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By Quimby Melton
United Nation Secretary Gen
eral U. Thant is in a position
where he plays a most important
part in world affairs. His posi
tion is one that calls for clear
thinking, fair tactics, and care
ful consideration of any state
ments he makes.
But the man, honored with one
of the highest offices a man can
hold, seems to have lost all sen
se of his responsibility and has
shown many times a prejudice
against the United States and
other members from free na
tions.
The other day he almost “spon
sored” a resolution which he
wanted introduced in United Na
tions, meeting this morning for
the fall term. This resolution
called on — would order — Am
erica to stop all bombings of
North Vietnam.
Then on the eve of the meet
ing he came forth and denied
that he had ever suggested any
such resolution.
But the damage had been
done. The North Vietnamese de
legates to the "peace conferen
ce” being held in Faris, taking
the cue from the Secretary Ge
neral, were more adamant than
ever.
U. S. Ambassador Averell Har
riman said this morning “Hanoi
apparently feels no obligation to
move towards peace.” He did
not mention the maneuvering of
U Thant, but evidently he feels
that the secretary general has
thrown another monkey wrench
into the peace machinery.
United Nations has been a dis
mal failure In settling world pro
blems. And when U Tant became
executive head of the organiza
tion chances of even easing ten
sions have vanished.
Deny It all you wish Mr. Sec
retary General, but you, expec
ted to be a guiding light towards
peace, have taken sides — the
communist side — on every im
portant Issue.
Russia and other communist
nations already have enough vo
tes in United Nations to block
anything constructive being
done; and. with the top man of
the organization playing on their
team, are becoming more and
more determined to wreck the
world.
U Thant had no business ever
having been given this high of
fice. He simply is not the caliber
man United Nations needs as a
leader.
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Now that we’ve gotten this
comment on Mr. U Thant off our
chest — and we’ll admit he ma
kes us mad everytime he opens
his mouth — let’s turn to some
thing that may bring a smile to
our readers.
Here are a few more examples
of “Newspaper Boners” cited in
Earle Temple’s little book.
All such “boners” are not re
stricted to newspapers; even
printed church bulletins someti
mes falling victims.
For Instance:
“The ladies of the Cherry St
reet Church have discarded clo
thing of all kinds. Call at 44 Nor
th Cherry Street for Inspection.
(Philadelphia Church Bulletin.)
And in a Muncie, Indiana,
Church bulletin was this person
al, "Mrs. Gibson has returned
after spending two weeks in Chi
cago mixing religion with plea
sure.”
And newspapers sometimes
slip up in publishing Church new
For Instance: “The pastor will
preach his farewell address, the
choir will sing “Break Forth In
to Joy.” (Lewiston, Idaho, Mor
ning Tribune)
And, “Spokesmen for the con
gregation say he was very well
received and they feel most un
fortunate to have him back.” —
Laredo, Tex. Times.
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“I like a broadminded man
— but not so much that I
can’t tell which side he’s
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Will Decide Drinks Case
ATLANTA (UPD—The Geor
gia Supreme Court has agreed
to consider a case involving the
sale of mixed drinks past mid
night Saturday nights in Atlan
ta.
The high court will hear oral
arguments Nov. 12 or later.
The Court of Appeals ruled
earlier that state law allowed
the city to sell mixed drinks un
til 2 a.m. Sunday morning.
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10 Years Service
Charles Jones (1), a member of the Spalding County draft board, presents a 10-
year service certificate to Ed Crawford as board member Haskell Conkle and Mrs.
Irene Coussons, executive secretary, look on. Besides being on the board 10 years,
Crawford before that served 12 years as an adviser to the board. He is chairman.
Unit Won’t Go
To War Zone
SAIGON (UPD—The U.S.
Command announced tonight a
U.S. armored cavalry squadron
slated for duty in Vietnam
would not be sent to the war
zone but its equipment would be
shipped here for use by South
Vietnamese troops.
Affected were 1,094 men of
the Ist Squadron, 18th Armored
Cavalry Regiment, now station
ed at Fort Lewis, Wash.
It was the first announcement
of its type ever issued by the
U.S. Command in Saigon.
Spokesmen said the 1,094
personnel slots made available
by the move would be given to
other units in Vietnam including
the 101st Airborne Division and
the Ist Cavalry Division.
The move thus will not affect
the current U.S. troop ceiling of
549,500 set by President John
son.
“In order to advance the
activation and combat readiness
dates of certain South Vietna
mese armored cavalry units,
the United States will acceler
ate shipment of armored
Hanoi Again
Balks At Talks
By RICHARD HUGHES
PARIS (UPD—The Hanoi
delegation to the Paris Vietnam
talks today rejected any efforts
by the United Nations to try to
end the war.
It is “not within the
competence of the United
Nations,” said North Vietna
mese spokesman Nguyen Thanh
Le. He spoke after today’s
session with U.S. delegates
which again failed to make any
progress.
He was referring to state
ments by Secretary General
Thant that he believed the
General Assembly would vote in
favor of an immediate end to
American bombing of North
Vietnam if the question were
put to a vote.
Le refused to enlarge or
clarify his statement about
United Nations intervention,
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872
Gov. Lester Maddox had or
dered the bars to stop selling
drinks at midnight on grounds
it violated the state’s Sunday
closing law.
The Court of Appeals ruled
in favor of a group of Atlanta
bar and lounge owners, howev
er, saying the state law was so
worded that Sunday actually
did not start until dawn.
personnel carriers and other
equipment for issue to the
ARVN (South Vietnamese
army) and the personnel spaces
involved will be used to make
up current space shortages In
certain important U.S. units,”
the announcement said.
No figures were supplied but
a government armored squad
ron would be entitled to at least
70 armored personnel carriers,
tanks, trucks Jeeps, ambulances
and other vehicles.
The announcement said the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and the
Defense Department would de
termine the future disposition of
the troops of the Ist Squadron
of the 18th Armored Cavalry
Regiment.
QUICK TRIP
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (UPD—
Two of three escapees from the
San Miguel County Jail
thumbed their way back behind
bars Tuesday.
The two men, one an accused
murderer, hitched a ride with
Sheriff Pat Gallegos, who drove
them straight to jail.
even when pressed by several
newsmen. He only repeated the
matter is "not within the
competence of the United
Nations.”
The Thant statement angered
the U.S. delegation to the Paris
talks since they believed it
would bolster Hanoi’s stand
there must be a complete and
unconditional cessation of bomb
ing before there can be peace
talks.
The two sides ended their
formal session shortly before
1:30 p.m. and U.S. Ambassador
W. Averell Harriman said upon
his return to the U.S. Embassy:
“We made no progress.”
Before going into the 23rd
session, Harriman said Hanoi
apparently feels “no obligation
whatsoever to do anything to
move toward peace” in Viet
nam.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Go., 30223, Wednesday, September 25,1968
Mayor Stewart Won’t
Run For City Post
Five Dead In
Mexico Site
Os Olympics
MEXICO CITY (UPD—Scat
tered sniper fire crackled today
across Mexico City where at
least five were dead and 16
wounded in the latest battles of
a student insurrection. Olympic
Games workmen strung up a
million lights spelling “All
Things Are Possible With
Peace.”
Army troops seized two more
provincial universities as the in
surrection showed signs of
spreading nationwide. Both ma
jor campuses in the capital
were now under government
control.
Student leaders appealed to
the International Red Cross to
send in rescue teams and hid
their wounded in private houses
and school buildings to keep
them out of government hands.
They insisted the toll of dead
and wounded was much higher
from gunfights at Polytechnic
Institute and the Tlatelolco hous
ing project Tuesday and sug
gested police were making stu
dent casualties “disappear.”
Hospital officials confirmed
five dead, Including two police
men, and 16 wounded, including
three policemen in critical con
dition.
Voting Light
In Runoff Here
Voting appeared to be light to
day in the Democratic runoff pri
mary for County Commissioner.
The race was between Incumbent
Jack Moss and challenger Louis
Goldstein.
Voters in the 1825 (Experi
ment) district also were to deci
de between Lewis Strickland
Ray Stonica in a constable run
off.
The polls close tonight at 7 o’-
clock.
Says He’s Tired
After Six Years
Bogus Bills
Traced To
Penitentiary
ATLANTA (UPD—A counter
feiting operation, producing S2O
bills, has been uncovered at the
federal penitentiary here.
The FBI said Tuesday that
agents are searching the penal
institution for an illegal press,
which has been making the bo
gus money.
The tipoff that the operation
existed came when several bo
gus S2O bills were found inside
the prison. The bills were de
scribed as “crude.”
The prison, the site earlier
this year of a rebellion in which
four inmates held 23 employees
hostage, is beng searched by
men from both the Secret Ser
vice and FBI.
The FBI said it is also still
hunting for the inmates who
robbed the prison dispensary
earlier this year. They made off
with a cache of narcotics.
Former Central
Doctor Faces
Narcotics Count
EATONTON, Ga. (UPI) — A
former doctor at Central State
Hospital at Milledgeville has
been arrested and warrants is
sued for nine other persons in
connection with alleged narcotic
violations involving a drug
known as dilaudid.
The charges were filed Tues
day against Dr. Robert Ed
monds Rice 64, on three counts
of violating the state narcotics
law by using a false narcotics
permit to prescribe the drug.
Capt. James E. Carnes of the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
said warrants were also Issued
for eight other persons in ad
dition to a warrant for Joe At
taway, a Milledgeville resident
who was alleged to have re
ceived prescriptions from Rice.
Rice, who came to Eatonton
last August to open a practice,
waived committment hearing
and was jailed in lieu of bonds
of SIO,OOO on each of the three
counts.
WHITE ELEPHANT
BEDHAMPTON, England
(UPl)—Mrs. Dorothy Jones, a
housewife who doesn’t drive,
Tuesaay went to Winchester to
pick up a new car worth $3,120.
It was the second automobile
she has won in promotion
contests.
Laird Says 90,000 Troops
To Be Cutback In Vietnam
SEATTLE, Wash. (UPD—The
Pentagon plans to reduce the
number of U.S. troops in
Vietnam by 90,000 during the
next ninth months, according to
a Republican member of the
House defense appropriations
subcommittee.
But Rep. Melvin Laird, R-
Wis., said the reduction was the
result of “ordinary and metho
dical military planning”—and
not the type of a cutback
forecast by Vice President
Hubert Humphrey.
Laird, a close adviser to
Republican presidential candi
date Richard Nixon, handed out
his statement to newsmen
Tuesday aboard the Nixon
campaign plane flying from
Boise, Idaho, to Seattle.
The Pentagon declined direct
comment on Laird’s statement,
Vol. 95 No. 229
Mayor Kimsey Stewart will not
seek reelection to the board of
city commissioners this fall. He
made the announcement at the
close of a brief city commission
meeting Tuesday night at city
hall.
Former City Commissioner
Carl Pruett announced last Fri
day he would seek a post on the
board in the November city elec
tion.
“You might say I’m just tir
ed,” said the mayor who is com
pleting his sixth year on the bo
ard. “Six years are long enough
for the job.”
Mayor Stewart will complete
his second three-year term at th
end of November. His successor
is scheduled to be sworn in at the
first regular meeting of the
board of commissioners in De
cember.
Mayor Stewart said he wanted
to make it clear that he had not
endorsed anyone for the commis
sion post he will vacate. He said
he did not plan to endorse any
one for the post.
He said he had not had any
conversations with anyone about
his plans not to seek reelection.
"I have made no deals with
anyone and do not plan to
make any,” Mayor Stewart said
regarding his decision to step
aside in his service on the board.
Mayor Stewart had waited un
til a regular commission meet
ing to make known his plans so
he could tell city department he
ads and others personally.
He said he had worked closely
with city department heads and
other city employes during his
six years on the board and want
ed to tell them in person before
making any announcements ab
out his decision not to run.
Mayor Stewart said he thought
the city of Griffin had the best
employes and city department
leaders to be found anywhere in
Georgia.
Mayor Stewart entered the pol
itical arena from the business
world.
Before entering private busi
ness, he was a football coach at
old Spalding High School and
later football coach and athletic
director for Griffin High after
the two schools were consolidat
ed.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy and
warm tonight. Variable cloudi
ness with a chance of showers
Thursday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 86, minimum today
65, maximum Tuesday 85, mini
mum Tuesday 63. Sunrise Th
ursday 7:30 a.m., sunset Th
uursday 7:32 p.m.
but it was noted that U.S.
troop strength in Vietnam has
not been Increasing recently as
fast as had been expected.
The last reported U.S.
strength in Vietnam was about
535,000 men, against a ceiling of
549,000.
Reports from Saigon that the
U.S. Vietnam command is
conducting a survey to deter
mine what support troops might
be spared also lent some
strength to Laird’s statement.
Asked how his assertion that
the troop level would be
reduced differed from Hum
phrey’s statements, Laird said:
"I think the vice president
gave the impression that if he
was elected president this would
be something he would do, but
something that could not be
done if a Republican was
Kimsey Stewart
Barron Cumming
Announces For
City Commission
Barron Cumming, a Griffin at
torney, today announced his can
didacy for City Commissioner.
He is the second candidate to
offer for the city post being va
cated by Mayor Kimsey Stewart,
who has announced that he will
not seek reelection.
Carl Pruitt, a former commis
sioner, last week qualified for
the city commission election.
Cumming is a native Griffinite.
He graduated from Griffin High
School where he was an out
standing student and a star gu
ard on several Griffin football
teams.
He attended the University of
Florida and University of Geor
gia and is a graduate of the
Lumpkin School of Law at Geor
gia.
Cumming is a member of the
Griffin Exchange Club, Jay
cees, is the president of the Grif
fin Circuit Bar Association. He
is a member of the First Bap
tist Cliurch.
Barron is married to the form
er Miss Dena Batton. The Cum
mings have a three-year-old dau
ghter, Beth. They live at 1214
Maple drive.
The 27-year-old Griffin attor
ney qualified for the city com
mission election this morning.
It is his first entry into politics.
In a statement this morning,
Cumming said:
“In announcing for city com
missioner, I am attempting to
give the citizens of Griffin a cho
ice in the election Nov. 5, a n d
not because of any political or
personal gain it might mean to
me.
“I am a lifelong resident of Gr
iffin and know the feelings of
this community, and with my le
gal background, feel that I am
qualified.
“My main concern, if elected,
would be to see that all citizens
are treated fairly, with respect
to such things as zoning, types
of parking In the business ar
ea, licensing practices, and oth
er matters that are not so much
concern with the overall picture
elected.”
Laird, who is informed on
many Defense Department
plans by virtue of his subcom
mittee position, charged Hum
phrey with confusing and
"irresponsible” talk on the
troop strength issue.
Laird said the 90,000-man
cutback, which would reduce
the number of American troops
in Vietnam to 450,000 by June
30, 1969, was the result of three
factors:
—American efforts over the
past 18 months to equip and
upgrade South Vietnamese mili
tary forces.
—The sharp increase in South
Vietnamese draft calls.
—The easing of heavy con
struction needs for many
American construction workers.
Two Fatalities
- - - Both Horses
Two fatalities were reported in
an accident five miles south of
McDonough on Georgia 42 in
Henry County Tuesday. Both
were horses.
The horses were owned by Lex
Brown of Route Four, Griffin.
They were struck by a car dri
ven by Claude Paul Miller, 26, of
Route Three, McDonough. Miller
suffered lacerations to his
right arm.
Damage to Miller’s car was
estimated at S2OO. The value of
the horses was set at $1,200.
A state patrol report said the
two horses were standing in the
road when struck by the car,
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Barron Cumming
of the City of Griffin, as with the
protection of the individual rights
of the citizens. The citizen is the
city, and I intend to see that he
is treated fairly.”
City Board
Splits 2-1
On Purchase
By a two to one vote, the Grif
fin City Commissioners Tuesday
night awarded a purchase order
for Light and Water supplies to
Elec-Tel Supply Co., of Atlanta.
The low bid was for $2,216.48. It
was six dollars above the bid
submitted by Industrial Whole
sale of Griffin.
Mayor Kimsey Stewart voted
to award the order to the Grif
fin firm. However, Commission
er Joe Dutton said that he thou
ght the order should go to the
low bidder.
“All of these concerns have
gone to a lot of trouble to make
bids and I believe we should ac
cept the lowest,” Mr. Dutton
said. Vice Chairman O. M. Sni
der, Jr., agreed and voted with
Dutton to award the order to
the Atlanta firm.
Westinghouse of Atlanta was
the low bidder on another order
of Light and Water Department
supplies with a quote of $1,440.
The commissioners were unani
mous in accepting this low bid.
They also were unanimous in
accepting the low bid of $2,262
for another Light and Water De
partment supply order.
HIGH LIVING
BELLEVILLE, DI. (UPD—It
cost Paul Russell $325 and his
two companions $25 each
Tuesday for getting high at the
high.
Russell, 18, and two 14-year
old girls were arrested Monday
for staging a beer party on the
roof of West Junior High School