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Blast Rips Sheriff’s House
After He Had Won Election
WAYCROSS, Ga. UPI) —An
I explosion and fire ripped
I through the home of Ware Coun-
Ity Sheriff Robert E. Lee late
J Wednesday night at almost the
| same instant he was announced
| winner in his bid for re-election.
, ( There were no injuries in the
ipomb blast, which “sounded
like a train wreck” and lit up
the night sky of an exclusive
residential neighborhood.
Lee, his wife and three chil
dren, were a mile away at the
county courthouse preparing to
celebrate his victory over form
er State Patrolman W. E.
'Strickland.
Waycross Police Chief Ray
Pope said the explosion was
I deliberate. He said some sort of
l Explosive device had been
| placed in the house.
“I don’t want to be commit-
I ted as to what type of explosive
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until we get a lab analysis of
the materials,” said Pope.
Pope said a “complete inves
tigation” was under way.
Lee, who won reelection to a
fourth four-year term, was in
formed of the explosion only
minutes after the official an
nouncement had been made that
he was re-elected.
The sheriff and his wife
rushed to the house, which was
enveloped in flames. Mrs. Lee
was led off weeping, and the
couple went to an undisclosed
location.
The seven room house was
gutted inside. Only a shell of
walls was left standing. A total
of seven trucks answered the
alarm, but the house was be
yond saving when they arrived.
“All I know is what I heard
on the radio,” said Lee’s son
Robert Jr. “I din’t have any
idea who could do this.”
Neighbors said the explosion
shook the neighborhood and a
flash of light illuminated the
block. One said, "I thought it
was a train wreck.”
A crowd of spectators immedi
ately gathered around the flam.
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A “VOTESWAGON," IT'S CALLED—JuIie Nixon, daughter of presidential candidate Richard
M., is enthusiastic as her sister Tricia and Sen. Everett Dirksen of Illinois champagne
christen the "GOP Women’s Nixon-Agnew Voteswagon” in Washington. The big bus go<;s
on a 6,500-mile campaign swing for the women’s vote in 17 states and 56 cities. The Re
publican National Committee is sponsoring the effort.
Editor Murphy’s Wife
Is From Pike County
ATLANTA (UPI) —Pulitzer
Prize - winning editor Eugene
Patterson announced his resig
nation from the Atlanta Consti
tution Wednesday to “broaden
my field of work.”
The morning newspaper ac
cepted the resignation, effective
Oct. 1, with regret and appoint
ed John Reginald (Reg)
Murphy, the Constitution’s form
er political editor, to the post of
editor of the editorial page.
Patterson, 44, has been editor
of The Constitution since 1960
and won a Pulitzer Prize in
1967 for general editorial ex
cellence, being cited in partic
ular for a series of editorials
dealing with Negro Rep. Julian
Bond’s ouster from the Georgia
Legislature.
Patterson did not disclose nay
specific future plans. His full
statement said.
"I have submitted my resig
nation as editor of Tire Consti
tution to accept an opportunity
to broaden my field of work. I
ing buildings, and officers said
any trace of outside clues to the
identity of the bombers was
trampled by the crowd. They
said their investigation would be
based on evidence found in the
ruins.
The sheriff’s campaign was
am leaving a newspaper I love
and respect. I wish in particular
to express my gratefulness for
the freedom I have enjoyed as
maker of the policies which it
has presented to the public in
its editorials.’’
Murphy, 34, who studied at
Harvard University under a Nie
man Fellowship in 1959-60, was
Atlanta bureau chief of the
Macon Telegraph and News
before joining The Constitution
in 1961. He was The Constitu
tion’s political editor before
leaving in 1965 to affiliate with
a national management consult
ant firm.
Murphy is married to the for
mer Virginia Rawls of William
son and is a frequent visitor in
Griffin and Williamson. They
have two daughters and live in
Decatur where they attend the
Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Murphy is a former book
keeper for Economy Auto Store
in Griffin.
Jack Tarver, president of At-
especially bitter this year ac
cording to long time Ware Coun
ty political observers. Both men
bought radio time to make bit
ter attacks on each other.
However, a spokesman said
he knew of no serious threats to
the life of either man.
lanta Newspapers, Inc., pub
lishers of The Constitution and
the afternoon Atlanta Journal,
accepted Patterson’s resignation
with “reluctance and regret.
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Military On Parade
ROBERT A. KITCHINGS
Sergeant Robert A. Kltchings,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Neal Kitch.
ings of Barnesville, is on duty at
Da Nang AB, Vietnam. Sgt. Kit
chings, an air freight specialist,
is a member of the Pacific Air
Force.
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MICHAEL A. BRANAN
Airman Michael A. Branan,
son of Mrs. Betty E. Branan of
542 West College street, Griffin,
has completed basic training at
Lackland AFB, Tex. He is re
maining at the Air Force Tech
nical Training Center for specia
lized schooling as a security po
liceman. Airman Branan is a
1968 graduate of Griffin High
School.
LEE E. BROWN
Staff Sergeant Lee E. Brown,
son of Mrs. Leonard Adams of
Route one, Griffin is on duty at
Udorn Royal Thai AFB, Thai
land. Sgt. Brown, a helicopter
maintenance technician, is a
member of the Pacific Air For
ces. Sgt. Brown is a graduate of
Thursday, Sept. 26, 1968 Griffin Daily News
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matic transmission closely resembles the Turbo
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is smaller and lighter. •“
Fairmont High School.
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LARRY K. FREEMAN
PFC Larry K. Freeman has
completed training at Fort Ben
ning and advance training at
Fort Sill, Okla. He is now stat
ioned near Saigon in heavy artil
lery. He is married to the former
Karen Whatley of Griffin and is
the son of Mrs. Louise Plumer
of Griffin. PFC Freeman has
been stationed in Vietnam for
five months.
WALTER D. DINKINS
Airman Walter D. Dinkins,
USN, 23, son of Mrs. A. R. Mc-
Lean of Route one, Griffin, par
ticipated in the ceremony that
commissioned the Navy’s newest
attack aircraft carrier, USS John
F. Kennedy. He is one of m o r e
than 2,300 officers and men who
are scheduled to take the Ken
nedy on a “shake down” cruise
to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, In
Hosea Williams
Fails To Get
On Ballot
ATLANTA (UPD—Hosea Wil
liams, an official of the South
ern Christian Ledership Confer
ence, failed to get enough valid
signatures Wednesday on peti
tion for a place on the Georgia
ballot for a legislative seat.
Williams said he may chal
lenge the rejection of his peti
tion in court.
“It seems impossible to think
you could get 1,300 signatures
and have less than 400 of them
valid,” said Williams. He wants
to oppose the Democratic nom
inee, James E. Dean, also a
Negro, for an Atlanta House
seat.
Secrtary of State Ben Fortson,
who also announced that anoth
er petition hopeful, Mrs. Mabie
Sanford Lewis, had failed to
qualify, denied Williams’ charge
and said only 991 names had
been filed.
Fortson said that of the 991
signatures, only 300 were valid,
whi 1 e Williams needed 413
names to win a spot on the bal
lot.
late October to test and evaluate
the ship’s battle readiness.
MICHAEL W. CHAPMAN
Army Private Michael W.
Chapman, son of Mr. and Mrs,
T. W. Chapman of Griffin, has
scored “expert” with the M-14
rifle in the final stage of basic
combat training at Fort Bragg.
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