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VENIN Vs
By Quimby Melton
The picture on page one Tues
day, showing John Clements and
Dick Hyatt looking at a Voting
Machine that was on display
here was interesting. These two
men are members of a special
committee appointed to study
ways to make voting in this co
unty easier for both the voters
and those who hold elections.
For sometime it has been ap
parant that, with increased re
gistration — the total is now
more than 15,000 — the old prin
ted ballot is frequently too long
and too complicated; and the fi
nal tabulation of how the people
vote becomes a long drawn out
sometimes taking until the next
morning, chore.
Whether the voting machine
John Clements, Dick Hyatt and
others of the study committee
inspected is the ultimate answer
to this problem, we do not know.
But even if it is the answer it
cannot be used in the election
here — next Tuesday.
Meanwhile, voters and election
holders must struggle once again
With the old fashioned printed
ballot. So when one goes to the
polls next Tuesday don’t look
for any voting machine — you’ll
get the old style printed ballot.
Tuesday we printed a Sample
Ballot as a guide to the public.
This was an exact duplication of
the ballot, except that, in order
to get it all on one page, it was
necessary to change the place on
the ballot where the proposed
Constitutional Amendments are
located. They are across the lo
wer half on the Sample Ballot;
on the official ballot they will ap
pear in the lower right hand cor
ner of the ballot.
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Good Evening was surround
ed by law enforcement officials
Tuesday night. There were
FBI agents, GBI agents, State
Patrolmen, sheriff’s officials, po
licemen, medical examiners, and
bank officials present.
And he enjoyed every minute
of this confrontation with “the
law”.
For it was at a banquet given
at the Elks Club that closed out
a day in Griffin in which a se
minar was held with special em
phasis placed on how to prevent
bank robberies, and if one shou
ld happen in this area., how to
apprehend the responsible party
or parties.
There were more than a hund
red from this and neighboring
counties that had attended the
seminar held earlier in the day
in the city hall.
The banquet closed out the
day’s program and was given by
local banks as a token of appre
ciation for the work of law en
forcement agents here.
From the moment a slightly
graying red headed Irishman,
named John Quinlan, a veteran
in FBI service, who has been the
key man in many of the outstan
ding solutions of crimes from co
ast to coast, now on duty in the
Atlanta office, opened the ban
quet as toastmaster, until the
closing “goodnight” salutation,
this was an enjoyable event.
There were several “informal”
speakers; the toast master call
ing on them as “surprise witness
es”. And one thing that pleased
this one time "police reporter”
of days gone by, was how all
complimented the law enforce
ment officers in this community
of ours.
We agreed with all that we
here are most fortunate to have
men of the high calibre, intelli
gence, and devotion to their du
ties as are the men and women
who make up our law enforce
ment organization in Griffin and
Spalding County.
It was pleasant to hear men in
high circles praise them as men
worthy of commendation.
Country Parson
“One poor crop can teach
a fellow more about farming
than a lifetime of instruc
tion.”
INSIDE TODAY
Sports. Pages 2, 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Television. Page 4.
Billy Graham. Page 4.
Ray Cromley. Page 5.
Woman’s Page. Page 6.
Hospital. Page 7.
Stork Club. . Page 7.
Funerals. Page 7.
Williamson News. Page 7.
Vote Campaign. Page 8.
Georgia News. Page 8
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242 Cong Boats
Hit During
River Battle
By JACK WALSH
SAIGON (UPD—U.S. Navy
and allied forces sank or
damaged 242 Viet Cong supply
boats in the Mekong Delta in
one of the biggest river battles
of the Vietnam war, military
spokesmen said today.
They said a force of
A m e ric a n “swift boats”
charged into the guerrilla
supply fleet and destroyed it in
a five hour battle Tuesday near
the southern tip of South
Vietnam.
Joined by South Vietnam air
force planes the sailors also
destroyed or damaged 167
Communist shore positions as
the guerrillas vainly tried to
prevent the loss of the arms
and ammunition being floated to
them on the watery end of the
Ho Chi Minh Trail from North
Vietnam.
The Navy triumph dovetailed
with U.S. air strikes throughout
South Vietnam against other
guerrilla forces which President
Nguyen Van Thieu said are
trying to regroup for new Red
drives. Despite fog and heavy
monsoon clouds, U.S. pilots also
flew 134 missions Tuesday
against the source of the
Vietnam’s Southern panhandle.
U.S. 852 Stratofortresses
Tuesday and today repeatedly
pounded the Communist posi
tions between Saigon and the
Cambodian border just to the
northwest. The big jets dropped
more than 360 tons of bombs on
troops positions and supply
dumps.
In Vientiane, in neighboring
Laos, military officials today
said the North Vietnamese
inside South Vietnam are
showing signs of the pounding
they are taking by allied air
forces.
They said about 3,200 North
Vietnamese troops have been
spotted near the Laotian town
of Attopeu. They said the
Communists were heading west
—away from South Vietnam.
In the river battle none of the
U.S. craft was disabled. Five
crewmen suffered wounds.
Military spokesmen said Com
munist forces throughout South
Vietnam late Tuesday and early
today attacked four allied bases
with mortars. The allies struck
back with artillery fire, and
reported light casualties and
light damage.
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872
Center Opens. Page 10.
Space Probes. Page 10.
TV Review. Page 10.
Maddox Speech. Page 10.
Peace Talks. Page 13.
Campaigning. Page 14.
Biossat. Page 15.
Raleigh Schools. Page 16.
Want Ads. Page 22.
Comics. Page 23
Politics. Page 24.
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photos)
Frank Hitt, in charge of the Atlanta FBI office, talks with Griffin area law en
forcement officers, bank and financial institution personnel during a workshop on
bank robberies here Tuesday. It was held in the city hall auditorium and featured
talks by special FBI agents. They discussed prevention of bank robberies as well as
investigative procedures. The workshop was one of several the Atlanta office
agents are conducting in the northern portion of the state.
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Baby Found In
Pillow Case
On Lake Lanier
ATLANTA, Ga. (UPD —State
authorities today began labora
tory tests for clues to the iden
tity of an infant found wrapped
in a pillow case Tuesday, float
ing in Lake Lanier.
Investigators said it appeared
the child was burned before be
ing placed in the pillow case.
Agents from the Georgia Bu
reau of Investigation took the
body to the State Crime Labora
tory in Atlanta, where they or
dered tests to help in identifying
the infant.
The child appeared to be
about three, weeks of age, au
thorities said, but they could
not immediately determine the
sex or race of the infant.
Two women fishing near Jay
cee Beach on the southern tip
of the huge lake spotted the pil
low case floating in the water
and called police.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, October 30,1968
Legislature Goofed
On Game-Fish Change
Americans Win In
Chemistry, Physics
By BJORN F. HOIJER
STOCKHOLM (UPD—Ameri
cans today won the 1968 Nobel
Prizes for both physics and
chemistry.
The most coveted awards in
science went to Prof. Lars
Onsager of Yale University in
chemistry and to Prof. Luis W.
Alvarez of the University of
California at Berkeley in
physics.
It was the 28th time the
physics prize had been won by
an American and the 15th time
the chemistry award had gone
to the United States since the
Nobel awards began 67 years
ago.
Both awards, announced by
the Royal Swedish Academy of
Science, are worth $70,000.
The Norwegian-born Onsager,
65, J. Willard Gibbs professor of
theoretical chemistry at Yale,
was cited for “the discovery of
the reciprocal relations bearing
his name which are fundamen
tal for the thermodynamics of
irreversible processes.”
Alvarez, 57, a San Francisco
native, won the physics award
for his pioneering work with
particles smaller than the atom.
“You’re kidding,” Alvarez
said when he was awakened out
of a sound sleep to learn of his
honor. He said the prize money
would go to pay off a mortgage
on his home. But Alvarez added
he wished he could share it with
the team of scientists who
helped him with his research.
The Academy said alvarez
had made “decisive contribu
tions to elementary particle
physics.” These are the sub
atomic particles which lie at the
heart of all matter. Prof. Erik
Rydberg, permanent Academy
secretary, said the choice of
Alvarez “unlike many other
times was absolutely clear”
because “he is the leader in the
field.”
“His work deals with the
smallest particles in nature and
the amazing machinery he has
constructed to observe them,”
Rydberg said. "He even discov
ered new particles In the big
Berkeley cyclotron.”
Alvarez’ research dealt with
particles called K- Mesons,
which flare into existence and
then disintegrate into lighter
particles in a space of time
measured' in billionths of a
second.
Onsager is credited with
laying the foundation for the
thermo-dynamics of irreversible
processes through his discovery
of a fundamental law in nature,
which now is known under the
name of “the reciprocity
relations of Onsager.”
It has played a dominant role
in the development of theoreti
cal thermodynamics, stimulat
ing experimental investigations
of Irreversible processes within
physics, chemistry and neigh
boring sciences, Academy offi
cials said.
Griffin’s Name
Was Correct
On Sample Ballot
Why was Marvin Griffin’s
name listed on the Sample Bal
lot published in the Griffin Daily
News yesterday?
Because:
In order to get on the Georgia
ballot and some other state bal
lots, presidential candidate Geor
ge Wallace had to list his v 1 c e
presidential running mate. For
mer Governor Griffin of Bainbr
idge, Ga., agreed to “stand in”
temporarily until Mr. Wallace
could decide upon his running
mate, then step aside.
This he did, but the name
“Marvin Griffin” will be on the
ballots in those states which re
quired early filings. The name
“Curtis LeMay” will tie on the
others. He is the official candi
date on the Wallace ticket.
So, in reply to numerous qu
estions, the name on the Sample
Ballot In yesterday’s Griffin Da
ily News was correct.
FALLBACK
NEW STANTON, Pa. (UPD—
Chrysler Corp, will put a new
model on sale Friday. It has
four legs and runs on cowpower.
It is called a Holstein.
Chrysler acquired 107 Hol
steins when it purchased a farm
to make room for a new
automobile assembly plant that
will be built near here.
Vol. 95 No. 259
Math Error
Made On Last
Hectic Day
ATLANTA (UPD— The 1968
General Assembly goofed in the
wording of a proposed constitu
tional amendment to change the
makeup of the Game and Fish
Commission, it was disclosed
today.
The proposed amendment,
which goes before the voters
next Tuesday, contains a mathe
matical error.
It would increase the number
of commissioners from 11 to 15,
but it only provides ways of se
lecting 13 of them.
A state legal expert said if
the amendment passes, the lat
ter number — 13 — would pre
vail under law.
The error came during a hec
tic final day of the session last
year when the Senate got into
a squabble over the number of
commissioners provided in the
House-passed bill. A spokesman
said a compromise agreement
was reached upping the num
ber to 15, as Gov. Lester Mad
dox had wanted, but no provi
sion was made for selecting the
other members.
Maddox has since expressed
his opposition to the proposal,
which started out as an admin
istration bill.
Maddox had submitted re
quests to change three consti
tutional boards to give the gov
ernor more power over them.
The only one of the three that
passed was the game and fish
bill, but lawmakers changed it
to give the legislature more
dominance over the commission.
The amendment now would
allow the governor to choose a
commissioner in each congres
sional district from a group of
three nominees submitted by
legislators in that district.
Another member would repre
sent coastal Georgia, and the
governor could choose two
members at large.
School Money
Meetings Set
In Griffin
Jack Nix, state school superin
tendent, announced that Depart
ment of Education officials will
be here Nov. 21 to discuss the
proposed state budget for edu
cation.
The meeting will be held in
Griffin High School beginning at
3 p.m.
D. B. Christie, superintendent
of the Griffin-Spalding School,
will be the moderator.
The local units of the GEA and
GTEA along with PTA officials,
civic club representatives, local
legislators, and others interested
in school finances have been in
vited to attend.
The Griffin fneetlng is one of
several scheduled around the
state to discuss the $465.9 mill
ion budget the first year of the
biennium and the $510.9 million
for the 1970-71.
Following the afternoon sess
ion, the School Boards associa
tion from this district will meet
In the school cafeteria for a sup
per-business meeting. It will
begin at 6:45 p.m.
School finances also are expec
ted to be discussed at this meet
ing.
Weather:
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FAIR AND WARMER
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Fair and a little warm
er tonight and Thursday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 70, minimum today
39, maximum Tuesday 59, mini
mum Tuesday 34. Sunrise Th
ursday 7:57 a.m., sunset Thurs
day 5:50 p.m.
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Treats
Jean Foster of the Griffin Recreation Department
fills “treat bags” with goodies. The bags will be pre
sented to children at the annual Halloween parade
this afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Community Center
in City Park. Prizes will be awarded for the best cos
tumes in homemade and commercial divisions. Miss
Foster is in charge of the parade.
Griffin Spending
Rises Six Percent
Bank debits at Griffin banks
increased six percent in Septem
ber over the same month a
year ago, according to a report
from the Federal Reserve Bank
of Griffin.
Bank debits are considered
one of the most reliable indica
tors of total spending and busi
ness activity, since about 90 per
cent of the business transactions
in the country are settled by che
ck.
Debits to demand deposit ac
counts in Griffin in September
were $38,065,000 as compared
with $35,993,000 a year ago and
$35,291,000 in August.
Griffin’s increase was eight
percent over August. Griffin is
showing a 10 percent gain for
the first nine months of the year.
Valdosta was the only city in
the state to report a decrease in
Russian Spaceman
Ends 4-Day Trip
By HENRY SHAPIRO
MOSCOW (UPD—CoI. Georgy
Beregovoi, the world’s oldest
spaceman, rode Russia’s Soyuz
space capsule to a safe landing
in the Soviet Union today, the
news agency Tass reported.
Beregovoi, a 47-year-old war
hero and test pilot, spent almost
exactly four days in space test
flying the Soyuz 3 craft the
Soviets hope eventually to send
on a manned flight to the moon.
Its predecessor Soyuz 1 had
crashed on landing on April 24,
1967, killing cosmonaut Col.
Vladimir Komarov and causing
an 18 month delay in the Soviet
manned flight program while
the craft was throughly tested
and modified.
Practices Maneuvering
Soyuz 2 was launched last
Friday, one day before Berego
voi hurled into space in his
spacious two-room capsule.
Soyuz 2 was unmanned and
served as a target vehicle for
Beregovoi to practice approach
maneuvers in space.
Tass reported Beregovoi com
pleted the soft landing safely.
"After his landing, Georgy
Beregovoi feels well,” the
September from a year ago. The
south Georgia city had a seven
percent drop.
Other reporting cities and their
gains over a year ago are:
Albany, 15 percent; Atlanta,
18 percent; Augusta, 11 percent;
Columbus, 12 percent; Macon,
four percent; Savannah, 22 per
cent; Athens, 17 percent; Bruns
wick, 11 percent; Dalton, 45 per
cent; Elberton, three percent;
Gainesville, eight percent; La-
Grange, nine percent; Newnan,
two percent; Rome, 18 percent.
As a whole, banks in Georgia
reported a 17 percent increase
over September a year ago.
Insured commercial banks in
the Sixth Federal Reserve Dis
trict, which incYhcies all or je
ttons of six states, experien
ced an increase of 16 percent
over September, 1967.
agency reported. “Friends and
correspondents met him in the
area where he landed.’’
The agency said Beregovoi
landed his Soyuz 3 capsule at
2:15 a.m. EST, using retror
ockets to lower the vehicle
gently to the ground in the pre
set area.
The cosmonaut had
maneuvered the craft in space
into exact alignment for the
landing, Tass said. It said he
then switched on braking
engines for 145 seconds to start
it down. The craft entered the
dense atmosphere with the
braking engines on.
Rocket Separates
The next step was the
jettisoning of the living com
partment with its instruments
and the bunk where Beregovoi
had slept four nights. The
cosmonaut was strapped on his
space couch in the command
module.
During the final stages
parachutes blossomed from the
plummeting Soyuz 3. The
Soviets said Komarov was killed
when the landing parachutes
became tangled and failed to
slow Soyuz 1.