri- .
day told a young people’s revi
val that living in the Bible Belt
is “a million times better than J
being in the Tribal Belt, where 1
looting and burning and killing '
appear the order of the day.” *
“It might solve a lot of this <
nation’s problems if we could *
move the Bible Belt up to about
where Canada starts,” Maddox <
said. <
Speaking to the Georgia State <
Youth Fellowship at Stone ]
Mountain, Maddox warned that 1
“The Fifth Column of Godless
communism is pressing a steady i
and stealthy attack and that at- I
tack falls most fiercely on our (
young.” ;
The governor, making his sec
ond “Holy Ghost Revival” |
speech in two days, said “I j
would meet in the middle of a i
hundred acres of corn stubble (
at dead midnight, in a cold (
January, if by doing so we
could advance the word of God
and the teachings of Christ.
"We need, as we have never i
needed it before, a great revi
val of the Holy Ghost, and it is
up to us to bring it about,” he
told the group.
He praised the assembled 1
group of children, saying “There 1
are no finer boys and girls than i
those in Georgia, and we read <
sometimes that Georgia is in i
what Is known as the Bible '
Belt. Well, that’s a million i
times better than being in the
Tribal Belt, where looting and
burning and killing appear the
order of the day.” !
Maddox Says
He’s Helping
Demo Ticket
ATLANTA (UPD—Gov. Lest- '
er Maddox declared Friday he
is helping the state Democratic 1
Party by supporting the candi
dacy of third - party presiden- '
tial hopeful George Wallace.
“I am helping the state party 1
by not supporting the national
ticket,” Maddox said. “It would 1
do further harm if I supported '
the national ticket and those 1
high officials who do support '
the national ticket add to the (
dissension.” 1
Maddox's remarks came af
ter former Gov. Carl Sanders 1
blamed Maddox for the defec- :
tion of five elected Democrat
officials to the Republican Par- '
ty.
"It is very unfair to charge
me with five of his political op
ponents’ leaving the party,”
Maddox said. “They’re his op
ponents, not mine.”
Union Service
Sunday Night
A union service will be held
Sunday night at the First Metho
dist Church at 8 o’clock to wel
come the Rev. Bruce Morgan to
the community. He Is the new
pastor of the First Baptist Chur
ch.
Ministers and laymen from the
First Presbyterian, 6t. George’s
Episcopal, and First Christian
churches will participate.
The Rev. Morgan will be the
speaker. i
The central churches have call- .
ed off their regular worship ser
vices and their congregations|
will participate in the union wel
come service.
Dr. Delma Hagood. First Me
thodist pastor, and the Rev. Don
Clark, associate; will be the host
pastors. (
Sunny Side
Revival Set i
The Rev. Hubert Flanagan. :
pastor of the 'First Methodist
Church in 'Hiomaston, will con- '•
duct revival services at the Sun. 1
ny Side United Methodist Church
next week.
Tite services will begin each 1
night at 7:30.
TTie Rev. Charles Nicholas. 1
pastor of the Zebulon United
Methodist Church will be the '
song leader.
The revival will run Sept. 23- ]
27. 1
The Rev. Ronnie Gaines is pas
tor of the Sunny Side Church.
Nearing A Half Century of
Service to Families in
Griffin and Surrounding
Communities
1919 -1968
PITTMAN - RAWLS
FUNERAL HOME
633 MERIWETHER STREET
JAMES W. RAWLS
“THE HOME OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE.”
Georgia News
Marietta Man Gets
Robbery Sentence
VALDOSTA, Ga. (UPD—A 26-
year-old Marietta man was sen
tenced to 15 years in prison for
the armed robbery of a Cook
County bank, climaxing a fed
eral investigation lasting more
than two years.
James Patrick Pressley was
convicted Friday on the charges
of robbing the Bank of Lenox
of neary 820,000 in June,
1966. Federal Judge W. A. Boo
tle passed sentence.
Evidence presented in the tri
al showed Pressley was a fugi
tive from a Macon County work
detail at the time the bank was
robbed.
He was indicted by a federal
grand jury last month after an
investigation lasting more than
two years. None of the money
stolen from the bank was re
covered.
Georgian Killed
In Vietnam War
WASHINGTON (UPD— Army
Pfc. Albert W. Sirmans Jr., son
of Mrs. and Mrs. Albert W. Sir
mans Sr., 2120 Tebeau St., Way
cross, Ga., was one of 47 U.S.
servicemen killed in combat in
Vietnam, the Pentagon an
nounced Friday.
Student Pilot
Killed In Crash
SNELLVILLE, Ga. (UPD —
A Fort Lauderdale, Fla., man
was killed Friday afternoon
when the plane in which he was
practicing emergency proce
dures crashed into power lines,
then fell into a field.
The victim was identified as
Don M. Bramblett, He was
thrown from the plane when it
struck ground.
The instructor, Robert Norton
of Forest Park, walked away
from the accident, but was hos
pitalized.
The plane took off from De-
Kalb - Peachtree airport near
Chamblee and the men were
practicing emergency proce
dures with Bramblett piloting
the craft, Norton told investi
gators.
The craft’s altitude dipped
sharply, Norton said, and the
plane snagged on some power
lines. The crash disrupted pow
er in this small Gwinnett Coun
ty town about 20 minutes.
Bvrd Predicts
Demo Return
ATLANTA (UPD — Like the
Prodigal Son, Georgia Demo
crats who have defected to the
Republican Party will return "to
the fold sooner or later,” Sen.
Robert C. Byrd, D-W. Va., pre
dicted Friday.
Byrd, stumping the South for
About Town
FASHION SHOW
The Christian Women's Fellow
ship of the Eighth Street Baptist
Church will present a fashion
show entitled “Fashions With A
Fling” Sunday at 4 p.m. in the
Fairmont school gym.
Menu
The master menu for the Grif
fin-Spalding County School Sys
tem for the week of Sept. 23-27
is as follows:
MONDAY — Wiener, baked
beans, cole slaw, bun, cinnamon
roll, milk, butter.
TUESDAY — Luncheon ham
sandwich, French fries, buttered
peas, apple pie, milk, butter.
WEDNESDAY — Irish stew,
turnip greens, candied yams,
corn muffin, milk, butter.
THURSDAY — Baked ham, po
tato salad, green beans, tomato
wedge, rolls, fruit cup, milk, but
ter.
FRIDAY — Tuna fish salad,
potato chips, green lima beans,
cabbage and green pepper slaw,
rolls, congealed fruit, milk, but
ter.
the Humphrey - Muskie ticket,
said Georgia’s six elected
Democratic Party officials who
defected to the GOP, should be
welcomed back when and if
they return.
“There’ll always be some de
fections,” Byrd said. “There’ll
probably be some defections
from the Republican side to the
Democratic side in this elec
tion.”
Byrd made his remarks to the
Southern Regional Council of
Citizens for Humphrey-Muskie.
Comparing the defections to
the Biblical story, Byrd said
when the Prodigal Son got hun
gry, “he came back. I have a
feeling that these people will be
walking back to the fold sooner
or later.”
Humphrey-supporters attended
from Georgia, South Carolina,
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee
and Louisiana.
Macon Mayor In
GOP Ticket Push
MACON, Ga, (UPD—Macon’s
Republican mayor, Ronnie
Thompson, said Friday he has
been named to the National
Steering Committee of the Nix
on-Agnew ticket.
Thompson said he was named
to the committee by Coleman
Dean, executive secretary of the
Nixon-Agnew Headquarters in
New York City. The committee
is to meet soon in New York
to discuss urban and municipal
problems.
NEVE RTOO OLD
LOS ANGELES (UPD—Her
bert Weiner, 75, intends to
observe his Golden wedding
anniversary Dec. 23—alone.
He sued Friday for separate
maintenance from his 68-year
old wife, Rose, whom he
married in 1918 in Lynn, Mass.
Winer’s complaint said his wife
■was “extremely cruel,” and not
only that—she had control of all
the money in the family.
VOTE FOR
JOHN E. SNIDER
Republican Candidate For
ORDINARY
of
Spalding County
General Election November 5,1968
Your Vote and Support Will Be Greatly
Appreciated.
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WHAT I WILL DO
IF ELECTED
Your County Commissioner
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Sam F. Cooley
REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR
County Commissioner
1. New industry can be brought to Griffin and Spald
ing County by using Commissioners job as a job
and not as a position.
2. You can not get anything accomplished by meet*
ing only once a month. If elected your County
Commissioner I will have more meetings and
some at night where leaders of Spalding County
and Griffin can attend.
SINCERELY,
Sam F. Cooley
YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT WILL BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED NOV. STH.
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Hospital
The following were admitted to
the Griffin-Spalding County Hos
pital Friday;
Mrs. Audrey Holloway, Ran
dy Fletcher, the Rev. 0. G. Dun
can, Mrs. R. L. Shadburn, Mrs.
Flora Mae Foster, Mrs. Jeffie
Mays, Charles Collier, Jr., Mrs.
Bonita Ogletree, Mrs. Mary
Holmes, Mrs. Dorothy Killings
worth.
The following were dismissed:
William Matthews, Mrs. Mild
red Turner, Robert Turner, Mrs.
Vera Smith, J. Lamar Purser,
Mrs. Laurita Pounds and baby,
Hubert Andrews, Mrs. Lena Jo
nes, Mrs. Ada Howard, Carnet
Dexter, Mrs. Mary Baldree, M.rs
Doris Hand, Ernest Long, Mar
ion Bicker, Mrs. Sealy Moore,
Ernest Jester, John Woodruff,
Jack Bray, Mrs. Sally Massey,
Mrs. Mary Mathis.
TRANSPLANT PATIENT DDES
MADRID (UPD—Spain’s first
heart transplant patient, Juan
Rodriguez Grille, 41, was buried
here Friday. He died Thursday
after surviving 33 hours with
the heart of a woman.
FOOD TOWN
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