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Griffin Daily News
Two Others Remain
Release Os Pueblo Crew Was
One Os LB J’s 3 Main Goals
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
The return of the Pueblo crew
accomplished one of three
foreign policy goals to which
President Johnson has given
priority in the closing days of
his administration.
One remains a possibility,
although perhaps dim, and the
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Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1968
other appears to be out of
reach.
They are the derailed Paris
talks over Vietnam which
1 concievably could get back on
1 the tracks before Jan. 20 when
1 Johnson will leave office, and
: the talks with the Russians on
arms limitations.
’ The President had sought all
’ three so he could leave office as
the man who had at least
started the world back on the
road to peace.
The United States obviously
has been putting heavy pressure
on the Saigon government of
President Nguyen Van Thleu to
relax his refusal to recognize
the Communist Viet Cong at the
conference table.
Thieu’s refusal Is more than a
case of Oriental facesaving.
Although It is apparent that
peace cannot return to South
Vietnam without participation
of the Viet Cong, Thieu’s
position is that to recognize
them at the conference table
would be go give them legal
status.
The situation is not dissimilar
to that existing between the two
Oermanys wherein Bonn refuses
even to give any status to
Communist East Germany.
Thieu also believes the
Communists in South Vietnam
are on the way to military
defeat and to him a continua
tion of the war is preferable to
peace talks.
For many months President
Johnson had been eager for a
second face-to-face meeting
with premier Alexi Kosygin of
the Soviet Union, preferably in
Moscow.
Plans already were well
advanced and then shelved
when the Soviets Invaded
Czechoslovakia.
That action also precluded
any early approval by the U.S.
Senate of the nuclear nonpro
liferation treaty hammered out
by the United States and the
Soviet Union, with participation
of Britain, after two years of
talking.
It is an unfortunate fact of
life in any free political system
that as one administration
prepares to depart and another
to take its place, action gives
way to inaction.
The Soviets, at first eager for
the Johnson-Kosygin talks and
to turn world attention from the
Simpson, Cook
Leaders In
Dimes Drive
Robert A. Simpson will be dir
ector and Ronnie Cook, co-direc
tor, of the March of Dimes in
Griffin and Spalding County In
January.
The drive will last one month.
Alex Stewart will be treasurer.
Mrs. Larry Neill will handle pro
motions. Mrs. Ed Dingier will be
chairman of the Mother’s Mar
ch and Mrs. Bess Hoskins will be
chairman of the Teenage part of
the campaign.
BAD START
WATERLO, lowa (UPD—
Gary Allen Dawson was to start
work Monday as the new police
chief of La Porte City, lowa.
Instead, he appeared in
municipal court in Waterloo on
charges of intoxication and
obstructing justice.
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Czech invasion, now apparently
have decided to wait for
President-elect Richard M. Nix
on. They seek both a chanoe to
test his mettle and to learn
whether he favors arms limita
tion as he said at one point or
will press for "superiority” as
he said at another.
Mr. Johnson
To Be Buried
Funeral services for Mr. J.
Claude Johnson, 76, of Senoia,
will be conducted Wednesday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock from the Se
noia Baptist Church. The Rev.
Dean Crocker and the Rev. Cary
Barker will officiate and burial
will be in the Senoia city ceme
tery.
Mr. Johnson’s body will re
main at Haisten Funeral Home
until carried to the church one
hour prior to the funeral hour.
Mrs. Starr
Dies Today
Mrs. Arvella Harris Starr of
102 Scott avenue, Griffin, died
early this morning at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital where
she had been a patient for three
days.
Mrs. Starr, the widow of Mr.
Elder M. Starr was born in
Pike County, daughter of the
late Charles Harris and the late
Martha Smith Harris. She was
a member of the Sunny Side
Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son,
Merlyn Starr of McDonough; a
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joyce R.
Starr of Pomona; four grand
children; three sisters, Mrs. R.
M. Sikes, Mrs. J. W. Cauthen
and Mrs. Amy Ballard; and a
brother, W. L. Harris, all of Gr
iffin.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clo
ck from the Sunny Side Baptist
Church with the Rev. George
Duncan and the Rev. Benny
Rhodes officiating. Burial will be
in the church cemetery. Mrs.
Starr’s body will remain at Pitt
man Rawls Funeral Home until
carried to the church at 2:30 o'-
clock. Friends may visit the fam
ily at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
R. M. Sikes, 125 Ethridge Mill
road.
Burglars Steal
Four Watches
Burglars broke into Douglas
Crane’s Colonial Service Station
at East Mclntosh road and High
way 16 Monday night and stole
four watches.
The burglars broke a hole in a
plywood door to gain entrance.
The theft is under investigation
by the Spalding Sheriff’s office.
Moonshine
Still Raided
Two Spalding County deputies
heard some knocking in a wood
ed area off Jenkinsburg road
Monday and when they investi
gated they found a 500-gallon
box-type moonshine still.
Deputies Franklin Pitts and
Tommy Whaley destroyed the
still.
About Town
SPALDING BPW
The Spalding County BPW
Club will meet Jan. 9 for a busi
ness meeting at LuAnn’s Restau
rant instead of Jan. 2.
Stork Club
MASTER TOLAND
Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Toland
announce the birth of a son on
Dec. 28 at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital.
Smith Twins
Die Monday
Infant twin sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Lester Smith of 508 •
North 13th street, Griffin, died!
Monday afternoon at the Griffin-!
Spalding County Hospital.
In addition to the parents, sur
vivors include two sisters, Kathy
and Michelle Greer of Griffin;
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Gl
enn Thomas, Mrs. Susie Smith;
and great-grandmother, Mrs. J.
M. Marshall, all of Griffin.
Graveside services will be con
ducted Wednesday afternoon at
2 o’clock in Griffin Memorial
Gardens. Minister Evans McMil
lan will officiate. The infants will
remain at McDonald Chapel.
Mr. Pierce
Dies Today
Mr. Hurdle Lee Pierce, 62, of |
Irving avenue, Griffin, died ear
ly this morning at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital.
Mr. Pierce had made his home
in Griffin most of his life. He
was a member of the East Grif
fin Baptist Church. A retired
barber, Mr. Pierce was a native
of Hartsford, Ga.
Survivors Include his wife,
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Kent Pier
ce; two daughters. Mrs. Joyce
Lewis and Mrs. Patsy Harper,
both of Griffin; five sons, Var
ion L. Pierce of Kingston, Tenn.,
Jesse P. Pierce of Burns, Tenn.,
Richard L. Pierce, Grady F. Pi
erce and Kenneth W. Pierce, all
of Griffin; a sister, Mrs. Lois
Moore; two brothers, Jim Pi
erce and John M. Pierce, all of
Griffin; 11 grandchildren and se
veral nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Thursday afternoon at 2
o’clock from the First Assembly
of God Church. The Rev. C. E.
Johnson and the Rev. E. P.
Pruett will officiate and burial
will be in Griffin Memorial Gar
dens. Mr. Pierce’s body will re
main at McDonald Chapel.
Mr. Chatfield
Dies Monday
Mr. Trevor Virgil Chatfield,
Jr., 47, of Route one, Yatesville,
Ga., died Monday afternoon from
injuries sustained in a traffic
accident in Upson County.
Mr. Chatfield had been a rural
mail carrier for the Yatesville
and Culloden Post Offices for the
past 16 years. He was a mem
ber of the Ramah Primitive Bap
tist Church and the Pinta Lodge
No. 88 of Masons in Barnesville.
He Is survived by his wife, Mrs
Agnes Marie Bowdoin Chatfield;
one son, Trevor Virgil Chatfie
ld HI; two daughters, Miss Chris
tine Marie Chatfield and Miss
Anna Juliet Chatfield, all of Ya
tesville; his father, Trevor V.
Chatfield, Sr., of Culloden; two
sisters, Mrs. Miriam Childs and
Mrs. Ann Trlppe, both of Atlan
ta.
Funeral services were con
ducted this afternoon at 4 o’clo
ck from the Ramah Primitive
Baptist Church. Elder McKinley
Wright and Elder P. O. Revels
officiated and burial'was in the
church cemetery. Haisten Fun
eral Home of Barnesville was in
charge of plans.
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Sen. Russell Asks:
Why Didn’t Officers
Destroy Pueblo?
WINDER, Ga. (UPD — Sen. 11
Richard B. Russell, D - Ga.,l i
says he has asked the Navy to 1 1
explain why the commander of '
the USS Pueblo did not destroy 1
his ship rather than permit its
capture by the North Koreans. ,
Russell, out - going chairman ,
of the powerful Senate Armed i,
Services Committee, said Mon-1 (
day the Pueblo should have ,
been scuttled by its crew rather ,
than its valuable intelligence ,
equipment allowed to fall into
the hands of North Korea. ,
The Democratic senator, who ,
will assume the chairmanship ‘
of the Important Senate Appro- ;
prlations Committee when Con- ,
gress convenes, also comment- ,
ed Monday during an interview \ j
on the Israeli attack against !
Lebanon Sunday. He called it ,
“ill-advised.”
Russell criticized the reprisal
which destroyed 13 commercial ’
airliners at the Beirut airport ’
Rites Wednesday ’
For Mr. Duffee
i
Funeral services for Mr. Ho
mer Watson Duffee of 1320 Ex- 1
periment street, Griffin, will be ’
conducted Wednesday afternoon >
at 3 o'clock from McDonald Cha- i
pel. The Rev. Wyman Brown will 1
officiate and burial will be in Gr- j
iffln Memorial Gardens. Mr.
Duffee’s body will remain at Me- i
Donald Chapel. ;
Mr. Duffee died Monday mor- i
ning at his residence. ;
Mrs?MilLsOf“
I
Jackson Buried ;
JACKSON — Mrs. Fleets Lum- j
mus Mills. 78, of 325 Wesley dr
ive, Jackson, died Monday after
noon at the Sylvan Grove Hospi- '
tai where she had been a patient
for several days.
She was the widow of Mr. Wil- 1
Ham Jefferson Mills. Mrs. Mills, 1
a native of Newton County, had '
resided in Corbin, Ky., until com- i
ing to Jackson one and one half
years ago. She was a member
of the First United Methodist
Church in Corbin.
Mrs. Mills is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. A. V. Maddox 1
of Jackson, Mrs. Les Myrick of
Corbin, Ky., and Mrs. Hobart ’
Payne of Louisville, Ky.; five '
sisters, Mrs. O. S. Finley of At- '
lanta, Mrs. W. C. Ivey, Mrs.
Cleo Hatfield, Mrs. Grace Lum- '
mus, all of Porterdale, and Mrs. ’
E. W. Yancey of Augusta:
one brother, Bill Lummus of j
Conyers; two grandchildren and (
four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
this afternoon at 2 o’clock from
the chapel of Haisten Funeral
Home in Jackson. The Rev. Ray
Dunahoo officiated. Following
the services the body was car
ried to Corbin, Ky., for burial.
Mrs. Parker Os
Barnesville Dies
BARNESVILLE — Mrs. Cora
Lee Chalker Parker of Barnes
ville, died Monday morning in
the Monroe County Hospital In
Forsyth.
She was born in Pulaski Coun
ty, Ga., but had lived in Barn
esville for a number of years.
Mrs. Parker was a member of
the Calvary Baptist Church. Be
fore her retirement she was em
ployed with the General Tire
and Rubber Co., Aldora Division.
Her survivors include four ,
daughters, Mrs. B. W. Davis of [
Juliette, Ga., Mrs. George Me- •
Broom. Mrs. Georgia Hyatt, and !
Mrs. Mary Miller, all of Barnes-,
ville; one son, Chester H. Park-:
er of Macon; 13 grandchildren.
22 great-grandchildren and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be con- j
ducted Wednesday morning at
11 o'clock from the Calvary Bap
tist Church. The Rev. Cleveland
Scoggins and the Rev. Z. L. Per
due will officiate and burial will
be in Greenwood cemetery. Mrs.
Parker's body will remain at
Hubbard Funeral Home in Bar
nesville until carried to the chur
ch 30 minutes prior to the funer
al.
BUG BITES DOC
MONTGOMERY, Ala (UPD—
The state health department
Monday confirmed the Ala
bama’s second case of Hong
Kong flu.
The victim was Dr. Ira L. !
Myers, state health officer.
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JACKSON GRIFFIN BARNESVILLE
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as “unfortunate”. But, he said
it was understandable in view
of Israels’ warnings that it
would retaliate against terror
ism toward the Jewish state.
Russell, in strong remarks on
the Pueblo incident, said he had
asked the Navy to show him
the orders of the commander
of the seized vessel to "see why
the commanding officer didn’t
sink her,” rather than allow
capture.
“I’m of the opinion that we’re
wasting a great deal of money
sending these ships around the
world if they’re all going to be
handled like the Pueblo was if
any danger arises—l think we
would be better off to just
bring them home,” he said.
“It’s unfortunate that the ship
was not sunk.”
The veteran senator said that
a day after the ship was
brought to port in North Korea
last Jan. 23, “a couple of the
largest Russian freight planes
came there and flew away load
ed to the eyes with the equip
ment that had come out of that
ship."
Russell also criticized the
terms under which the 82 sur
viving crewmen were freed last
week and questioned whether
they had acted heroicly during
their 11 months imprisonment
in North Korea.
"They were heroes in the
sense that they survived the im
prisonment,” be said, “but they
did sign a great many state
ments that didn’t reflect to my
mind any great heroism.
“I haven’t been able to un
derstand how the captain of the
ship and his officers have been
held as heroes. I’ve got to in
vestigate and find out just what
heroic act they performed.”
Russell called the signing by
American officials of a paper
which paved the way for the
crew’s release “the strangest
episode in history. . a man de
nounces a statement as being
completely false, but says he'll
sign it because it’s presented
him by the North Koreans.”
The senator said he could
"understand” the Israeli repri
sal attack against Lebanon this
week, but criticized it as “ill
advised and unfortunate.”
"The Israelis have adopted a
policy all along of retaliating so
drastically that they will deter
acts of aggression from the so
called Arab commando groups
and they went a good ways I
must say on this last attack.”
He said he doubted, however,
that the recent raid “will have
the desired effect because I
don’t think that all of these
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