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front of Mexico City’s Olympic Stadium. The site of the 1968 international games is'
shaping up as the October opening date draws near.
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Donna Britt of Griffin won the regional competition
in Morrow Wednesday night for the title of “Peach
Bowl Queen.” She was sponsored by the Griffin
Lions Club and will compete on the district level in
Griffin Oct. 6 with four other contestants. The win
ner here will compete for the state title. The Peach
Bowl football game will be sponsored by the Geor
gia Lions Clubs. It will be played at Atlanta stadium
and is a sanctioned college football bowl. Miss Britt
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Britt of Grif
fin. She has won a number a of beauty contests. A
graduate of Griffin High, she is a freshman at West
Georgia College in Carrollton.
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Carroll Farmer
Ousts Wiggins
By United Press International
A Carroll County farmer oust
ed House Appropriations Com
mittee secretary William Wig
gins In a hotly fought Demo
cratic primary runoff election
Wednesday that eliminated a
number of incumbents.
Fulton County Sheriff Leßoy
Stynchcombe repelled a chal
lenge from a Negro bondsman
and Ware County Sheriff Robert
E. Lee won a fourth term only
to have his house blown apart.
J. K. Patterson scored an up
set victory over Wiggins after
years of effort, polling 4,301
votes to the 2,761 captured by
Wiggins. He will now oppose
Republican Bert Etheridge.
Stynchcombe beat back by a
3-2 margin a bid by Alley Pat
Patrick, a former disc jockey
who had swept ahead of one
time Ku Klux Klan leader Cal
vin Craig two weeks ago, and
earned the nomination to face
B. O. Mullen.
Lee defeated former highway
patrolman W. E. Strickland,
5,351 to 4,873. Moments after
the ballots were tallied a bomb
exploded in Lee’s fashionable
Waycross home and ripped it to
shreds. No one was inside.
William Milford, a 26-year-old
University of Georgia graduate
fresh out of the Army, stunned
Hartwell Rep. Harry Magoon
with a victory by 4,901 votes to
3,557. Six precincts were still
counting, but the margin could
not be overcome.
Gwinnett County Sheriff Hoke
Huston was turned out of office
by a former deputy, W. J.
Dodd. The vote was 7,121 for
Dodd and 5,933 for Huston.
Sheriff C. O. (Tuck) Swann of
Blakely County lost to O. E.
Thompson, who garnered 1,965
votes to the 1,727 collected by
Swann.
Father Dies
In Collision
CUMMING, Ga. (UPD—A car
driven by Albert Davis Jones of
Cumming and another driven
by his daughter collided near
here Wednesday night. Jones
died of his injuries.
Authorities said Jones, 52,
was driving toward Cumming,
where he lived, when he collid
ed head-on with a car driven
by his daughter, Mrs. John L.
Vaughn, 31, also of Cumming.
The accident, which occurred
on Georgia 306, did not serious
ly Injure Mrs. Vaughn, who is
recuperating In Hall County
Hospital at Gainesville. Jones
died of his Injuries in Forsyth
County Hospital.
INDIAN GIVER
CUDDINGTON, England
(UPD—Simon Sinclair couldn’t
forget the girl he left behind 18
months ago when he moved to
Cuddington. He kept her In
mind by writing poetry to her.
Now, with an offer to get his
verse published, he’s In a fix —
he has to get the poems back.
“I hope she’ll understand,”
siad 17-year-old Simon Sunday.
“The poems were, well, rather
personal.”
FOOD TOWN
Lucky Register
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Negroes Boycott Waycross Schools
WAYCROSS, Ga. (UPD—A
Negro boycott of city schools
went Into Its third day today
after more than half of the stu
dents stayed away from class
rooms Wednesday In a protest
over slow integration.
Demonstrators picketed four
public schools, singing peaceful
ly and carrying signs declaring
that the local school board was
FILM CENSORED
AMSTERDAM (UPD—“The
Green Berets” an American
movie, opened Friday at
Amsterdam’s Tuschlnskl thea
ter after the management
censored nine minutes of film
for what It called “to outspoken
American propaganda.” A
North Vietnamese documentary
shared the bill.
Rep. Jimmy Conner of Hazle
hurst triumphed over former
House member Curtis Herndon
of Surrency with a tally of 3,523
to 3,283.
Elberton Mayor Jack S.
Wheeler edged attorney J.
Cleve Miller by 21 votes for a
House nomination and will face
Republican Rodney Daniel in
November. The final count was
1,592 votes for Wheeler and
1,571 votes for Miller.
W. J. Salem, a Lyons real
estate dealer, beat Ronnie Dix
on for the party’s House nomi
nation In Tattnall, Toombs and
Long counties. Salem had 6,697
votes to Dixon’s 4,407 votes.
Marvin W. Sorrels bagged the
House nomination in Walton
county with 2,630 votes. His op
ponent, Roy Roberts, emerged
with 1,790.
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THE ’69 FORDS
ARE HERE TODAY!
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1969 Mustang.
All new, all over! 5 great models.
More engines than ever.
They're like no Mustangs you've ever
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front and back. And far, far sportier.
Take the new Mustang Mach 1. Or lux
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The place you’ve got to go to see what’s going on-Your Ford Dealer.
not integrating the schools fast
enough.
A total of 2,921 of the city’s
4,801 public school students
stayed away from their class
rooms and only 67 Negroes
were among those who attend
ed on Wednesday.
Negro parents have threaten
ed to keep their children out of
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highland warrior of New
Guinea, splendidly attired
in war paint and head
dress. He poses amiably
for camera-toting tourists.
RANDALL & BLAKELY, INC.
1000 West Taylor Street • Griffin, Georgia
school until the school board
meets five integration demands.
The first one was met Wednes
day.
The school board took steps
to alter school assignments so
that some Negro students would
not have to walk three miles.
Other complaints involved al-
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1969 Torino.
The winner's back for more ...
with two hot new Cobras to bootl
Torino for '69 comes on just as hot or as
luxurious as you please. Engines range
all the way up to a 428-cu. in. Cobra Jet
Ram-Air V-8. For Torino spirit with extra
savings added, choose from eight new
'69 Fairlanes. See all 52 of the new '69
Fords today.
legations that three schools
were segregated, faculties in
the city system were not 20 per
cent integrated, a superior all-
Negro school was closed so stu
dents could attend a nearby
White school and that the board
failed to communicate with the
Negro community.
1969 Ford.
Longer. Wider. Quieter.
And alone in its class.
For 1969, Ford tracks as wide as Cadillac.
Smooths your ride with a longer wheel
base than Chevrolet. Has more front
headroom and legroom than a Chrysler
Imperial. The '69 Ford LTD is designed
to ride even quieter than the LTD that
rode quieter than Rolls-Royce.
I am fulfilling my annual two
week Air Force duty and am
serving my country during these
two weeks. I will not be able to
see you during this short time to
ask for your vote November 5.
I will be contacting you when I
complete my Air Force duty.
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Griffin Daily News
Thursday, Sept. 26, 1968
MATTER OF TASTE
PAOLI, Ind. (UPD — Simon
Gingerich, a 52-year-old Amish
man, Saturday chose to go to
jail for 20 days rather than pay
a SIOO fine for not displaying an
orange and red ’’slowing
moving” vehicle sign on the
back of his horse-drawn wagon.
Gingerich had said the Amish
don’t like “flashy colors.”
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