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By Quimby Melton
A quick wrapup of the election.
It seems now that Richard M.
Nixon won the race by a margin
of only 50,000 popular votes over
Vice-President Hubert Humph
rey. Percentage wise, the popu
lar vote was Nixon 43; Humph
rey 42; Wallace 14. That totals
99, so where is the other one per
cent? There were other candida
tes on the ballots in some states
and there were some write ins.
These lumped together make up
the difference.
What will the three top runners
do now that the results are in?
Nixon is "getting ready” to as
sume the awesome task of chief
executive. He is conferring with
various persons and will work
towards choosing members of
his cabinet. It is safe to assume
the cabinet will include men and
women of varied political affil
iations. Nixon will need both ad
vice and concent of the best
brains he can gather roun d
him.
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Hubert H. Humphrey: Loser
by the smallest majority of pop
ular votes, has congratulated the
winner and has pledged his ev
ery effort to unite all Americans.
As to his future, he, of course,
will continue as Vice President
right up until Jan. 20th when
Spiro Agnew, Nixon’s running
mate, is sworn in to take h1 s
place. Then he will rest up, lick
his wounds, and be available for
another job. He says he is not
out of politics. Some believe this
means he will seek either the
governorship of his state or his
old seat in the Senate.
George Wallace: He, too, has
congratulated President-e 1e c t
Nixon. The former Alabama Go
vernor cannot be “wiped out” of
the national political picture.
There is no doubt but that his
strength in this week’s election
had profound effect on the o u t
come. And no ope should over
look the fact that in receiving
more than 10-Milllon popular vo
tes he captured 45 electoral vot
es. The last time an Independent
ticket was put in the field was in
1948 when Strom Thurmond, of
S.C. ran on the States Rights tic
ket and got a little more than
one million votes with 39 electo
ral votes.
Not only did Wallace get about
Nine-Million more popular votes
than Thurmond but 6 more elec
toral votes. So don’t count Ge
orge Wallace out of the ball
game. Hie Independent move
cannot be “swept under the
rug."
What will Wallace do now? He
says he will reenter the practice
of law. Before he was elected
Governor of Alabama he was a
judge of a court that corresponds
to our Circuit (Superior) Court;
and before that a practicing at
torney.
Os course he will open offices
in Alabama, and certainly in
Washington; for he will be in gr
eat demand as an attorney.
Many will write of the “mon
umental” task facing Mr. Nix
on. And it will be monumental,
colossal, stupenduous, and all
that; but it will also be challeng
ing. Challenging, not only to the
President but to the American
people as a whole.
We don’t know about today, but
back when older folk were tak
ing typing in high school they
gained speed by writing over
and over “Now is the time for
all good men to come to the aid
of their party;” Let's forget "aid
of the party” and type in our
hearts "Now is the time for all
good Americans to come to the
aid of the Nation.”
What this beloved America
needs more today than ever be
fore is to become “One Nation
Under God”. To accomplish this,
selfishness, greed, prejudice, in
difference, intollerance, contem
pt, must be washed out of the
hearts of all.
Certainly most love America—
but do we love it enough to put
the good of the nation and of ot
her Americans ahead of our own
selfish desires?
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy and
cooler tonight and continued
cool Friday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 68, minimum today
52, maximum Wednesday 62,
minimum Wednesday 54. Sunrise
Friday 7:03 a.m., sunset Friday
*:44 p.m.
‘Maddox’ To Broadway?
ATLANTA (UPD— Broadway
producer Edward Padula has of
fered a contract to bring the
Theatre Atlanta production of
“Red, White and Maddox” to
New York next year.
Jay Broad, managing director
of Theatre Atlanta, said Wednes
day night he was considering
Padula’s contract to bring the
satiric musical to Broadway for
.limited appearances.
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One of several places where portions of the plaster ceiling on the second floor of
Hawkes Library has fallen.
Red Shells Kill
Saigon Civilians
By ALVIN B. WEBB JR.
SAIGON (UPD—A Commu
nist rocket slammed into a
suburban Saigon hamlet, killing
th re e Vietnamese, military
spokesmen said today.
A pregnant woman and two
other persons killed by the
170 mm rocket blast 10 miles
southeast of Saigon were the
first civilians dead in Red
shellings since all bombing of
North Vietnam stopped.
Five other civilians suffered
wounds.
The shelling Wednesday coin
cided with a battle on the
northern coast that possibly
marked the end of what
military observers had been
calling a month-long lull in
major ground fighting.
U.S. headquarters today said
150 Americans died in action
last week, the highest toll In
three weeks. Another 1,214 were
Fire District
Plan Okayed
Amendment 116, which authori
zes the County Commissioners to
set up fire zones, was approved
by Spalding voters by nearly a
2 to 1 margin.
With two boxes still to be tab
ulated, the amendment is ahead
3,984 to 2,187.
Election officials were still
trying to tabulate the Spalding
County vote early this after
noon. They hoped to complete
the count by mid-afternoon.
According to officials it may
be early Friday before the offi
cial tabulation is known.
Country Parson
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“The most trusted folks are
those who never have new
ideas which threaten us.”
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Padula said the show, written
and staged by Broad and Don
Tucker, has “great national im
pact, a fine score and the
Theatre Atlanta acting company
is as good as any I’ve seen on
or off Broadway.”
“Red, White and Maddox,” a
black-comedy “thing,” stars Jim
Gamer as Georgia Gov. Lester
Maddox. Maddox has denounced
the production.
wounded. South Vietnamese
battle deaths also rose, to 129
killed, and Communist losses
were put at 1,393 dead.
Fight Near Da Nang
The northern coastal battle
erupted 20 miles south of the
U.S. base at Da Nang. A patrol
of U.S. Marines ran into a
Communist fortress and sum
moned tanks and jet planes to
batter the stronghold.
The announcement gave no
casualty figures for either side.
Spokesmen said the Leather
necks and South Vietnamese
troops were trying to surround
the Communists.
In Tokyo, Lt. Gen. Lewis W.
Walt, assistant commandant of
the U.S. Marine Corps, told
newsmen today the Communists
had pulled back from South
Vietnam’s cities because of a
series of military defeats.
“The enemy there is an
entirely different breed of cat,”
said Walt, who commanded
Marines in Vietnam until mid
-1967. “He is not properly
trained. He is not disciplined.
Angry C'z.cclis Haul
Down Russian Flags
By JAMES O. JACKSON
PRAGUE (UPD—Hundreds of
angry workers, students and
shoppers shouting “Take it
down! Take it down!” today
forced the removal of Soviet
flags from public buildings in
an anti-Russian outburst mark
ing the observance of the
Bolshevik Revolution.
The second anti-Russian out
break in two days—demonstra
tors burned flags in Bratislava
Wednesday night—came soon
after 500 pro-Russian demon
strators surrounded Communist
Party First Secretary Alexan
der Dubcek and screamed in his
face: “Long live the Soviet
Union ”
In one of the flag incidents
today workers on a construction
site banged their wrenches on
sheets of corrugated steel until
officials hurried out and re
moved the Soviet Hammer and
Sickle from the Ministry of
Trade where it had been draped
to observe the 51st anniversary
of the Communist victory in
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, November 7, 1968
City, County Agree
To Repair Library
He is not equipped to go on the
battlefield.”
Confident Os Victory
“I am confident that we are
winning the war,” he said.
South Vietnamese spokesmen
said the rocket into the village
near Saigon was the 16th
Communist shelling since the
U.S. bombing halt over North
Vietnamese began six days ago.
The attacks have left 47 other
Vietnamese civilians wounded.
Barred from northern mis
sions, American pilots logged
561 strikes Wednesday against
Communist bunkers, sampans
and troops in South Vietnam.
War communiques said the
raids killed 30 guerrillas and
destroyed or damaged 343
fortifications, 313 bunkers and
33 sampans.
852 bombers, in seven mis
sions Wednesday and today,
bombarded Communist troop
bivouacs in the Mekong Delta,
along the Cambodian border
northwest of Saigon and in the
Central Highlands, war reports
said.
Russia.
Youths chanted “Take It
down!” in front of the City
Military Council office building
and finally ripped down the
Soviet flag with a long pole.
Two youths carrying small
red Soviet flags in the crowd
stuck them in their mouths and
chewed them to bits while a
crowd of 500 persons roared its
approval.
Police converged in large
numbers on the crowd and
police sirens could be heard
wailing through the center of
the city.
The workers on the railway
construction site near the trade
ministry began their demonstra
tion against the occupation of
Czechoslovakia in early after
noon. The earsplitting noise of
their wrenches hitting steel soon
drew a crowd of shoppers from
nearby Wenceslas Square.
Within a few minutes the
narrow street in front of the
Soviet flag-draped ministry of
Foreign Trade was clogged with
people shouting “Take it downl”
Commissioners
Have Joint
Meeting Today
The city and county commis
sioners agreed this morning to
share expenses for repairs to
Hawkes Library to make it safe.
The library board of trustees
were told Wednesday afternoon
in a called session that the se
cond floor would be closed in 10
days if emergency measures
were not taken.
Capt. Gene Folds of the Grif
fin Fire Prevention Bureau told
the board of trustees that brok
en ceiling tile and plaster and
combustible materials in the
furnace room endangered the
lives of school children and ad
ults using the library.
Dr. John Clouse, chairman of
the board, said the library was
operating in the red and did not
have funds to make the repairs.
The meeting was called with
the city and county officials to
seek financial aid in getting the
repairs made before the dead
line.
Walter Murphy, director, pre
sented the problem to the com
missioners in the absence of Dr.
Clouse this morning.
County Commission Chairman
Jack Moss suggested that the
city and county repair and re
place faulty celling tile and plas
ter, that walls of the second
floor be painted and that the
furnace be enclosed.
Mayor Klmsey Stewart agreed.
Chairman Moss had made a
suggestion that the city furnish
the material and the county fur
nish the labor. Mayor Stewart
did not agree with him. How
ever, they did agree to split the
expenses.
Capt. Folds told the Joint
meeting that the furnace could
be enclosed at a minimum cost
and valuable space saved. He
suggested that it be enclosed in
a sheetrock room.
Murphy said the basement st
orage area was used for back
dated magazines and periodicals
and books that were being pre
pared for the bindery.
Capt. Folds said the broken pl
aster and celling tile could be
torn away until the repairs cou
ld be made to make the second
floor ceiling safe.
Chairman Moss suggested the
work be done “to get us out of
the woods,” until repairs could
be made to restore the building
to good condition.
He said two years ago the co
unty tried to get the library bo
ard to get estimates of what it
would cost to make necessary re
pairs to the building. However,
he said, the county did not ever
hear from the board.
The county could increase its
levy and supply funds for the re
pairs if it had received the esti
mates before the millage rate
had been set, he said.
Chairman Moss and Mayor Ste
wart agreed that the city and
county have a minimum amount
of money to spend on projects
that are not budgeted.
Griffin-Spalding School Supt. D
B. Christie, a member of the
library board, suggested that the
library board include in its
long range plans ideas to restore
the library to first class condi
tion.
Chairman Moss said that the
library had been in poor condi
tion for several years. He asked
Capt. Folds about the emergen-
Folds said recommenda
tions had been made to the lib
rary board several times and
that no action was taken to ma
ke repairs. He said the problem
spots had become worse and
lives were endangered.
Murphy said the second floor
of the library probably would be
.closed temporarily while the re
pairs are being made. He said
a problem was created when any
portion of the library had to be
closed.
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Lecture Trip
Minister and Mrs. Evans McMullen of the Church of Christ on South Hill street
will leave next week to attend the annual Pan-American lectures in Sao Paulo,
Brazil. The trip will include a visit with the Johnny Pennesi family, who serve as
missionaries to Brazil. Mr. Pennesi is the brother of Mrs. McMullen and has spok
en in Griffin several times. Minister McMullen began his 13th year at the Griffin
church this month. They will be in Brazil about a week and a half. Their children
(1-r) Bicky, Robby and Bonita will remain in Griffin.
GOP Didn’t Make
Heavy Gains In
Georgia Voting
By MARCIE RASMUSSEN (
ATLANTA (UPD—The Repub
lican Party set out to triple its ,
strength in the Georgia House of '
Representatives In the general :
election—but wound up barely I
increasing it.
The GOP attempt to rise from
22 to 66 seats in the House met
with a stiff rebuff, including the :
defeat of Rep. Jamie Oglesby of
Thomasville the minority leader.
In the last legislature, there
was a 138-22 Democrat-Republi
can breakdown. With nearly all
the vote counted, Democrats
now control 130 House seats and
Republicans 26, with three races
heavily for George Wallace —
undecided.
While the state was going
about 43 per cent at the last
tally—the only Republicans gen
erally on the winning side were
well-known incumbents.
The GOP fared worse in the
Senate than the House, actually
losing ground, Republican
strength dropped from eight to
six in the upper house, with 49
Democratic seats and one inde
pendent.
The Republicans lost 14 of the
20 Senate scats they contested.
Among the more prominent
losers from both parties were
Sen. Mac Conway of DeKalb
County, who left the Democratic
party to run as an independent
but was buried anyway in the
GOP sweep in that county.
Others included Sen. I. W.
“Bill” Gregory of Columbus,
Rep. Tom Palmer of DeKalb
County and Rep. W. E. “Bill”
Laite of Macon.
Democrats claimed a "mas
sive victory” at the state and
local level, citing largely the
trouncing which Sen. Herman
Talmadge dealt to his GOP
challenger, Earl Patton.
George Wallace’s state cam
paign leaders expressed satisfac
tion, saying they accomplished
their goal—to make “a mess”
of the national election.
Republican State Director Alex
Hodges admitted that the party
was “not overly encouraged
about some of the losses we
suffered in Georgia.” Some of
the biggest disappointments
were the defeats of Oglesby,
beaten by Democrat James W.
Keyton; Joe Tribble, beaten in
the First District by Rep. G.
Elliott Hagan, and Patton.
Many state leaders hailed the
election of Richard M. Nixon.
Gov. Lester Maddox, a Wallace
supporter, wired Nixon his “full
support and cooperation to the
extent that the best interests of
the citizens of this great nation
are served.”
Agriculture Commissioner Phil
Campbell, recently a Democrat,
expressed satisfaction that "gov
ernment is in the hands of mid
dle-of-the-road thinkers.”
Comp. Gen. James Bentley,
another new Republican, said
Nixon "would have had this
thing locked up by 10 p. m.
Tuesday night if Wallace had
not been in the race.”
5,502 Attended
‘Pete’s Sake’
Film Showing
A total of 5,502 people saw the
film “For Pete’s Sake” at the
Imperial Theatre during Its run
in Griffin, according to the Rev.
Claude Johnson.
He said 596 people made decis
ions for Christ which was Indi
cative of the film’s acceptance.
Several churches and other re
ligious organizations joined in
supporting the Billy Graham ma
de film.
Lenwood Middlebrooks, steer
ing committee chairman for the
program, thanked Griffarea citi
zens for their support of the film
and those who helped with the
program.
Jaycettes
To Mail Cards
To Servicemen
The Griffin Jaycettes again
this year will mail Christmas
cards to men and women from
Spalding County in the Armed
Forces.
The Jaycettes have requested
that the names of men and wo
men in the Armed Forces be
sent to "Boys In Service,” Box
619, Griffin or they may be tele
phone to 227-7273 or 227-0850.
Mrs. John Herbert is chairman
of the project this year.
The names of the service per
sonnel should be in the hands of
the committee by Dec. 1 so
the Dec. 12 mail deadline can be
met.