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By Quimby Melton
Don't know about you; but as
'* for Good Evening, we’ve caught
up on Bowl football games for
1969. Not that they all were not
Interesting, but one can even
I lose one’s taste for corned -beef
and cabbage, if one eats too
much of it.
The 1969 Bowl menu ran the
* gamut all the way from specta
cular to surprising and disap
pointing; the latter adjective
applies to our Bulldogs.
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The parades — and the half
time shows — were, as usual,
“well worth the price of admis
sion” as “added attractions”,
1 and when one could sit in his
warm living room, in a comfor
table chair and see the parades
and shows on TV, it added to
i one’s appreciation.
We Georgia fans, as noted
above, were disappointed at the
showing our “pride and joy”
made in the Sugar Bowl.
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Back in the “good old days”
when burlesque, later refined to
become vaudeville, was all the
rage, the cast of actors in addi
tion to the "ladies of the chor
us” who had more curves and
knew how to use them, than any
modern knuckle ball pitcher —-
included — an Irish comedian,
bringing the greatest applause
from the audience. One of the
most popular of these was a man
named Dooley, and his popular
ity led to many a song’s being
improvised about Mr. Dooley.
One of those told of Mr. Dooley
attending the “wake” of a fr
iend.
Now Vince Dooley is not an Ir
ish comedian. He’s a young man
who has taken the Georgia foot
ball team to heights of glory;
and certainly Vince Dooley won’t
have to attend any wake after
the Sugar Bowl game, for the
Bulldogs are far from dead—lt
1 just wasn’t in the books for the
young team to win that ball
game, and they didn’t.
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But as disappointed as were
Georgia fans at the outcome of
the game with the Arkansas,Ra
zorbacks, there was something
about the parades at Bowl Ga
mes that gives all Georgians rea
son to be proud.
Out at- the Rose Bowl extrava
ganza, the float — “Songs of the
South” — entered by the State
of Georgia in the Parade of Ros
es, won a prize; and the day be
fore at Dallas Georgia’s float,
“A Peach of a State” took the
grand prize as the "most beau
tiful float” in the parade.
Two entries —two winners—
what more could one ask!
And talking about Bowl para
des and floats;
While there were many floats
1 in all parades of interest to this
t T-V spectator there were two in
i the Rose Bowl parade’ that we’d
I like to mention. One was the
I one of the Salvation Army; the
theme was “The Time To Rem
ember Others”. It was as fipe
as any float entered. From its
earliest days the Salvation Ar
my has spent much time remem
bering others. They forget no
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Another float that was inter
esting was the one entered by
the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, celebrating the 100th
birthday of the 1.0.0. F. in Am
erica. This was interesting be
s cause at one. time Griffin w_a,,s
I headquarters' for the big, frater
nal organizatipn. Not only-in this
! country, but international head
’ quarters'. For it was a Griffin-,
ite, Judge Robert Daniel; who
was World Grandmaster of the
order.
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There was one thing about the
Bowl games of which we were
‘ envious. Reports given during
the games indicated that the sp
ectators were enjoying bright
sunshine weather — all with the
exception of the Monday night
Peach Bowl game in Atlanta.
But the weather was not. so
kind to one parade.
f Up in Philadelphia where the
annual big Mummers parade
Is the highlight of all parades,
with thousands of musicians tak
ing part — all dressed in fancy
costumes; the parade, which
was to have been held New Ye
ars day, , was postponed until
Saturday, and it takes genuine
' cold weather, not just zero tem
peratures, to stop those Polar
Bearish Mummers from mar
chins.
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First At Hospital
The first baby of 1969 bom at the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital was a daughter
to Mr. and Mrs. Danny Murphy of 403 Pinelea road, Griffin. Little Miss Murphy
was bom at 12:07 New Year’s morning.
McCormack Expected
To Keep Speaker Post
By FRANK ELEAZER
WASHINGTON (UPD — Re
election of Speaker John W.
McCormack appeared assured
today as House members met
to pick party leaders for the
91st Congress.
But Democratic Insurgents,
backing 46-year-old Rep. Morris
K. Udall, D-Ariz., to replace the
77-year-old Massachusetts law
makers, figured to win what
they termed Important conces
sions on how party and house
affairs will be run.
Republicans, at their own pre
session party huddle, were to
rename Rep. Gerald R. Ford of
Michigan as their party leader,
without a contest.
The GOP caucus was set for
11 a.m. EST.
Republicans were asked to
take a stand on whether and
under what conditions to seat
former Rep. Adam Clayton
Powell, D-N.Y., whose Harlem
constituents have twice re
elected him to the House seat
from which he was excluded on
March-1, 1967.
Anderson Favored
Rep. John B. Anderson, R-111.,
was favored over Rep. Albert
Quie, R-Minn., for . election as
chairman of the Republican
conference, a post being vacat
ed by Rep. Melvin R. Laird, R-
Wis., the newly designated
secretary of defense.
Air Pirates Sometimes Fail
By TOM TIEDE
NEW YORK — (NEA) — It
was early morning at the Birm
ingham, Ala., airport. Eastern
Air Lines flight 224 had just ar
rived from Mobile en route to
Chicago. There were 10 passen
gers and the crew members ab
oard.
Suddenly,, a lanky young man
got up from his seat "and walk
ed to the cockpit. He was carry
ing a shotgun.
“What’s this?” the startled pi
lot asked.
• Hijack.
It was, however, a hijack that
failed. The gunman who had
assembled his weapon in the pl
ane’s lavatory, had failed to cock
the hammer. Seeing this, the
pilot and co-pilot knocked the
shotgun aside, pounced on the
confused youngster and wrest
led him into harmless submis
sion.
Nobody was hurt. ‘The would
be pirate w T as arrested.
According to the Federal Av
iation Agency, happy endings
such as this occur in about one
of every three air piracies. Fed
eral records indicate that since
1960 there have been 34 hijack
ing incidents aboard American
airlines and 10 of them have
been unsuccessful.
In some instances, the thwar
ting activity has been quietly
GRIFFIN
DAILY W* NEWS
Daily Since 1872 Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, January 2, 1969 Vol. 96 No. 1
The new congress opens at
noon Friday when as Its first
business the House will formally
elect as speaker for the next
two years the candidate—
presumably McCormack —
picked by the majority party
today.
Pre-seasion party huddles In
the Senate were set for Friday
morning when leadership con
tests on both sides of the aisle
will be settled.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-
Mass., is seeking to topple Sen.
Russell B. Long, D-La., as
majority whip. Republicans
meantime will choose either
Sen. Roman Hruska of Nebras
ka or Sen. Hugh Scott of
Pennsylvania to replace Sen.
Thomas H. Kuchel of California
as minotiry whip.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Mostly cloudy and
warmer tonight and Friday with
chance of rain.
LOCAL WEATHER — Esti
mated high today 40, low today
22, high Wednesday 37, low
Wednesday 20; sunrise Friday
7:42, sunset Friday 5:46.
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routine. In July, Eastern got a
telephone call from somebody
who gave his hame and said he
was going to pirate a plane. So
alerted, EAL simply located and
arrested a man using the given
name.
State Floats
Win In Rose,
Cotton Parades
By United Press International
Georgia floats chalked up two
victories New Year’s Day in the
nation’s major football bowl pa
rades, but one had trouble
crossing the finish line.
The Peach State’s entry,
which claimed top honors for
the best ‘float of any state out
side of California in the Tourna
ment of Roses parade at Pasa
dena, was sidelined during the
parade when its tow line broke.
It was the second year In a
row that a Georgia entry
walked away with honors In the
California parade, last year
winning the “National” prize.
At Dallas, Georgia’s entry
graced by three Peach State
beauties attired in antebellum
gowns won the grand prize in
the annual Cotton Bowl Classic
parade.
The giant float, featuring the
porch of a Georgia mansion,
was entitled “A Peach of a
State.”
In most other unsuccessful hi
jackings, however, the activity
has been more intriguing, even
heroic and dramatic.
—ln October of 1965, a Nation
al Airlines pilot came out of his
cockpit to talk to a would-be pi
rate. Then, while the plane cru-
Attendance Down
Little In Schools
Officials
Not Alarmed
About Drop
Absentees in the Griffin-Spald
ing School System were a little
higher than normal for this time
of the year “but nothing to be
alarmed about yet,” Supt. D. B.
Christie said today.
An attendance check with sc
hools showed absentees higher
than had been anticipated.
Mr. Christie said sickness, cold
weather and students slow to get
off the holiday schedule were the
factors that caused the drop.
He said he hopes attendance
will pick up Friday.
School officials here have been
wondering if Hong Kong flu and
bad colds would hit attendance.
Many businesses in Griffin and
Spalding County had high absen
tee rates during Christmas and
New Year’s holiday periods be
cause of Hong Kong flu. Many
still are crippled because of the
“bug” which has taken a heavy
toll nationwide.
Mr. Christie pointed out that
the high absentee rate came at
a critical time in the school
year.
Teacher allotments are based
on average dally attendance and
the system here will close out
the period for making this cal
culation next Wednesday.
A poor attendance Friday,
Monday and Tuesday could cost
the system state money in tea
cher allotments, Mr. Christie po
inted out.
Students in the Griffin-Spald
ing system returned to classes
today after a two-week Christ
mas holiday period.
Country Parson
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“I never saw a little of any
thing else grow into as much
as a little love does.”
ised 20,000 feet over Florida, the
captain grappled with and
subdued the belligerent.
—ln November of 1965, an
other in-flight National plane
was rocked by a hijacker who
fired eight shots into the floor.
Eighty-four passengers watched
as three of their number physi
cally disarmed the gunman.
—ln July of this year, a con
vict in custody of a U. S. mar
shal commandered a west coast
flight and demanded to go to
Mexico.. He was nabbed when,
unknown to him, the pilot land
ed his ship in Los Angeles inst
ead.
—Again in July of 1968, a man
with a gun told a Delta Airlines
pilot he was dying of cancer and
wanted to go to Cuba. The pilot
calmly cautioned the lawbreaker
about the action and the man
broke down, collapsed and gave
up.
Authorities agree that, rela
tively speaking, the number of
thwarted hijackings Is impres
sively large. Considering the em
otional Instability of many a i r
pirates, they say, the wonder is
any pilot would try any negative
Ploy.
“When you got a gun in your
back,” says one pilot who was
hijacked last year, “you don’t
think about playing John Way
ne.”
Mrs, Joseph D, Boyd
Griffin Daily News
Ex-Owner Is Dead
By QUIMBY MELTON
Publisher, Griffin Daily News
Mrs. Anna Blount Beeks Boyd,
89, widow of Col. Joseph D.
Boyd, died in a private hospital
in Atlanta this morning.
Mrs. Boyd was owner and pub
lisher of the Griffin Daily News
for many years, taking over in
1911 at the death of her husband
who was an attorney, and con
tinuing to operate it until the
summer of 1924, when she sold
the paper to the late Judge C. C.
Givens, of Madisonville, Ky. Six
months later, Judge Givens sold
it on Feb. 1, 1925, to the present
publisher.
Mrs. Boyd was born and spent
her life in Griffin until she mo
ved to Atlanta to live with her
son and daughter, Dr. and Mrs.
Harry Rogers. She had been in
a private hospital for nine years
when she died.
She was a lifelong member of
St. George’s Episcopal Church,
a member of the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, and of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution. During her owner
ship of the Griffin Daily News,
New Peace Moves
Made For Mideast
By WILLIAM F. WRIGHT
United Press International
New peace moves were
reported in the Middle East
today. But fighting continued
with Israeli Air Force planes
out after dawn attacking Arab
guerrilla positions and “sabo
tage nests” in Jordan.
Pope Paul VI, in a rare
newspaper interview, said inter
vention by the great powers
might be needed to halt the
area’s slide toward war.
The Soviet Union was pushing
a peace plan.
The Lebanese cabinet met
late Wednesday night in Beirut
and ordered the Army to take
over defense o fthe country. All
internal security units and the
staff of the Surete Generale
(national police) were put under
the command of Gen. Emile
Bustani, the army commander
in chief.
Israeli Air Force planes this
morning “silenced” Fatah guer
rilla positions and “sabotage
nests” in the Jordanian hamlet
of Menshiyeh on the east bank
of the Jordan River, south of
the Sea of Galilee. The attack
followed an attempt by a
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Tag sales were moving at a brisk pace this morning at the Spalding Courthouse.
The 1969 tags have white letters on a black background. AU 1969 tags were wrap
ped in polyethlyne at the Georgia Factory for the Blind in Griffin.
she was. active in the Georgia
Press Association.
Mrs. Boyd assumed manage
ment of the paper as a young
widow with two daughters to
rear, and found time to meet
both responsibilities in a re
markable manner. The paper,
under her guidance, grew and
developed. A strong believer in
the future of Griffin, Mrs. Boyd
advocated many improvements
here and took an active part in
all worthwhile civic programs.
Graveside funeral services will
be held for Mrs. Boyd Friday
morning at 11 o’clock in the old
section of Oak Hill cemetery. The
Rev. Don Harrison of St. Denst
on Parish, Atlanta, will officiate.
Pittman-Rawls Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Boyd is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Harry Rogers,
(the former Miss Emily Boyd)
of Atlanta; and Mrs. Frank
Pittman, Jr., (the former Miss
Virginia Boyd) of Prattville,
Ala.; two grandchildren. Dr. Fr
ank Pittman HI of Atlanta and
Mrs. Jack Rutter of Danville,
Va., and seven great grandchil
dren.
guerrilla bazooka team to blast
an Israeli patrol. The Arabs
missed the target.
Pope Interviewed
The fighting continued what
Pope Paul described as the
chain of violence in the
explosive Middle East. The
Pope, interviewed but not
directly quoted by the Turin
newspaper La Stampa, suggest
ed the chain might have to be
broken by “the agreed interven
tion of the great powers,” La
Stampa said.
There were widespread re
ports that Russia already was
circulating a new peace plan for
the area. The Soviet ambassa
dor to Britain, Mikhail N.
Smirnosky, asked to meet
British Foreigh Secretary Mi
chael Stewart later today.
Diplomatic sources said the
reported Soviet proposals proba
bly would figure largely in the
discussion.
Israeli and Jordanian troops
exchanged fire during the night
near a settlement in tht Beisan
valley, Israeli officials said
today. They said there were no
Israeli casualties in the brief
exchange. -
Greek
Hijacks
Airliner
By JOHN RIGOS
ATHENS (UPD—With one
pistol shot, a 30-year-old con
fessed Greek Communist today
hijacked a DC6 airliner owned
by Aristotle Onassis’ Olympic
Airways and asked for political
asylum when he landed in
Cairo.
The request of George Flamui
rides was still pending tonight
while the 97 passengers he took
with him to Cairo left for
Athens aboard a relief plane at
5:20 p.m. (10:20 a.m. EST).
The hijacked plane carried
104 persons, Including a crew of
six. At least five Americans
were aboard.
Flamurides entered the cock
pit of the Olympic Airways
plane “Island of Rhodes” today
18 minutes after it took off from
Crete for a 55-minute hop to
Athens.
The 36-year-old plane captain,
Dionysius Mavorekealos -R o
botis, told newsmen Flamurides
fired a shot in the cockpit when
he refused initially to obey
Flamurides order to head for
Cairo.
“It went past my head and hit
the left side of the cockpit,” he
said.
Olympic sources in Athens
also reported Flamurides threa
tened to destroy the plane in
flight when two Greek air force'-
jet fighters pursued it. The
fighters then turned back.
Olympic officials said there
were no Israeli passengers on
the plane.
INSIDE
Georgia Democrats. Page 2.
Good New Year. Page 3.
Slayings. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Billy Graham. Page 4.
Television. Page 4.
Car Buried. Page 5.
Pope Interview. Page 5.
Girl Slain. Page 5.
‘Re-Birthday’. Page 5.
Hospital. Page 8.
Stork Club. Page 8.
Funerals. Page 8.
Combat Deaths. Page 10.
Hirohito. Page 10.
Sports. Pages 11-13.
TV Review. ' Page 14.
Bruce Biossat. Page 15.
Want Ads. Page 18.
Comics. Page 19.
W'oman’s Page. Page 20.