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By Quimby Melton
Today we are publishing a
Sample of the Ballot that will be
used in the runoff primary to be
held Wednesday. This Is the bal
lot that will be used in every
voting district, except in the Ex
periment district, where there
will be an added runoff race —
for constable.
We are not publishing this Sam
ple Ballot for any other purpose
than to illustrate how simple it
is, and how quickly one can
cast one’s vote.
So no one who fails to vote,
can offer the excuse, “I could
not find the time to vote.” Sur
ely one can spend a few minutes
and vote in what is one of the
most important primaries to be
held here. The man chosen to be
come a member of the Board of
County Commissioners will be el
ected for a six year term. And
the County Commission has the
say so in how many things are
done, or not done, in our county.
Once again, and it will bear
repeating:
Vote as you please,
Vote for the man you believe
will make the best commission
er.
But Please Vote!
Poor editing of copy, before It
goes to the composing room,
poor or careless proof reading
after an article is setup, often
show up in newspapers, maga
zines and other forms of print
ing.
Recently Good Evening got a
copy of ‘‘More Press Boners”
edited by Earle Temple, and
would like to pass some of them
on to his readers, believing they,
too, will get a chuckle out of
them.
For instance the Fort Smith
(Ark.) News recently reported
this phenonema: ‘‘Eggs as big
as hailestones dropped for ab
out 10 minutes during the
storm.”
The Salt Lake City (Utah) Tel
egram, praising the acoustics of
a new auditorium said “A pint
dropped at the front of the au
ditorium could be heard at the
rear of the building.”
The Chicago Tribune, which
for years has claimed to be
"The World’s Greatest Newspa
per” recently came up with this:
‘‘The newest thing in railroad
equipment is the shower-bath
for women in the observation
car.”
And the same "Greatest News
paper in the World” reported,
"He got up, shaved, dressed
and took a bath.”
The New York (N.Y.) Herald
Tribune caused eyebrows to ra
ise when it printed “Mr. and
Mrs announce the en-
gagement of their debatable dau
ghter to ”
Announcements of births are
always of interest. But this one
in the Kansas City (Mo.) Star is
rather startling: “Born to Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert P. Wilson, a
fine boy. After the baby was
born he went downtown and the
boys celebrated the occasion by
burning his hat.”
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Other "goofs” that may bring
a smile:
"The body laid in state at the
family home here today while
thousands of friends and relativ
es passed the beer.” Louisville
(Ky.) Courier-Journal.
“Penny is now attending uni
versity of Kent, Ohio, having
been driven out by her parents.
(Bethesda (Md.) Tribune.)
"Saundersom has occasional
ly been seen shopping and lur
ching in New York with his fu
ture bride.” (New York Daily
News.)
And even in staid old, high
ly educated Boston we find the
Traveller, suggesting a pleasant
motor trip saying, “From Lland
rindrod you proceed to the lov
ely valley of the Ithon, growing
more beautiful all the time.”
Even the New York Times,
which prides itself on its careful
editing and proof reading let
this slip by "The missing wo
man is described as a strikingly
pretty blonde with long black
hair.”
Gov. Maddox
Will Talk Here
Gov. Lester Maddox will talk to
the Griffin Klwanis Club Wed
nesday at its meeting beginning
at 12:15 at the Elks Club.
A special invitation has been
extended to the wives of Kiwan
is members to attend.
The governor’s wife, Mrs. Vlr.
glnia Maddox, is expected to ac
company the Georgia chief exe
cutive for the Griffin talk.
Legion To Sponsor
Fund For Crowder
Griffin American Legion Post
15 announced today that it would
sponsor a fund for Donald Crow
der who is awaiting a possible
kidney transplant at Emory Uni
versity.
Henry Holliman, commander
of the Post, said contributions
could be addressed to the Griffin
Post, Box 315, Griffin, Ga.
The Legion decided to sponsor
the fund after the Griffin Daily
News published a story last week
telling of Mr. Crowder’s needs.
He said that if such an opera
tion is possible, it would be very
expensive and he needed finan
cial help.
Mr. Crowder’s brother, F. M.
Crowder who is serving in the
Navy at Pensacola, Fla., is at
Emory University having a ser
ies of tests to see if the transpl
ant is possible.
Mr. Crowder has been in the
hospital several times this year
with the kidney ailment. He is a
former employe of Dundee Mill
No. 5.
52nd Heart
Transplant
Performed
HOUSTON (UPD—Dr. Mi
chael Deßakey’s surgical team
performed the world’s 52nd
heart transplant early today,
inserting the heart of a 17-year
old traffic accident victim into
Verne Al Martin, 46, of Mesa,
Ariz.
Hospital spokesmen said Mar
tin was in satisfactory condition
after the operation.
Officials at Houston’s Metho
dist Hospital said the operation
began 10:30 p.m. Monday. The
announcement of the completion
of the operation came at 2 a.m.
today.
Martin was admitted to
Methodist Aug. 12, suffering
from hardening of the arteries
which locked the arteries to the
heart.
The donor was Michael Ray
Jennings of Houston. Jennings
was admitted to the hospital
Sunday with head injuries
incurred in an automobile
accident. He was a senior at
Houston’s Springwood High
School.
Commissioner
Runoff Vote
Set Wednesday
Spalding County voters will
choose between incumbent Jack
Moss and challenger Louis Gold
stein in a runoff Democratic pri
mary vote Wednesday.
The two were thrown into a
runoff two weeks ago when none
of four candidates received a
majority for the nomination.
The polls will open at 7 a.m.
and close at 7 p.m.
Voters in all districts in Griffin
and Spalding County will be eli
gible to cast ballots.
Voters in the 1825 district will
choose between Ray Stonica and
Lewis Strickland in a runoff race
for constable for that district.
They both seek nomination for
Post Number Two.
Voting places in the city
and county will be the same as
they were two weeks ago in the
primaries.
SAMPLE BALLOT
(NOT TO BE VOTED)
Official Primary Run Off Ballot of the Democratic
Party of the State of Georgia for the Democratic
Primary Run Off to be held on September 25, 1968.
September 25, 1968
Prepared in accordance with the Rules of the State
Democratic Executive Committee.
Place a cross (x) or check (V) mark in the square
opposite the name of each candidate for whom you
choose to vote. If you spoil your ballot, do not erase,
but ask for a new ballot. Use only pen or pencil.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
(To succeed Jack Moss)
(Vote for one)
( ) LOUIS W. GOLDSTEIN
( ) JACK MOSS
GRIFFIN
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872
Griffin Lawmen
Take Training
For Profession
Four Griffin lawmen are tak
ing advanced training to bet
ter equip them for their profes
sion.
Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert has en
rolled at Georgia State College in
Atlanta to pursue a degree in po
lice science. He attends classes
two nights a week this quarter
and carries 10 quarter hours of
work.
City Det. Lewis Law also has
begun college work in police sc
ience also at Georgia State.
The college level training for
policemen is relatively new in
Georgia. About six colleges of
fer some courses now in this fie
ld in the state.
City Det. Wallace Pitts has be
gun college level studies in the
police field, too. He is taking
some work through the Univer
sity of Georgia extension cour
ses being offered in Griffin.
City Det. Ronnie Irvin is in
Washington this fall at the natio
nal FBI Academy. He will com
plete this training late this fall.
Norton Will
Not Contest
Election
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (UPD—
William L. Norton, who lost to
incumbent George P. Whitman
in the state Court of Appeals
race, announced today he would
not contest the election.
Norton, who hinted strongly
of irregularities in the Sept. 11
Democratic primary, said he
had found no evidence that
would change the outcome of
the race.
Norton led by about 10,000
votes in early counting, but as
late returns came in, he lost by
more than 9,000 votes.
“Perhaps, if nothing more,
the public outcry concerning the
“long count” results of this pri
mary may lead to election re
forms requiring more prompt
election results in which the
public will have confidence,"
Norton said in a statement.
Norton said that if anything
should happen to Whitman, 85,
before the next election, he
would be an independent candi
date for the post in the general
election of 1970.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Fair to partly cloudy
and warm tonight. Wednesday
increasing cloudiness and warm.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 85, minimum today
63, maximum Monday 83, mini
mum Monday 61. Sunrise Wed
nesday 7:30 a.m., sunset Wed
nesday 7:33 p.m.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, September 24,1968
Viet Cong Explodes
Huge Gasoline Supply
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YANKEE INGENUITY came to the aid of soldiers of the Ninth Infantry Division
operating near Dong Tam, South Vietnam. After patrolling waist deep through
muddy water, left, the Gls constructed makeshift “bridges” out of tree trunks,
right, to make the going a little easier.
Gasoline Explosion
Injures Five People
Burglars Enter
Griffin Home
Os Rep. Flynt
Burglars broke into the home
of Sixth District Congressman
and Mrs. John J. Flynt, Jr.,
Monday night and took a televis
ion set and a shotgun, according
to the Griffin Police Department.
Rep. and Mrs. Flynt are in
Washington and will fly back to
Griffin tris afternoon to make an
inventory to determine if any it
ems other than the shotgun and
television were taken.
Joe Akin, who cares for the
Flynt property, went to the home
this morning and discovered that
someone had broken into it.
Police said entry was gained
through the basement. The burg
lars apparently went up a flight
of stairs and broke a lock off a
door to the upstairs.
Officers also said that it look
ed as if there were a little van
dalism in the home.
11 Killed
In Crash Os
Stratotanker
OMAHA, Neb. (UPD —The
Strategic Air Command head
quarters said an Air Force
KCI3S Stratotanker with 56
persons aboard crashed during
an emergency landing at Wake
Island early today. Eleven were
reported dead and 23 injured.
SACheadquarters said the
dead were all Air Force
personnel. Fourteen of the
injured were air-lifted to Guam.
Air Force officials said the
tanker was enroute from
Andersen Air Force base at
Guam to the United States. The
emergency landing was ordered
after the plane reported engine
difficulty.
The names of the crew and
passengers were withheld pend
ing notification of relatives.
SAC headquarters said an Air
Force accident investigating
team was on its way to the
scene of the crash.
PORT ARTHUR, Tex. (UPD
—An explosion in a catalytic
cracking unit at the Atlantic
Richfield refinery sparked a
huge fire early today.
At least five persons were
injured, three of them critically.
Atlantic Richfield officials
said the blaze quickly spread to
four oil storage tanks and
threatened to touch off a second
explosion in a nearby chlorine
unit.
Firemen from Port Arthur,
Beaumont, Orange, Nederland
and Port Neches, Tex., wore
oxygen masks while fighting the
fire which still burned more
than three hours after it
started.
Officials at St. Mary’s Hospi
tal, seven miles from the site of
the explosion, said sensitive
cardiograph units were sent
wild by the tremor caused by
the blast.
Nearly 100 persons were
evacuated from a residential
area adjacent to the refinery,
officials said.
Two cars parked 5,000 feet
away from the explosion were
set on fire.
One of the injured, W. A.
Bond, 55, was reported in very
critical condition with burns
over 100 per cent of his body.
John C. McKague, 28, of Port
Arthur, and Segal Stewart were
reported in critical condition
with burns over 60 per cent of
their bodies. At least two other
men received minor bums.
All roads leading to the
refinery were blocked by police
from Port Arthur and nearby
Groves, Tex., because of the
danger.
The dispatcher at the Jeffer
son County sheriff’s office in
Port Arthur said he could see
the flames jumping “a couple of
hundred feet in the air” from
his three-story-high vantage
point several miles from the
blaze.
Country Parson
“For most jobs your enthu
siasm will be more important
than your qualifications.”
Vol. 95 No. 228
Nude Protester
Arrested
In Atlanta
ATLANTA (UPD—“He was
just standing there stark naked
looking at the traffic coming
down Peacthree.”
That’s how bank employe Car
ter Fowlkes described the
lunchtime spectacle at Pershing
Point, a section near downtown
Atlanta where several banks
and businesses are located.
An 18 - year -old youth who
claimed he was a Georgia Tech
student took up his protest
against computers in front of
one of the office buildings—the
IBM building.
According to witnesses, he
calmly removed his clothing
and picked up a sign reading
“Computers are Obscene” and
held it for about 10 minutes un
til the police paddy wagon
came.
Police said Raymond School
field, 18, who said he was from
San Antonio, Texas, would be
charged with indecent exposure
following the incident.
About 100 lunchers and office
workers rushed outside to watch
as the youth took off his cloth
ing, put it in a neat pile and
began his silent protest.
Mental Patient
Wounds Two
Americus Police
AMERICUS, Ga. (UPD —An
escaped mental patient holed up
in a house, wounded two police
men with shotgun blasts and
then slashed his neck as police
reinforcements closed in on him
early today.
The man, identified as John
Perdue, 48, was hospitalized in
serious condition.
Also hospitalized were city
policeman Lynwood McClung,
with shotgun wounds in the
arms and legs, and Georgia Bu
reau of Investigation agent
W. G. Beauchamp, with wounds
in the left arm.
Police said Perdue fired on
officers Monday night when
they tried to arrest him as an
escaper from the Embryville
State Hospital in Chester Coun-
Two Civilians
Killed In Blast
By JACK WALSH
SAIGON (UPD—Viet Cong
gunners today rocketed an oil
depot on the edge of Saigon,
killing two civilians exploding
250,000 gallons of gasoline. The
attack coincided with Commu
nist vows to defeat U.S. troops
by attrition and terror.
Allied commanders struck
back at reported Communist
troop buildups around the
capital. They sent four waves of
852 s against suspected guerrilla
hideouts, including one eight
miles from sprawling Bien Hoa
airbase.
But Communist gunners shot
down the 899th U.S. warplane
over North Vietnam, a Navy A4
Skyhawk, spokesmen said, and
Red groundfire knocked down
two Army helicopters in the
south to raise the two-day
chopper toll to eight. The
Skyahawk pilot was reported
missing.
Government spokesmen,
meanwhile, reported that 473
South Vietnamese troops were
killed in action last week, the
second highest weekly count
since the May offensive. They
said 2,867 Communists were
killed, highest total in a month.
Report Government Losses
The report listed 1,262 govern
ment troops wounded and 35
missing in action. U.S. losses
will be published Thursday.
Spokesmen said the guerrilla
artillery team zipped six 107 mm
rockets into the oil complex six
miles from downtown Saigon.
Three of them hit Caltex Co.
barges, killing two South
Vietnamese civilians and
wounding five seriously. Two
others suffered minor injury.
U. 6. artillerymen blazed back
at well-known rice paddy firing
positions a few miles southwest
of Saigon.
The rocket assault, and
saboteur attacks that demo
lished two bridges north of
Saigon, followed a Monday
broadcast by Radio Hanoi
marking the 22nd anniversary
of Ho Chi Minh’s first guerrilla
battle against French colonia
lists.
It boasted the Viet Cong
would grind the Americans
down to defeat the same way
the French were beaten.
Spokesmen said one South
Vietnamese soldier was killed
and seven other persons wound
ed, including five Americans, in
the helicopter losses. They
raised the total of downed U.S.
choppers in South Vietnam to
871.
Under Heavy Fire
Elsewhere in the air war, U.S.
pilots flew 112 missions over
North Vietnam and reported
“moderate to heavy” antiair
craft fire, including that which
downed the Skyhawk 12 miles
northwest of Vinh.
ty, Pa.
Perdue barricaded himself in
the house, and exchanged gun
fire with police reinforcements,
who ordered tear gas brought
in from Albany, 30 miles away.
Perdue was alone in the house,
deputies said, although he re
portedly had had an argument
with his wife earlier in the ev
ening.
Tear gas was fired into the
house and when officers rushed
inside they found Perdue on the
floor, bleeding from a razor
wound on his neck.
Officers said a teletype mes
sage from the Pennsylvania au
thorities had arrived in Ameri
cus last week requesting Per
due’s return.
Two Arrested
In Burglary
At Elks Club
Two ex-Grifflnites have been
arrested and charged with the
weekend burglary of the Griffin
Elks Lodge in which an undeter
mined amount of whisky was ta
ken.
Ralph H. Pendley, 19, of 845
White street, S.W., Atlanta, and
Floyd D. Shirley, 18, of the same
address, are charged with burg
lary and possession of burglary
tools.
A deputy sheriff, who investi
gated the burglary, was told
an undetermined amount of
whisky was taken from the
building.
He said burglars entered the
building through a window. The
burglars took a ventilator off an
office door and ransacked the
office.
The bar also was broken into,
the deputy said.
He said the burglars broke a
piggy bank and took $5 or $6
from it. Cigarettes were put in a
sack and left on a table.
lie "said the burglars entered
the dining room and ate some
ice cream.
A lock was broken on the jhke
box, but no money was taken
from it, the deputy said.
The two ex-Griffin men were
arrested Monday in the vicinity
of Melrose Subdivision by Sgt.
Jack Sutton and Officer Dean
Ray of the Griffin Police Depart
ment.
They are being held in city
jail while police investigate.
The Sheriff’s Department al
so is investigating a burglary at
the Griffin Moose Lodge on Ze
bulon road. Several checks were
taken.
Deputies also are investigating
a burglary at the Azalea Grove
Grocery Store on U. S. 19 South
of Griffin.
Burglars entered the building
by breaking a window. A large
amount of merchandise was ta
ken from the store.
10 Schools
Boycotted
At Waycross
WAYCROSS, Ga. (UPD —
Negro students picketed and
boycotted the 10 public schools
here today to protest an alleged
slow pace of integration.
The demonstrators were
peaceful and there were no re
ports of trouble. Police were on
hand in large numbers.
Negro parents threatened
Monday to keep their children
out of school unless the Way
cross Board of Education met
five demands concerned mostly
with a speed-up of classroom in
tegration.
This morning, apparently, the
boycott was in full force. No
students showed up for classes
at Center High School, which
has an all-Negro enrollment.
Most other Waycross schools
were holding classes but Negro
students apparently were stay
ing away from the predominant
ly white schools. There were
only token demonstrations at
predominantly white schools.
Many young Negro students
came to schools, but were
turned away by the demon
strators.
The demonstrators had per
mits, and the picketing was or
derly. Most of them were Ne
groes of school age although a
few parents took part.
The Negro grievances con
cerned the alleged failure of the
school system to comply with a
desegregation plan approved by
the Department of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare.