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By Quimby Melton
In the more than 40 years we
have written this daily column
we have never suggested to any
church, to any denomination, to
any minister how they should
preach, how they should pray, or
how they should conduct their
services.
But today we would like to do
60.
We not only suggest, but we
recommend, that in every chur
ch in our community this Sun
day special stress should be laid
.on the Vietnam war.
Surely all of good faith should
join in prayer to The One and
Only True and Living God that
new “developments” will lead
to a solution of the problems
that have caused this long-drawn
out conflict, that has resulted in
many thousands of lives being
snuffed out in the fighting, and
has kindled untold hatreds ro
und the world, and the war come
to an early and honorable end.
This is no time for one to let
their personal ideas of the war
sway them. It is a time to ask
God, in His wisdom, to lead us
to the way that will wind it all
up and open the door to ultimate
universal peace and good will
from east to west, from north to
south.
Only God Himself can bring
this about.
Man has tried to settle dispu
tes, to end conflict, to wipe out
hatreds, and to eliminate fears,
man’s w'ay. And man has dis
mally failed.
Let’s not forget "All things
work together for good to them
that love God.” It is high time
for all mankind to ask God “Be
merciful to me a sinner”, and
resolve in their hearts to “seek
first the kingdom of God.”
And, as we pray to “Our Fath
er which art in Heaven,” let’s
not be like the Pharisee and be
gan our prayer by saying, "Th
ank God I’m not like other
people.”
A good way to start a world-
• wide revival that will lead to all
men accepting God as our hope
and assurance will start when
enough of us set our own house
in order. There is none but who
could be better followers of God
Almighty. “No not one.”
This layman can have no re
epect for anyone who will seek
to make “ political hay” out of
the statement Friday night of
our President that, at last, there
Is a ray of hope that the war in
Vietnam can be brought to an
end.
To attempt to do so just mag
nifies in our mind the opinion
that anyone who does so is mo
tivated by selfishness to the
highest degree.
We sincerely hope that all
three leading candidates for
chief executive will do everyth
ing within their power to help in
bringing about a better day, not
only for America but for the
entire world. We believe they
Will.
Did you notice the sincerity
with which President Johnson
made the announcement that
bombing would be halted? That
a negotiated settlement could be
reached? Did you notice the ho
pe that shown in his eyes? The
assurance with which he made
his statements?
We believe the President was
Bincere, honest, and hopeful.
Harry Lee Reeves, who has
been circulation manager of The
Griffin Daily News for 25 years
—more than half the time we
have been publisher of the pa
per — retired today.
Mr. Reeves has done an out
standing job and under his dir
ection the circulation has almost
tripled.
Believe we express the opinion
of everyone who has been asso
ciated with him when we say
we’ll miss him from our team;
and wish him every happiness.
Harry Reeves has worked hard
all his life, from the time he, as
a very young boy, got his first
job. He is certainly entitled to
retire and catch up on the rest
he has never found time to
take.
Good Evening and all the staff
of the Griffin Daily News value
his friendship and say to him a
sincere Thank You.
CELIBACY RETAINED
VATICAN CITY (UPD—A
Vatican spokesman said Thurs
day no change is anticipated by
the Roman Catholic Church on
the celebacy of priests.
“The encyclical on celibacy
(issued 16 months ago) retains
all its validity,” Msgr. Fausto
Vallaino said. A report had
circulated that the Dutch
Roman Catholic Espiscopate
would proposed to the Vatican
that married men be accepted
as candidates for priesthood.
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Crowned
Towers Tops
Eagles, 17-16
By ROGER DEX
The Towers Titans are party
poopers.
Griffin High was thoroughly
enjoying its Homecoming cele
bration Friday night until the Ti
tans spoiled all the fun by over
coming a 16 point deficit and
beating the Eagles, 17-16 with a
field goal In the final minute.
The Eagles and their followers
enjoyed the merry-making that
goes with Homecoming for 35
minutes and 18 seconds.
That’s how long it took Griffin
to pile up a 16-0 lead.
YARDSTICK
Griffin Towers
First Downs 9 12
Yards Rushing 61 173
Yards Passing 221 99
Passes Attempt. 19 11
Passes Comp. 13 8
Passes Had Int. 11
Penalties 55 25
Fumbles Lost 1 0
Punt avertge 36 34.5
Just when it seemed certain
that Griffin would win its first
games of the 1968 campaign.
Towers Ignited a comeback that
left Griffin in terrific shock.
Towers scored 17 points in 12
minutes and 42 seconds in one
of the finest comebacks at Me
morial Stadium in a long time.
The Eagles said they were go
ing to forget their past perfor
mances and begin a new football
season starting with the
Homecoming game.
The Eagles were a new ball
team in the first half.
They literally ran over Towers
while taking a 16-0 lead in the
first half. The running game was
sufficient when combined with
the fine passing attack, and,
more important, Towers ha d
trouble gaining yardage on a de
fense that was solid as a rock.
The Titans had only two first
downs to show for their first half
efforts.
On the other hand, Griffin had
16 points, and had visited the
Titans’ one yard line on another
occasion.
Coach Max Dowis said Friday
that Griffin's linebackers and
ends would have to contain the
Titans if the Eagles expected to
win.
Craig Bozeman and Rickey Cl-
DAILY W" NEWS
Daily Since 1872
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy and
mild tonight with a slight chance
of showers late tonight. Sunday
mostly cloudy and a little cool
er with a chance of showers.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 80, minimum today
56, maximum Friday 79, mini
mum Friday 57. Sunrise Sun
day 6:59 a.m., sunset Sunday
5:48 p.m.
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)
Rusty Ogletree and Maria Powell were crowned King and Queen of the 19 6 8
Griffin High Homecoming Friday night at the Griffin - Towers halftime cere
mony. Supt. D. B. Christie (1) did the honors with the help of crown bearers Kathy
Powell and Michael Cooper.
ark did the job that was asked of
them.
The ends did a great job, es
pecially James Black, who is de
veloping into one of the finest de
fensive ends in the region.
The interior linemen played a
key role in the defense.
It was a different story in the
second half.
Jimmy Poulos, a fancy stepp
ing and hard running back, jui
ced up the Towers offense and
Griffin was unable to stop it in
the fading minutes of the third
quarter and all of the fourth.
The passing of Donnie Robison
again proved it was the most
potent weapon in Griffin’s offen
sive arsenal.
Robison completed 13 passes
for 221 yards and a touchdown.
Johnny Baker was on the re
ceiving end of six for 101 yards.
Kenneth Hand caught two for 67
yards and a touchdown and Bill
Butler, who is as good as any
pass receiver around, made
three catches for 40 yards. Jeff
Allen and Larry Chambers had
receptions also.
Griffin’s ground game had a
new look on the first series of
downs.
Rickey Clark picked up nine
yards on two snaps and Larry
Chambers reeled off a 43 yard
run on a fourth and inches play.
Four running plays netted the
Eagles 52 yards. They finished
the game with just 61 yards
rushing.
The Eagles won the toss, one
of the few times that’s happen
ed, and elected to receive.
Chambers returned the boot to
near midfield.
Rickey Clark picked up nine
yards on two snaps.
After Kenneth Hand lost one,
Chambers took a hand off, zip
ped off tackle and raced 43 yards
for a touchdown.
The Eagles missed the extra
point but had a 6-0 lead before
the game was three minutes old.
Late in the first, Towers miss
ed a field goal and Griffin took
over at its 20.
They drove nearly the length
of a field on nine snaps.
After Clark gained one yard,
Robison pitched a 12-yard pass
to Baker. Hand gained one and
Continued on page six
6-STAR WEEKEND
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Sat. and Sun., Nov. 2-3, 1968
North Vietnam Presses
For Cong Recognition
Crowder Brothers
Are Doing Fine
Donald Crowder was making
good progress at Emory Univer
sity Hospital today following the
transplant of a kidney to him
from his brother Thursday.
Mrs. Crowder told the Griffin
Daily News that doctors were
optmistic about the success of
the operation.
She said her husband expected
to begin mouth feeding by Sun
day and she hoped to have a visit
with him Monday.
Ferrell Crowder, his brother
in the Navy who donated one of
his kidneys for the operation,
was reported in good condition,
too.
He was up and walking on the
same day after the operations.
Mrs. Crowder said her husband
told doctors only a few hours af
ter the transplant that he was
feeling pretty good.
LBJ Had Allowed
For Saigon Balk
By NICHOLAS DANLLOFF
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
probability Saigon might not be
ready to join the broadened
Paris talks on Vietnam next
week was allowed for in
President Johnson’s statement
announcing a halt in the
bombing of North Vietnam.
Johnson Thursday said the
Saigon government of President
Nguyen Van Thieu "Is free to
attend" the expanded talks, and
the Viet Cong’s political organi
zation, the National Liberation
Front (NLF), was “expected”
to be ready for the first session
Wednesday.
At the same time U.S.
officials stressed In briefings
Saigon could be expected to
reassert political Independence
from the United States by
expressing views of Its own on
the peace moves.
It was not Immediately
apparent whether Thleu’s ada
mant terms for participation in
the talks, set forth late Friday
In a National Assembly address,
fell within permissible limits of
dissent from the U.S. viewpoint
or threatened to upset the
She has not been allowed to vi
sit with him since the surgery
but caught glimpses of him three
times when he was being moved
about the hospital.
Mrs. Crowder was allowed to
go with her husband down to the
operating room and remained
close to the room during the sur
gery. She said doctors kept her
posted about the progress of the
operation.
When he was being moved to
his room from the operating
room, Mr. Crowder waved his
hand to his wife.
‘,‘Tell the people of Griffin to
keeping praying for us,” Mrs.
Crowder asked.
Griffin Post 15 of the American
Legion is sponsoring a fund to
help with medical expenses for
the Crowder family. It is near
ing the S6OO mark.
delicate relationships of all
parties involved.
The State Department with
held Immediate comment.
Will Never Talk
Thieu told the assembly his
government would “never"
negotiate with the NLF, and
he set three conditions Hanoi
must meet for Saigon to join In
the talks:
—Hanoi must give South
Vietnam “firm and unequivocal
assurances" it Is ready and
willing to enter "direct and
serious" talks.
—The direct talks between
Hanoi and South Vietnam “will
constitute a completely new
phase” of negotiations, and not
be an extension of the north’s
previous preliminary talks with
the United States.
—Hanoi must not "employ
rules” to give the National
Liberation Front participation
In the talks as a "separate
entity" distinct from the North
Vietnamese delegation.
Earlier Friday Secretary of
State Dean Rusk had said "I
think South Vietnam will
participate in the talks."
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Commies May
Walk Out Over
NLF Dispute
PARIS (UPD—North Vietna
mese sources today hinted their
delegation to the Vietnam War
talks here may walk out unless
the United States gives full
recognition to the Viet Cong’s
political arm, the National
Liberation Front (NLF).
U.S. recognition of the NLF
will be a main and immediate
goal of the North Vietnamese
delegates when the expanded
talks get under way. The first
meeting of the enlarged talks is
set for Wednesday.
President Johnson, in an
nouncing Thursday a U. S.
bombing halt of North Vietnam
to break the deadlock in talks
here, said the South Vietnam
government and the NLF were
being brought into the six
month-old talks between Ameri
ca and North Vietnam. He
stressed this implied no recogni
tion of the NLF by the United
States.
The North Vietnamese sour
ces said Hanoi wants the United
States not only to recognize the
NLF officially but also to treat
the guerrilla politicians—and
not Hanoi—as the allies’ chief
foe.
Diplomatic observers said
they hardly expect the United
States to offer such recognition,
especially now.
The South Vietnamese govern
ment does not recognize the
NLF, treating them as rebels.
And in Saigon today, President
Nguyen Van Thieu said his
South Vietnamese government
could not take part in the Paris
talks until North Vietnam
gives more evidence of its
goodwill and peaceful intentions.
Thieu specifically rejected
dealing with the NLF. He said
meaningful negotiations would
be those directly between
Saigon and Hanoi.
There was no immediate
indication here what will happen
Wednesday if the South Vietna
mese diplomats stay away and
the NLF team troops into the
Majestic Hotel conference room
with the North Vietnamese
delegates.
The observers here said it
would be extremely difficult for
the United States to arrange
meaningful steps toward peace
without the active cooperation
of the Saigon government.
Well informed western diplo
matic sources today said the
U.S. delegation is not overly
concerned about Thieu’s an
nouncement in Saigon that his
government will boycott the
talks here.
They said the American
diplomats were not surprised by
the boycott announcement. The
U.S. delegation is quietly
confident Saigon eventually will
agree to attend.
One source said “Too much
attention should not be placed
on surface noises” coming from
Saigon or Hanoi. The sources
said often public statements
were designed for internal
consumption as a mask for a
slow and painful shift toward
compromise.
Harry Reeves
Retires Today
Harry Reeves retired today af
ter 25 years as Circulation Man
ager of the Griffin Daily News.
Larry Donald will succeed Mr.
Reeves. Mr. Donald carried pa
pers and worked In the mail
room when he was a student at
Griffin High School, of which he
Is a graduate. Mr. Reeves hired
him as Assistant Circula 11 o n
Manager on Jan. 20, 1964. Since
then Mr. Donald hps worked In
the advertising and in the mech
anical departments es the paper
as well as in circulation.
A completely story about Mr.
Reeves is featured In today’s
magazine.
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J. M. Cheatham (1) and Howard Collier (standing)
along with the Rev. Bruce Morgan and Mrs. Ernest
Carlisle, Jr., talk over plans for The First Baptist
Church budget campaign.
First Baptist Plans
Drive For $550,000
The First Baptist Church will
begin a campaign Monday to
pledge a two-year budget of
Communists
Toning Down
Vietnam War
By JACK WALSH
SAIGON (UPD— Military re
ports today indicated the
Communists maybe at least
temporarily toning down the
war in South Vietnam following
the halt in U.S. bombing of
North Vietnam.
About 24 hours after the halt
went into effect, U.S. military
spokesmen said they had no
field reports showing the
Communists were violating
implied conditions in President
Johnson’s order stopping the air
raids against the North.
There were no reports of
attacks on South Vietnam cities.
There were no reports of North
Vietnamese strikes across the
border Demilitarized Zone
(DMZ) into South Vietnam.
The war was quieter today.
But it went on. U.S. troops
reported uncovering massive
guerrilla arms dumps, Including
a rocket horde eight miles from
Saigon’s center.
Begin New Phase
Military sources also said
U.S. air power today began a
new phase of the conflict—
stepping up the bombing raids
across South Vietnam and on
Red supply lines through
neighboring Laos.
No longer committed to the
unfriendly skies over North
Vietnam, hundreds of U.S.
planes were assigned new
target areas in the South.
UPI correspondent Perry
Young, with the U.S. Navy off
the Communist coast, said all
7th fleet ships including those
which bombarded the North
Vietnamese coast began leaving
the Gulf of Tonkin Friday night
when the halt went Into effect.
They sailed for new stations off
the South Vietnam coast.
Back home came the Air
Force, Navy and Marine pilots
from their last pre-halt mis
sions. They flew 114 missions
Friday before the deadline. One
plane was lost but its crew
rescued.
$550,000.
J. M. Cheatham, general chair
man of the drive, announced that
this amount would include the
proposed operational budget for
1969-70 and would also cover the
remaining debt on the new chur
ch building.
Howard Collier, head of the
steering committee for the cam
gaign said when this goal is rea
ched, the church will pay all fi
nancial obligations and be
debt free.
More than 150 members of the
church will participate in the
canvass of church members.
Key committee chairmen incl
ude Otis Blake, Jr., treasurer;
Don Jackson, team committees;
John Newton, special girts; C. T,
Parker, advance gifts. E. C.
Hulsey, canvass committee;
Mrs. Charles Elliott, hostess;
Barney Hawkins, team com
mittees.
Six division leaders will be R.
P. Scroggins, C. A. Knowles, J.
H. Cheatham, Jr., Dr. O. B. But
ler, Morgan Harvill and Carl
Richardson.
Mrs. E. F. Carlisle, Jr., will
handle publicity and promotions.
The First Baptist Church has
a membership of 2,400 and is
considered one of the outstand
ing churches in the Southern
Baptist Convention.
Henry Walker is chairman of
the board of deacons and the
pastor is the Rev. Bruce Mor
gan.
The church hopes to finish the
campaign within a week.
Country Parson
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“M uch unhappiness is
brought on by the mistaken
notion that if a little of any
thing is good, a lot would
be better.”