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By Quimby Melton
•‘The Church Lives by the Bi
ble” is the title of this week’s In
. ternational Sunday School lesson.
Ulis is the first of a three les
son series on “The Significance
of the Bible of Faith.”
Background Scripture for this
week is 2 Kings 22:3 through 23:
25; Psalms 118:26-29; 130; Ep
hesians 3:7-10; Colossians 3:16,
'• 1 Timothy 4:11-16.
The Memory Selection is "Let
the word of Christ dwell in you
~ richly in all wisdom; teaching
aid admonishing one another in
psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing with grace in your
hearts to the Lord.” (Colossians
I* 3:16).
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Can you imagine what sort of
a world this would be if there
had never been The Bible? How
ineffectual the Church would
be in its efforts to carry the Gos-
• pel to all mankind?
Well, the world couldn’t be in
much worse shape and the Chur
ch could not play a less impor-
■ tant part in the world, some may
say. They point to increasing cr
ime, wholesale disregard for
law, both the laws of man and
I, of God, of distorted ideas of jus
tice and freedom, and a “new
morality” that runs counter to
all the teachings of the Bible and
, the Church. And they have pl
enty of examples of things going
on to back up their arguments.
They center the attacks on the
. Church and the Bible, saying
; ‘ both are out-of-date, have had
their day in court, and have fail
ed to improve the world.
The trouble is not with the
1 • Church; and it certainly is not
with the Bible. The trouble is
with people, people who make
up the Church, people who have
► « “no time for the Church; “and
of people many of whom have
Bibles in their homes but no
time to read them; people who
if, read their Bible when conven
ient and then hurridly as though
it were a chore, or who reading
it do not seek its blessed and
true meaning. People who look
; ' on the Church as a social club,
a civic club, an organization
worth belonging to because there
one meets people they would like
• • to know’; People who look on
the Bible as a collection of fairy
stories, old folks tales, a conglo
meration of short stories, inter
-1 < esting but fiction, rather than
the Word of God Almighty, writ
ten by inspired men, and an in
falible guide to true life.
i;. This generation, and that In
cludes this old timer, has not gi
ven either the Church or the Bi
ble half a chance to prove their
I ( value. It has followed the will of
the w’isp in Its search for better
IHe.
fl.
Dr. Charles Laymon tells the
story of the head of a large soap
company who was chiding a mi
ll t nister one day because the Gos
pel had not saved the world.
“Look at ft,” the soap manufac
turer said "Everywhere there is
I thievery, murder, dishonesty and
[ 1 all kinds of evil.” The minister
pointed out several dirty chil
dren nearby; "You make soap”
the minister quipped, “Why
■ • aren’t those youngsters clean?”
The soap man replied "Well they
have to keep using soap to keep
clean,’. Quite so. The same
(. could be said about the Church
and the Bible.
Earlier in this lesson we ask
ed what sort of a world this
i ! , would be had there never been
| the Bible. Now we ask What sort
of a world would this have
been without the Church.
Trace history and you’ll find
I ’ that time and time again when
the world has reached a point
where it looked as nothing
"would save the day” It has
I’ ’ been the Church that has played
a most Important part. Time
and time again when it seemed
there was no hope left for the
'| • world, there has been a great re
vival that has brought many
men closer to God than ever be
fore; and these revivals have
. been the work of the Church and
everyone of them has been
marked by renewed interst in
and serious study of The Bible.
To cite just one Instance, sp
ace prevents more: When Mar
tin Luther, the father of the Pro
testant Church, revolted against
'? • the corrupt church of his day,
turned to the Bible for his auth
ority.
What we need today, both as
' 1 individuals and as a people,
what the Church itself needs
most Is to return to the Bible as
our guide and inspiration.
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Campaigning Ends
Today In France
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG
PARIS (UPD—The final day
of the French presidential
runoff campaign saw underdog
Alain Poher making a last ditch
personal appeal to voters in the
provinces today and favorite
Georges Pompidou apparently
taking it easy in Paris.
Both men scheduled final 15-
minute appearances on the
state-run radio and television
networks.
With the official campaign
scheduled to end at midnight,
Poher was spending the day in
Bordeaux and Toulouse, in
southwestern France, driving
hard to catch his Gaullist rival.
Aides refused to disclose
Pompidou’s program but they
said he had finished his
barnstorming tours of the
provinces and was staying in
Paris and did not plan any
more rallies.
Pompidou, who had served
for six years as premier under
President Charles de Gaulle,
had a big lead in the public
opinion polls.
A poll published by the
conservative newspaper Le
Figaro gave Pompidou 56 per
cent of the vote to 44 per cent
for Poher. Like a similar poll
published at midweek by
Country Parson
■ AI Mr
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“If a fellow isn’t going to
say anything, I’d just as soon
he didn’t say it eloquently.”
Cnoyrijht 1969, by Frank A Clark
DAILY ? NEWS
Daily Since 1872
900 Combat Troops
Slated To Come Home
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
first of the 25,000 American Gis
to be pulled out of Vietnam will
be 900 combat Infantrymen who
will be flown to the continental
United States before mld-July,
it was announced today.
Defense Secretary Melvin R.
Laird said the men will be a
battalion from the 9th Infantry
Division. The specific battalion
was not immediately designat
ed.
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)
Television personalities Tubby and Lester ham it up for a group of children on the
lawn at the First Baptist Church this morning. It was registration day for the
church’s Vacation Bible School which will be held next week.
France - Soir, this sampling
showed a two-point drop for
Pompidou compared with last
week.
Another poll published Thurs
day by the economic newspaper
Le Nouveau Journal gave
Pompidou 58.5 per cent and
Poher 41.5 per cent.
Despite his unanimous second
place in all the polls, Poher
showed no signs of giving up.
He scored what observers
consodered hos biggest success
of the campaign so far when he
addressed a mass rally Thurs
day night at the huge Palais
des Sports in Paris. An
estimated 8,000 persons jam
medinside the hall for the
speech while an overflow crowd
of 5,000 heard it on loudspeak
ers outside.
Poher, making light of the
fact he has little voice left, told
his listeners, "It doesn’t matter
if I’ve lost my voice if I get
yours.”
Commies Keep Up
Terror Attacks
By WALTER WHITEHEAD
SAIGON (UPD—Communist
shellings and terror attacks
overnight killed 52 South
Vietnamese and wounded 74,
Allied headquarters said today.
The U.S. Command reported a
new offensive under way to the
north.
Viet Cong and North Vietnam
mese gunners fired shells into
22 population centers or milita
ry camps, including Da Nang
and Bien Hoa, two of the
biggest Allied military bastions
in the country.
South Vietnamese headquar
ters said one of the 38 rounds
that hit the Bien Hoa Air Base
just north of Saigon landed in a
hospital, killing 15 government
soldiers and wounding 11.
Five rocket rounds slammed
into a U.S. Navy compound at
Da Nang, doing no damage, but
a sixth fell short and hit a
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Go., 30223, Friday, June 13, 1969
Georgia House Debates
Maddox Tax Proposals
‘Poor Marchers’
To Stay Here
Monday Night
A portion of the "poor
people’s” march scheduled to
stay here Sunday night will be
here Monday night instead.
The march was to be a day
late in starting from Warner Ro
bins. It will go to Macon, Forsy
th, Barnesville, Zebulon, Griffin
and Jonesboro before joining ot
her groups in Atlanta.
The group scheduled to stay
in Zebulon tomorrow night will
not be there until Sunday night.
It will come to Griffin Monday
for an overnight stay then will
go on to Jonesboro.
Griffin participants in the mar
ch expect some 200 or more to
be here. The local coordinators
will provide quarters and two
meals for the marchers. They
also will provide transportation
for them to within 10 miles of
Jonesboro.
shantytown. Spokesmen report
ed eight civilians killed and 16
wounded.
With no major ground fight
ing reported, the U.S. Com
mand announced the beginning
of Operation Pipestone Canyon
against North Vietnamese
troops 15 miles southwest of Da
Nang on the north coast.
At least 2,000 U.S. and South
Korean troops began the
offensive May 26 and since then
have killed 234 guerrillas.
American losses were put at 31
dead and 240 wounded.
Simpson said Pipestone Can
yon’s mission is to bring wider
government control the “rice
triangle” between Hol An and
An Hoa. The area is a
Communist bivouc on an
approach route to Di. Nang.
Among the major population
centers and towns that came
uhder Communist fire overnight
were Hue and Due Pho.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy and
continued warm Saturday with
chance of afternoon or evening
thundershowers.
LOCAL WEATHER — Esti
mated high today 88, low today
68, high yesterday 87, low yes
terday 67, sunrise tomorrow
6:28, sunset tomorrow 8:49.
Light Plane Tries
To Bomb Nike Site
VAN NUYS, Calif. (UPD—An
unidentified light plane tried to
bomb a U.S. Army Nike missile
site Thursday night but the
homemade firebomb fell wide
of its target.
The single-engine craft with a
red tail released the bomb
about 250 feet over the base. It
fell into a ditch just outside the
fence. Authorities let the
resulting small fire burn itself
out.
John MacWhirter, who saw
the bombing run just before
sunset, said the cannister
tumbled out of the airplane end
over end, leaving a trail of
black smoke. It exploded in a
puff of smoke and a ring of fire
when it hit.
Authorities said the device
Senate Okays
Appointments
ATLANTA (UPD—The Sen
ate, expecting a speedy end of
the special session, quickly con
firmed Gov. Lester Maddox’s
appointments to boards and
commissions In a secret session
Thursday.
Secret sessions to consider
appointments have been under a
dark cloud recently since a
newsman was "arrested” by
the Senate after rigging a tele
phone to listen in on the de
bate.
The Senate later apologized
to the newsman, but not until
after several days of hearings.
Sen. Al Holloway of Albany
called for Thursday’s secret
session, saying he didn’t think
the time was ripe for another
debate on senate rules.
Vol. 96 No. 139
Governor
Attempts
Salvage Job
By TOM GREENE
ATLANTA (UPD—The Geor
gia House began a debate to
day that could end with defeat
of Gov. Lester Maddox’s sales
proposal and adjournment of
his special session In record
time.
With his proposals apparent
ly headed for defeat, Maddox
tried to piece together a com
promise to salvage votes by
changing the distribution for
mula for the portion of the
sales tax going to cities and
counties.
Sources close to Maddox said
he would agree to send 40 per
cent of the revenue back to the
place it was collected and dis
tribute 60 per cent based on
population.
The debate promised to drone
on into the afternoon and pos
sibly into the night with 18 leg
islators scheduled to talk on the
proposal, plus several depart
ment heads.
The House recessed for lunch
at noon after hearing from
State Budget Director Wilson
Wilkes and Rep. Tom Murphy
of Bremen, Maddcx’s floor
leader.
“I do not feel that on matters
as urgent and as great as these
that a single member will low
er himself to the status of doing
what is politically expedient,”
Murphy said.
House Judiciary Chairman
Robin Harris of Decatur killed
another Maddox bill — to post
pone the effective date of the
new criminal code —by refusing
to call a meeting of his com
mittee. The Judiciary Commit
tee would have to act on any
such bill.
The morning was largely tak
en up by debate on whether to
allow members of special inter
est groups to talk to the House.
After three votes, the House
voted to allow only legislators
and heads of state departments
to appear.
The decision gave Maddox’s
program even less of a
chance.
consisted of a two-pound coffee
can containing a gold paint
spray aerosol can surrounded
with paper soaked with gaso
line. The intent of the maker
apparently was that the heat of
the fire would explode the
aerosol can.
Police launched a search of
all airports around this Los
Angeles suburb but reported no
success early today. The plane
had a high wing with white
fuselage and red tail.
Reaching For Card
Cost Him His Life
LOS ANGELES (UPD—Don
ald Lee Oughton was a bit slow
witied and had a severe speech
impediment.
Oughton, 29, always carried a
card in his wallet giving his
name and address in case of an
emergency.
An emergency came up
Thursday—and the card ap
parently cost Oughton his life.
The tall, lanky man, de
scribed by his neighbors as “a
nice fellow,” was shot to death
by a policeman in a tragic
series of errors apparently
resulting from Oughton’s inabi
lity to speak clearly.
It started with a report of a
sniper shooting at passing cars
on a freeway. Nothing was
found, but Policemen Norman
P. O’Malley and Henry Kenne-
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PHOTO FROM TASS—Farmers work in their fields
in Kuangbinh Province while their weapons stand
ready nearby according to the caption on the photo
from Tass, official Soviet news agency. The caption
also says these farmers are producing the highest yield
of rice in North Vietnam despite the many hardships
of war.
Freightened Bear
Mauls 5 - Year - Old
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL |
PARK, Wyo. (UPD—The aging, <
400-pound grizzly, pushed out of i
his old feeding grounds and 1
searching for food near a camp i
ground, was being harassed by 1
children throwing bottles and t
rocks.
Running wildly to get away
from the screaming children, I
the bear turned a corner of a I
building and ran right into 5-
year-old Daphne Jax.
The hulking animal picked |
her up in his jaws and began
mauling her. Later he was shot
and killed. (
This was the story pieced 1
together today from a park )
official, a campground manager 1
and an expert on bears. 1
Daphne, who was attacked
Tuesday night, wa snot serious- <
ly injured. She was flown to
Children’s Hospital at her home (
in St. Paul, Minn., for ,
treatment of cuts and a broken .
rib. .
Dr. Frank C. Craighead of
Moose, Wyo., a naturalist who
studied the grizzly 10 years, 1
said he was not surprised by '
the attack.
Last year, he said, the park <
closed down its earth-filled j
garbage dumps where the bears j
dy, a rookie, started erasing
the area in their patrol car.
They saw Oughton running
along a sidewalk, but then he
suddenly slowed down and
started to walk slowly, which
the policemen thought suspi
cious. They left the patrol car
and Oughton approached them.
O'Malley stood in front of
Oughton and began to frisk him
while Kennedy moved behind
the suspect.
Oughton turned and reached
for his back pocket, withdraw
ing a long wallet—a wallet that
contained the card giving his
name and address.
Kennedy, unable to see
clearly in the dark, shouted
“Watch it, he’s got a gun.”
Oughton, surprised, whirled
toward Kennedy, who drew his
gun and fired once. Missing
got much of their food. The
dumps had been the chief
source of food for the older
bears for yfears and when they
were closed the animals went
looking for another, equally
accessible, source.
Freedom Flame
Dedication
George Brown of Tucker, Ga.,
will speak at a dedication cere
mony tomorrow at 11 a.m. in
Memorial Park on Memorial dr
ive.
A Flame of Freedom will be
dedicated.
Mr. Brown, a past comman
der of the Department of Geor
gia American Legion, is chair
man of the Flame of Freedom
project in the state.
City and county officials al
ong with Legion officers will be
on hand for the ceremony.
Henry Holliman, commander
of the Barnett-Harris Post of
American Legion, invited the
public to attend.
Oughton but hitting O’Malley on
a finger.
O’Malley, believing Oughton
was shooting, opened fire,
hitting Oughton In the face and
twice in the back and killing
him.
Oughton was unarmed and no
weapons were found in the
vicinity.
Mrs. Dick C. Rania, Ought
on’s mother, said “My son
doesn't own a gun and he never
carried a gun.” She said he was
on his way home to watch
wrestling on television.
Neighbor Oecil Baldivino said
"everybody in the neighborhood
knows him. He was a nice
fellow, that guy.
“The last time I saw him was
the other afternoon when he
was feeding a small cat in his
back yard.”