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Nixon Talks His Ideas
With NATO Ministers
By STEWART HENSLEY
UTT Diplomatic Correspondent
WASHINGTON (UPI) —Pres
ident Nixon meets behind closed
doors today with the foreign
ministers of the 15 NATO
nations to discuss his ideas for
making the alliance a more
effective political and social
instrument without reducing its
military strength.
The President planned, ac
cording to his aides, to expand
on the ideas he expressed in a
speech Thursday commemorat
ing the 20ta anniversary of the
founding of the alliance. He told
a glittering galaxy of foreign
dignataries and American offi
cials that NATO, while keeping
its guard up against unpredicta
ble Soviet maneuvers, must
nevertheless find ways of
adapting itself to a situation in
which some of the sharp edges
Mrs. Carrecker
To Be Buried
Funeral services for Mrs. Car
rie Carrecker of Milner will be
conducted Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock from the Spring Hill
Baptist Church in Milner. Bur
ial will be in the church ceme
tery. Mrs. Carrecker’s body will
be carried to the residence Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock and
will remain there until carried
to the church at 1:30 o’clock.
Her survivors include a dau
ghter, Mrs. Olene Wells of In
diantown, Fla.; a son, Otis Wal
ker of Philadelphia, Pa.; a bro
ther, Leroy Wilkerson of Milner
and other relatives also survive.
United Funeral Home of Grif
fin is in charge of arrangements.
Two Griffarea Men
Receive Top Honors
Two men in the Griffin area
have been designated by Life
Insurance Company of Georgia
as members of the company's
top honor organization, the Pre
sident’s Club.
They are R. K. Grant of Mil
ner and Tommy J. Manley of
Griffin. They earned member
ship in the elite group by virtue
of their outstanding records of
service during 1968.
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Friday, April 11, 1969
of the cold war have been
blunted and there are signs that
the Communists want to lower
tensions in Europe.
Will Resume Session
The NATO ministers, follow
ing their one-hour meeting this
morning with Nixon, were
scheduled to resume their
annual spring council session at
which they are seeking to
reconcile differences over how
to deal with a proposal from the
Soviet-dominated Warsaw Pact
countries for a conference on
the military and political future
of Europe.
Speeches by all 15 foreign
ministers at the Thursday
sessions of the council disclosed
that all but Italy believed the
alliance should exercise ex
treme caution in assessing
Communist motives and weigh
ing possible consequences be
fore agreeing to an all-
European security conference of
the type proposed by the
Warsaw Pact nations at their
Budapest meeting last month.
Take Dim View
The United States and France
ap; 'ared to take the dimmest
view of the proposed confer
ence, both of them rejecting
any early meeting of that kind
and outlining a series of
preliminary steps to be taken
before coming to any decision.
Italy, on the other hand, urged
that NATO accept the Budapest
proposal ‘‘ln principle” at once
and then make preparations for
the meeting.
The remaining members of
the alliance showed interest in
exploring the possibility of talks
with the Russians, a number of
them admitting that they were
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BAKE SALE
Cadette Girl Scout Troop 140
will sponsor a bake sale Satur
day, beginning at 9 a.m. until 1
p.m. in downtown Griffin. Pro
ceeds will be used by the troop
to finance a trip to the Juliette
Low birthplace in Savannah this
summer
West College
Revival
Begins Sunday
Revival services will begin
Sunday at the West College Bap
tist Church with the Rev. Hol
lon Hooker of eastern Tennessee
conducting the services. They
will be held nightly at 7:30.
The song service will be led
by J. W. Thomas.
Ths Rev. W. M. Coe is yastor.
Unoccupied House Is
Destroyed By Fire
The Dundee Volunteer Fire
Department answered a call to
a house fire this morning at 3:30
a.m. on Quail road, Vaughn.
Firemen reported the house
was unoccupied and the owner
unknown. It was a complete loss.
prompted by increasing domes
tic pressures. But they all
agreed that it was necessary to
approach the idea cautiously
and try to get more specific
ideas from the Communists
first.
Nixon, in his address at the
NATO birthdry celebration, said
the problem for NATO in the
future was to retain a balance
between military preparedness
on the one hand and efforts to
negotiate with the Russians on
the other.
ID Plates
Charge Made
Against Man
Don Dlx of Route One, Brooks,
who was arrested yesterday
morning and charged with poss
essing 166 gallons of non-tax
paid whisky al_o has been charg
ed with possession of motor ve
hicles from which the identifi
cation plates were removed.
The charge on the identifica
tion plates was made by GBI
Agent William N. Darsey. The
plates had been removed from
two vehicles confiscated in the
raid yesterday morning by state
and federal revenue agents and
members of the Spalding Coun
ty Sheriff’s Department.
The raiding officers confisca
ted three trucks and an automo
bile. They discovered 155 gallons
of whisky in one truck and 11
gallons In the Dix home.
Funeral Sunday
For Mrs. Leeks
Funeral services for Mrs. El
la Leeks of Zebulon will be con
ducted Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock from the Mt. Calvary
Baptist Church in Milner. The
Rev. H. S. Harps will officiate
and burial will be in the church
cemetery. Mrs. Leek’s body will
be carried to the residence Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock and
will remain there until carried
to the church at 2:30 o’clock.
Survivors include three dau
ghters, Mrs. Emmie Mabry,
Mrs. Odie Belle Moreland, both
of Zebulon, and Mrs. Mary Har
ris of Griffin; three sons, O. B.
Leeks, Edward Leeks, both of
Griffin and Namon Mathew
Leeks, Jr, of Zebulon; a step
daughter, Mrs. Lucille Hill of
Chattanooga, Tenn.; a sister,
Mrs. Florlne Ferguson of Atlan
ta; 19 grandchildren, 15 great
grandchildren and other relativ
es.
United Funeral Home of Grif
fin is in charge of arrange
ments.
Mrs. Daniel
Dies Thursday
Mrs. Ara Mae Smith Daniel of
327 North First street, widow of
Mr. James Robert Daniel, died
at the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital Thursday afternoon af
ter a short illness. Her husband
preceded her In death three
Weeks ago.
Mrs. Daniel had made her
home in Griffin since 1926 and
was a member of the First Me.
thodist Church and the Women’s
Society of Christian Service. She
was a native of Pike County
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Lucy Mae Smith of Grittin;
four sons, Charlie Rob Daniel of
East Point, James Glover Dan
iel of Atlanta, Reid O. Daniel of
Griffin and Lovick w. Daniel of
Tucson, Ariz.; 12 grandchildren
and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock
in the sanctuary of the First Uni
ted Mehtodist Church. Dr. Del
ma Hagood and the Rev. Orville
Wright will officiate and burial
will be in Oak Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Daniel’s body is at Haisten
Funeral Home.
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the Jefferson Memorial. The trees were a gift from Japan more than half a century ago.
First Assembly
Conducting
Loyalty Drive
‘‘Profiles in Loyalty” are be
ing honored by the Sunday Sc
hool members of the First As
sembly of God church during
a loyalty campaign. It will be
conducted the seven Sundays
from Easter to Pentecost. The
campaign begins Sunday, and
concludes May 25, according to
the Rec. Claude E. Johnson,
pastor.
The first profile to be featured
In the Sunday morning session
which begins at 9:45 a.m. is
the pastor The following weeks
will highlight the work and min
istry of the Sunday School super
intendent, teachers, church of
ficers, families, members, and
past founders and leaders. Sun
day School members are being
assigned to a team responsible
for conducting a project related
to each weekly profile.
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The campaign includes all age
levels. Henry Neill, Sunday Sc
hool superintendent, and the
staff of 47 teachers and officers
will assist in the program.
The local Assembly of God is
one of thousands of churches
throughout the nation taking part
in the Loyalty Campaign promo
ted through Assemblies of God
Sunday Schools.
The campaign climaxes May
25 with a commitment to contin
ued loyalty. Currently, First As
sembly has a Sunday School en
rollment of 712.
Mrs. Miller Os
Swainsboro Dies
Mrs. Sara Rountree Miller, 48,
of 330 East 46th street, Jackson
ville, Fla., wife of Claude R. Mil
ler who was a native of Brooks,
Ga., died in Jacksonville Thurs
day afternoon following a long
Illness.
She was a native of Swains
boro and a member of the Fir
st Methodist Church there. Mrs.
Miller had resided in Jackson
ville for 22 years.
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by a son, Rembert
Lee Miller of Augusta; her mo
ther, Mrs. Lillian Rountree of
Swainsboro; and a sister, Mrs.
Margaret Drew of North Augus
ta, S.C.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Sunday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock from the First United
Methodist Church in Swainsbo
ro. The Rev. Orman P. Sloat will
officiate and burial will be in the
Swainsboro cemetery. Hais
ten Funeral Home of Griffin is
in charge of plans.
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LOS ANGELES-TO-NEW YORK RUN—Bruce Tulloh, 33, from
England, jogs alongside his admiring wife Sue and 7-year
old son Clive in Los Angeles, training to try for a new Los
Angeles-to-New York record run. He figures to do the
2,830 miles in 66 days, including six days he calls "spares.”
Present record is 73 days. Tulloh nas done a mile in 3:59.3.
Generals Stared
Across The Table
By JAMES KIM
PANMUNJOM, Korea (UPI)
—The Americon general and the
North Korean general glared at
each other across the table. The
only sound was the wind
howling across the barren hills
outside their quonset hut.
Maj. Gen. James B. Kapp,
negotiator for the United
Nations Command (UNO, was
waiting for Maj. Gen. Ri Choon-
Sun of the Democratic People’s
Republic of North Korea to
propose a recess.
They sat there, arms folded,
for 4i/ a hours. Not a tford.
Finally, Gen Ri got up and
walked out into the darkness
and roared away in a Russian
made car. It was 10:35 p.m.
It was the 289th meeting of
the Korean Military Armistice
Commission at the truce village
of Panmunjom and set a record
as the longest such meeting
since the Korean War ended
July 27, 1953.
The generals had been there
11 hours and 35 minutes.
Neither ate or went to the toilet
in all that time. Delegates to
such meetings may leave the
room only with a formal
adjournment proposal.
Gen. Ri said there was no
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point in continuing the meeting.
“In view of North Korea’s
rude and unwarranted conduct,"
Knapp said, “I consider this
meeting to be terminated.”
Before the hours of
silence, Knapp called on North
Korea to start a four-step
deescalation to ease tension
along the Korean border. He
promised reciprocation with a
similar UNC program.
Knapp asked that North
Korea:
—Remove from the North
Korean part of the Demilita
rized Zone all Illegal weapons
and unauthorized personnel.
—lmmediately quit all attacks
against South Korean and UNS
forces.
—Reduce what Knapp said
was the excessive size of North
Korea’s armed forces and
discontinue "polemic, bellicose,
war mongering public state
ments.”
"It is the U.S. imperialist
aggressors who create tension
along the DMZ,” said Ri.
Whichever side calls the
meeting customarily proposes a
recess and it was the North
Koreans who called Thursday’s
meeting. Ri never did propose
the recess.
Commie Mortars
Hit Ammo Dumps
By WALTER WHITEHEAD
SAIGON (UPl)—Communist
gunners destroyed part of the
city of Tay Ninh early today
with a barrage of rocket and
mortar fire that exploded 200
tons of ammunition with heavy
casualties. It was one of 45
shellings during the night—
heaviest in three weeks.
Officials in Tay Ninh, f miles
northwest of Saigon and only a
few miles from the Cambodian
border, said nine civilians were
killed and more than 90 soldiers
wounded, five of them Ameri
cans. Another 50 South Vietna
mese soldiers were reported
missing.
Officials said the mortar fire
blew up two ammunition dumps
holding more than 200 tons of
ammunition and that the
explosion destroyed 50 houses
and damaged 45 in the city of
150,000 persons. The blast
damaged a number of Army
vehicles in the city.
Tay Ninh today was strangely
quiet, the sprawling market
place all but deserted, as if the
populace feared there was more
to come.
The Communist offensive
which has been in a lull also
struck the provincial capital of
Vinh Long, 58 miles south of
Saigon in the Mekong River
Delta. Officials said 15 persons
were killed there and 105
wounded when mortars hit the
crowded market place.
But the heaviest damage was
at Tay Ninh. A fuel dump also
blew up and explosions rumbled
in the city throughout the day.
A U.S. spokesman reported
“moderate to heavy” damage to
the U.S. headquarters there.
Stork Club
LITTLE MISS FAGIN
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Fagan, Jr.
of 722 North avenue, Griffin,
announce the birth of a daugh
ter on April 10 at the Griffin-Sp
alding County Hospital.
MASTER WRENN
Mr. and Mrs. Lynwood C. Wr
enn of Route Two, Griffin, an
nounce the birth of a son on Ap
ril 10 at the Griffin-Spalding Co
unty Hospital.
LITTLE MISS THOMPSON
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomp
son of Route Two, Barnesville,
announce the birth of a daugh
ter on April 11 at the Griffin-Sp
alding County Hospital.
LITTLE MISS LERNER
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Lerner
of 611 Kincaid avenue, Griffin,
announce the birth of a daugh
ter on April 11 at the Griffin-Sp
alding County Hospital.
LITTLE MISS NEWTON
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Meriwe
ther Newton of 6016 Morrow
Cove, Morrow, announce the bir
th of a daughter on April 10 at
South Fulton Hospital in East
Point. Mrs. Newton is the form
er Jeanette Brooks of Griffin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Guinn Brooks. Paternal grand
mother is Mrs. Charles Ernest
Newton, Jr.
Firemen Report Two
Alarms On Thursday
Two alarms were answered by
the Oiiffin Fire Department.
At 1:11 p.m. yesterday after
noon firemen answered a call to
1809 Ridge street. Trash was
burning in a city truck. No da
mage was reported.
A defective refrigerator motor
caused damage to the motor
only at the residence of Dan
Vaughn, 402 Terrace street. The
call was answered at 5:30 p.m.
COTTER NAMED
WASHINGTON (UPI) —Wil
liam J. Cotter, 48, a former FBI
and CIA agent, has been named
chief inspector of the Post
Office Department. Cotter is a
native of Bayonne, N.J. James
C. P. Conway, 51, El Cerrito,
Calif., was named Cotter’s
assistant.
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Hospital
Visiting Hours: 11 a.m. - Noon;
2-4 p.m.; 7-8:30 p.m. rwo visitors
per patient at a time.
The following were admitted
to the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital yesterday:
Herbert Bishop, Mrs. Frances
Wrenn, Mrs. Ernestine Fagan,
Mrs. Ruby Preston, Mrs. Dora
Daniel, Mrs. Magdalene Smith,
Emory Allen, Ken Hill, Mrs.
Judy Calvert, Henry Rigsby,
Mrs. Elaine Dooley, Timothy Jo
nes, T. S. Boggess, Mrs. Linda
Huckaby, Mrs. Inez McKinley,
Allen Harper, Mrs. Jaynelle
Morris, Mrs. Mary Thompson.
The following were dismissed:
Mrs. Sue Owen, James Nors
worthy, Miss Janice Chancey,
Russell Allen, Mrs. Gwendolyn
Mitchell and baby, William Ful
cher, Evelyn Cook, Mrs. Shirley
Hindman and baby, Edd Arch
er, Danny McCurry, Talmadge
Conner, Mrs. Jean Anderson,
Mrs. Vick Smith, Mrs. Mary
Swearingen and baby, Mrs. Lit
tie Hancock, Mrs. Daisy Dona
hoo, Charles Ward, Mrs. Bessie
Harris.
Two Soldiers Die
In Personnel Carrier
FT. BENNING. Ga. (UPI)
— Two soldiers died Thursday
when a 12-ton army personnel
carrier demonstrating its uses
on land and water nose-dived
and sank in the Chattahoochee
River.
Identities of the two men
were withheld pending notifica
tion of next of kin.
The tank - like amphibious
craft, which is capable of car
rying 12 men, was about 75
feet from shore at Bradley’s
landing when it nosed gently
into the water and sank. The
river, which forms the natural
boundary of Georgia and Ala
bama, is 300 feet wide at that
point.
Other members of their unit,
part of the 197th Infantry Brig
ade, were watching the men
run the troop carrier through
its paces in preparation for giv
ing classes.
It took three and a half-hours
to locate and raise the carrier.
Divers found it lodged in the
muddy river bottom and two
tank retrievers hauled it out.
The vehicle’s commander and
its driver were inside.
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