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By Quimby Melton
Tuesday Good Evening lost his
sister in the death of Mrs. Glenn
Hooks, of Macon. While she was
not our blood sister — she was
the only sister of “My Mary”—
during the years I grew to love
her as though she were.
For many years “Sister” had
been an invalid and during the
last few years almost helpless.
But she never lost her spirit and
faith and interest in those she
loved; and those who loved her
best grew to love her more and
more.
She died Tuesday, without a
struggle, “falling asleep” eas
ily and with a smile on her
sweet face.
Friday afternoon she will be
buried in Americus along side
her husband and her parents,
following morning services in
Macon.
God rest her precious soul.
LBJ Leads
U. S. Salute
To Astronauts
By EDUARD K. DELONG
WASHINGTON (UPD—
President Johnson presented
gold medals today to America’s
three astronauts who sailed
around the moon and said the
achievement showed that there
are few problems that cannot
be conquered be they “heavens
or hunger, or moonshots and
urbas renewal.”
At a ceremony in the East
Room of the White House
starting a big day for the
spacemen in Washington—in
cluding an appearance before a
joint meeting of Congress—the
President said, “We are quite
proud that they are all
Americans . . . but they
represented all mankind.”
With the astronauts, Frank
Borman, James Lovell and
William Anders seated nearby,
Johnson said the "unparalleled
achievement” of the “tough,
trained courageous young men”
had blazed new trials in and
brought about a “measure of
unity” on earth.
He then warmly shook the
three astronauts’ hands and
presented them the space
agency’s Distinguished Service
Medals. Is turn, he received
from them a photograph of “the
LBJ ranch as seen from space”
and a miniature reproduction of
the international treaty to ban
weapons from space.
The Washington activities
honoring the space heroes
opened a packed, six days of
acclaim for the trio. Their first
post-flight news conference was
set for mid-afternoon in Wash
isgton followed by a dinner
tonight.
On Friday they get a ticker
tape parade in New York. A
miniparade—more of a motor
cade—took them up Pennsylva
nia Avenue to the Capitol today
following the White House
awards ceremony.
At one point, during the
awards Patrick Lyndon Nugent,
the President’s grandson, left
his mother Luci’s side and ran
up to Johsson.
“I’m glad he wants to be an
astronaut Mr. President,” said
acting Space Agency Adminis
trator Thomas Paine as Luci
Nugent unceremoniously escort
ed the child out of the crowded
room.
Borman told Johnson as he
fondled his medal that the three
astronauts thought they had
experienced every emotion
known to mas during their 10
Christmas Eve flights around
the moon, but said of the White
House ceremony: “This tops
it.”
Anders presented the Pres
ident and Mrs. Johnson two
miniature copies of the treaty
banning nuclear weapons in
which the astronauts had
carried with them in the Apollo
8 capsule during their historic
flight.
It was Lovell who gave
Johsson a “picture of the LBJ
ranch” from space. Actually, it
showed the earth as photo
graphed just over the moon’s
horizon.
During the awards presenta
tion, Johnson said:
“The flight of Apollo 8 gives
all nations —all nations —a new
and a most exciting reason to
join in man’s greatest adven
ture.
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Sgt. James W. Truett of the Griffin National Guard unit prepared to mount a 30-
caliber machinegun inside a tank for drills near Turin this weekend. They will start
Saturday morning. Griffin guardsmen will return home Saturday afternoon.
Mt. Zion Baptist
Plans New Church
The Mt. Zion Baptist Church
at Memorial Drive and Fourth
streets will construct a sanctu
ary to replace the present chur
ch structure which was comple
ted in 1928.
The Rev. H. Stinson, pastor for
25 years, said construction is ex
pected to begin soon. How
ever, he could not estimate
when construction would begin
and be completed.
The sanctuary will have a 15-
room educational annex also for
Sen. Kennedy Backs
Attack On Filibuster
By JOHN HALL
WASHINGTON (UPD—.
Thirty-four senators optimisti
cally opened a drive today to
change the Senate’s traditional
filibuster rules.
Sen. Philip A. Hart, D-Mich.,
told a news conference chances
were excellent for amendment
of Rule 22, which requires a
two-thirds vote (67 if all 109
senators are present) to stop a
filbuter. Hart and Sen. Jacob
Javits, R-N.Y., are sponsoring a
rules change which would
permit cloture by a three-fifths
vote—or 60 senators if 100 are
in attendance.
Hart said 34 members had
joined as co-sponsors of the
resolution, double the number
backing a similar proposal
which was defeated two years
ago. Included were four new
vomers—Sens. Allen Cranston,
D-Calif., Thomas F. Eagleston,
D-Mo., Harold Hughes, D-lowa,
and Charles Goodell, R-N.Y.
Hart said Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy, D-Mass,, newly elect
ed Democratic whip, had
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the church school.
The new sanctuary will have
a seating capacity of about 400.
The structure is expected to cost
some $125,000.
The Rev. Stinson said the con
gregation has under study the
question of what to do about
worship services while the build
ing is being constructed.
The church has a membership
of some 400 people.
Contractor C. A. Kendrick will
build the structure.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, January 9, 1969
City Keeps Pushing
In War On Slums
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)
Weather:
COLDER
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Fair and colder to
night and continued rather cold
Friday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Esti
mated high today 61, low today
50, high Wednesday 60, low
Wednesday 29. Sunrise Friday
7:43 a.m., sunset Friday 5:53
p.m.
"indicated he would do anything
he can do. This will help from a
parliamentary standpoint. It
means that right at the top of
the leadership we have some
body who is as involved in this
as anybody in the senate.”
The struggle comes at the
start of each new Congress
when the time is ripe for
changing rules. It is expected to
consume at least two weeks this
time, and could last far longer.
The Southern bloc hinted that
President-elect Richard M. Nix
on’s cabinet nominations might
be delayed if the Northerners
forced a knock-down, drag-out
fight.
The object of the debate is
Senate Rule 22, requiring two
thirds of senators present and
voting—67, if all 100 senators
voted —to impose cloture and
break a filibuster. The Javits-
Hart plan would reduce that to
three-fifths—which would mean
60 Senators out of 100 in
attendance could force the
Senate to halt debate and get on
to the business at hand.
Liberal leaders felt chances
GRIFFIN
were better than ever this year
for a rules change. As evidence
the Senate is in a mood for
change, they cited the selection
of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-
Mass., as Democratic whip, and
Sen. Hugh Scott, R-Pa., as GOP
whip.
In Nixon, who has opposed the
filibuster tradition, they may
have a powerful ally.
The long-time leader of the
Southern bloc which has with
stood efforts to change the rule
in many sessions, Sen. Richard
B. Russell, D-Ga., turned over
the job to Sen. Spessard Hol
land, D-Fla.
Russell said the added burden
of his new duties as Senate
president pro-tem, a post given
the senator with most seniority,
would keep him from devoting
sufficient time to the job.
But, unlike past years, little
pressure appeared to be build
ing up for abandonment of
Rule 22.
Civil rights bills have been
the main filibuster victims in
the past and none is pending in
this session.
Cut 12th Grade
For Kindergarten,
Speaker Suggests
By CHARLES S. TAYLOR
ATLANTA (UPI) — Georgia
should consider the feasibility of
returning to an 11-year school
program instead of the present
12 years, House Speaker George
L. Smith has suggested.
The House speaker made the
proposal Wednesday while com
menting on Gov. Lester Mad
dox’s proposed sl.l billion budg
et, which he says can be cut
$75 to SBO million.
North Lane
Os 333 Due
To Open Soon
The north bound lane of High
way 333 between Highway 19
(south of Griffin) and Barnes
ville is scheduled to open some
time this week.
A spokesman at the Barnesvil
le division of the State Highway
Department said today that it
was his understanding that the
lane would be opened before
be.'t
*The southbound lane of the
new four lane road opened sev
eral months ago.
Crews have Just about comple
ted work on the north lane.
Barricades must be removed
and signs changed before the
lane is opened to traffic between
Highway 19 south of Griffin and
Barnesville.
Stock Trade
Over Million
In Griffarea
Thomson and McKinnon stock
brokers’ Griffin office deposi
ted $1,022,252.66 in banks in Gr
iffin in 1968, thus reflecting the
dollar amount of sales through
the office last year.
Carl Kelley, manager of the
Griffin branch of the firm, said
that in addition to the money de
posited here, some Griffin cus
tomers paid for their purchas
es through the New York office.
He estimated that amount at ab
out SIOO,OOO.
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Smith brought up the school
program with the idea of adding
a one-year statewide kindergar.
ten course, which he said could
not be financed without new
taxes under the governor’s bud
get plan.
“Don’t get me wrong,” Smith
said. “I do not want to cut edu
cation in Georgia. I think we
have made tremendous strides
in education.
“I’m a great believer in kin
dergarten, he added. “I expect
I’m the only man in this room
that graduated from a kinder
garten.
The speaker said Georgia had
an 11-year public school pro
gram in years past, and that it
went to the 12-year program on
ly because other states moved
in that direction.
Smith said the governors kin
dergarten plan could not be fi
nanced with present revenues.
He then explained his own idea.
The speaker, in a statement
following a meeting of the Dem
ocratic House leadership, said
he believed the governor’s bud
get proposal could be cut by $75
to SBO million.
But he declined to discuss
what went on during the meet
ing, which included House ma
jority leader George Busby of
Albany and House whip Charlie
Jones of Hinesville.
He did say that the three
Democratic leaders devoted
considerable time to a discus
sion of budget and taxes.
Country Parson
“No matter how high the cost
of living gets, most folks appar
ently think it’s worth it.”
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Drivers Tested
Bus drivers in the Griffin-Spalding School System were tested today for visual and
mental reflexes in the Georgia Motor Trucking Association’s mobile testing unit.
It was set up at the school bus garage near Spalding Junior High School. The tests
are conducted by Carl Roddam, lab supervisor of the State Department of Educa
tion, and Sgt. R. T. Crouch of the Safety Education Division of the Georgia Stat*
Patrol. Forty drivers took the tests.
Some Land Owners
Face Court Action
Legal action is expected to be
taken by the City of Griffin Bu
ilding Inspections Department
against seven or eight home ow
ners who have refused to bring
their property up to minimum
city standards.
City Building Inspector Har
old Buckalew said the action
probably will be taken this mon
th or early next month.
The move will be another ph
ase in the city’s continuing war
of slums.
Buckalew said progress had
been made in the war on slums,
but that there is a long way to
go. He said that the end of t h e
project is not in sight.
Property owners are being gi
ven 60 days to bring their pro
perty up to minimum city stan
dards. The war on slums star
ted last March.
“We are going to keep push
ing until the job is done,” Buck
alew said. “We are not going to
give up,” he said.
Buckalew and John Dallas
have been surveying sections of
the city and making recom
mendations to property owners
to bring their property up to
minimum standards.
More than 400 permits were
issued for alterations, convers
ions and additions to residences
in 1968. Most of them were is
sued after the war on slums be
gan.
Buckalew said that the effort
will continue and that he expects
to issue as many permits for ad
ditions, alterations and conver
sions in 1969.
He said that he and Dallas
hesitated for a while on their
surveying after the initial part
of the program to give proper
ty owners an opportunity to
have work done on their proper
ty. He said that some extensions
of the 60-day period were grant
ed when owners show
ed they were making an effort
to improve their property.
The legal action is being tak
en against people who have been
warned several times that their
property was substandard.
“Generally, cooperation am
ong the property owners has
been good,” Buckalew said. The
percentage who have refused to
improve their property is small.
“Our major problem in the
war on slums has been finding
a place for some of the people
to go. We are in need of a cou
ple of hundred low-rent housing
units,” Buckalew said.
Permits were issued for 50 ap
artment units in 1968. They are
in several areas of the city.
“We need a large housing pro
ject that will provide space for
people who are being dislodged
by our clearance program,”
Buckalew said.
This is one of the main state
ments that Buckalew and Dallas
have encountered in their drive
against the substandard hous
ing: “We have no place to go.”
Buckalew said that cooper
tlon, generally, has been good
from residents in areas where
improvements have been made
to property. However, he said
that the city still has some ar
eas where the residents have no
neighborhood pride and do not
use facilities that are Installed
or destroy them.
The clearance of slums In the
city has become a bigger prob
lem than Buckalew and Dallas
had anticipated. They said
there was more substandard
housing in the city than they
thought.
“We are going to continue to
insist that substandard condi
tions be improved and brought
up to minimum standards, no
matter how long it takes,” Bu
ckalew said.
Hero’s Welcome
Awaits Georgian
From Pueblo
WAYCROSS, Ga. (UPI)
Chief Petty Officer Wayne An«
derson, one of 82 crewmen of
the USS Pueblo recently re
leased from a North Korean
prison, will receive a hero’s
welcome and maybe a new car
when he returns home.
Anderson is presently in San
Diego, Calif., where the Pueblo
crewmen are being debriefed
by Navy authorities.
He is expected to return to
Waycross the last week in Jan
uary.
Local officials and citizens
met Wednesday at City Hall to
plan the homecoming cere
mony, which will include a mo
torcade from the Waycross air
port.
Several groups are planning
to present a new automobile to
Anderson, who was the only
Georgian in the crew held cap
tive for 11 months in North Ko
rea.