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By Quimby Melton
Newspapers that run columns
have a deadline for the copy to
be turned in. This is true of this
newspaper and Good Evening
has to have his copy ready the
day before publication and if
possible even earlier than that.
However, we, along with mil
lions of others have been so in
terested in the Armstrong, Col
lins, Aldrin “team” and their
exploits that it’s been a case of
changing a song to run “Apollo
11 on my mind.” So this morn
ing, at 8:30 o'clock, realizing I
had not yet written today's Good
Evening, got busy and here it is.
The subject? Apollo 11 of course.
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If everything goes as planned,
and we firmly believe it will, the
three Astronauts will splashdown
in the Pacific some 1,000 miles
Southwest of Honolulu at
12:48 p.m. The trip will be over,
the men will be back home and
never before have three men
been welcomed by so many.
Millions of people when they
get the word that all is AOK
will silently and prayerfully
thank God for His Mercy and
for His Power. Never before
have three men been on a mis
sion that has been the subject
of the prayers of so many.
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Nothing has been overlooked
nor left undone, by those on the
ground, to make a safe trip for
the daring men who were to
make history by actually walk
ing on the moon. Years were
spent planning it, previous flight
had been made to check every
detail, and when Apollo 11 took
to the skies from Cape Kennedy,
contact with headquarters was
maintained and experts were on
the job day and night to help the
astronauts in any way possible.
And, even when it looked as
though there was no way to keep
Apollo 11 from a safe landing,
the men at space headquarters
in Houston, changed the place
where they were to land because
it was found the original spot
was in the midst of "high
winds, heavy seas and hard
tains,” to a spot where a "smoo- '
th landing” was more likely. No
thing is too good for the men
who risked their lives to carry ’
on this daring project.
Among those who will be ne'ar
the splashdown will be the Pre- f
sident of the United States, Rich- *
ard M. Nixon From aboard the ?
USS Hornet he will have a ring
side seat. He will be among the j
first to welcome the three home.
However, he will have to delay t
shaking their hands until much (
later, for, as you know, the three j
are to be placed in special qu- r
Arantine for sometime so that f
any germs that might have rid- j
den them to earth from the moon
can be found and exterminated. t
President Nixon will officially t
welcome the three in a telephone a
hookup with their quarantine
quarters.
Welcome home, Neil Arm
strong, Michael Collins, and Ed
win Aldrin! All America and
much of the world are proud of
you.
Tornado-Prone
BOULDER, Colo. (UPI)
Walter Gneiser and his family
decided to find a safer place to
live after a 1965 tornado leveled
their Fridley. Minn., home. Now
they ’re not so sure they made
the right move.
A second twister nearly de
molished their split-level here re
cently. Gneiser, an engineer, says
his co-workers have calculated
the possibility of such a coin
cidence as one in 20 billion. His
insurance company hopes they’re
right.
The firm (State Farm Fire
and Casualty) paid $27,633 for
the damage caused by the first
tornado and estimates the latest
loss at about $19,000.
• The Country Parson
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“If you can’t become a
great man. you can win by
• becoming a contented one.”
Cwrittl l». bv Frank A. Clark
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872
Praise God! They’re Safe
Safe ‘Kidnapped’
At Loan Office
Burglars broke into Universal
CIT Credit Corp, at 627 West
Taylor street last night and
"kidnapped” the safe, accord
ing to police.
Officers said the burglars en
tered the building by prying open
a door on the north side.
They said this morning that
it had not been determined
what the safe contained. They
did not know if the safe was
loaded into an automobile or on
a truck.
The burglary was discovered
by a bookkeeper when she open
ed the office about 8 o’clock. She
Gamble Held Guilty
In Accident Death
Herman Gamble was found
guilty of InVoluntary manslatigh
ter yesterday in Spalding Super
ior Court. He was sentenced to
three years in prison.
Local Weather
LOCAL WEATHER — Esti
mated high today 88, low today
70, high yesterday 87, low yes
terday 72. Total rainfall .75 of
an inch. Sunrise tomorrow 6:46,
sunset tomorrow 8:44.
Retired General
Gives Testimony
Maj. Gen. Howard Butler (ret.)
of Nashville, Tenn., told the Bob
Harrington Crusade congrega
tion at Memorial stadium list
night about his conversion under
the influence of the evangelist.
He Was scheduled to be here
Monday night but was delayed
in court at Nashville. He is an
attorney in Nashville and a for.
mer state prosecutor.
He flew here and arrived short
ly before the service began.
Mr. Butler told how he had
talked with the Rev. Harrington
in Nashville during an evange
listic crusade there. He said he
made a decision to surrender
his life to Christ during the talk
in his home.
The evangelist asked the re
tired general to come to a Sat- ,
urday night service in Nashville ,
and talk.
Can’t Pay In Advance
Hospital Debates Policy
On Treatment For Her
TAMPA, Fla. (UPD—Joanne
Mazucci lay In a drug-induced
coma today while hospital of
ficials debated the policy of re
fusing expensive treatment to
kidney patients who can not pay
in advance.
Dr. Lawrence Kahana of the
Tampa General Hospital dialysis
division estimated that 15 to 20
Tampa Bay area residents had
died from kidney failures in the
past two years because they
could not afford the dialysis
treatment.
"The physicians could not ar-
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Registrars
Office Sets
New Openings
The Spalding County Voters
Registration office, beginning to
day, will be open each Thursday
and Saturday from 9 a.m. till
noon to handle registrations.
The office will be open July
29 during balloting in a referen
dum on the small claims court
referendum from 7 a m. till 7 p.
m.
O.M. Snider of the office said,
"These will be good times for
citizens who have lived in Geor
gia at least a year and in Spal
ding County at least six months
to register to vote.”
l told officers she did not believe
a large amount of money was
1 in the safe.
Otis Pruitt, manager of the of-
■ flee who lives near Atlanta, had
i not arrived during a prelimin
ary Investigation to tell officers
■ what the safe contained.
The officers said the vehicle
to remove the safe was backed
to the north door and the safe
loaded there.
They said the safe was a regu
lar office size.
Gamble was indicted on a mur
der charge. However the char
ge was reduced to involuntary
manslaughter afid the jury found
him guilty.
The charge against Gamble
grew out of an auto accident In
which a Griffin girl, Mary Gar
ner, was killed. The accident
happened at Williamson and
Carver roads.
Gamble’s attorney, Charles
E. Muskett of Atlanta, has filed
a motion for a new trial.
“I didn't think Saturday night
would ever come so I would
have an opportunity to make a
public confession of my conver
sion,” Mr. Butler said.
During the service last night,
Ed Parks, a Griffin restaurant
operator, told of how he had
made a decision for Christ after
talking with the Rev. Harring
ton yesterday afternoon.
He said he had closed his rest,
aurant early so he could come
to the service.
Attendance continues to aver
age more than 4,000 per night at
the stadium services.
The Rev. Harrington, known as
the "chaplain of Bourbon street”
in New Orleans. Is conducting
the series of evangelistic servi
ces. They begin each night «t 8
o’clock.
range for the treatment because
the patients did not have the
money or because of strict liml
tations on the number of vacant
spots for use of the artificial
kidney machine,” Kahana said.
Miss Mazucci, 23, was refused
treatment by the artificial kid
ney machine until the Sarasota
County Commission agreed to
guarantee payment of $30,000
for two years of treatment.
Her mother, Mrs. Dominic Ma
zucci of North Port Charlotte,
accused welfare authorities and
hospital officials in Sarasota and
Tampa of having "dickered over
money” while her daughter hov
ered between life and death.
“All we heard for two days last
week from Tampa General Hos
pital was that the hospital could
not stand the loss of SBO a day,”
Mrs. Mazucci said. She referred
to the difference between the
SSO per day which Sarasota
County first offered to pay and
the $l3O which the hospital said .
it would require.
County officials later agreed ;
to underwrite the entire bill, but
the Mazuccis had to promise to
turn over their home to the coun
ty welfare department unless
they pay back all the money
which the county spends.
Joanne’s parents saw her for
the first time In four days
Wednesday. The petite brunette
was in a coma induced by drugs
to regulate her breathing and
prevent convulsions caused by
kidney failure.
"I looked at her and I started 1
crying,” Mrs. Mazucci said. i
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, July 24, 1969
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Police Tracing
Kennedy Steps
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (UPI)
—Police concentrated today on
tracing the movements of Sen.
Edward M. Kennedy from the
time his car plunged into a
pond, killing a young woman i
passenger, until he reported the '
accident some nine hours later.
Authorities said they would
subpoena a list of all phone
calls made last Friday night to
Scout Head
Tells About
New Badges
Area Boy Scouts will earn spe
cial awards this summer as
they improve their Scouting
skills and serve others, accord
ing to Hoke Copeland, Council
Executive.
The opportunities for recog
nition include the 50-M i 1 e r Aw
ard, Historic Trails award, Mile
and the Paul Bunyan Axman.
The 50-Miler Award Is prsen
ted to each individual of a Scout
pation in an approved wilder
ness trip. In addition to covering
a wilderness foot trail or a canoe
or boat route of not less than 50
consecutive miles in at least five
days, Scouts must complete a
minimum of 10 hours of impro
vement projects.
The Historic Trails Award call
for a historic activity, hiking or
campaing along a historic trail
or In the vicinity of an historic
site, and cooperating with an ad
ult group to restore and mark
all or part of the trail or site.
To be eligible for the Mlle
Swim BSA emblem, a Scout
must swim a continuous mile
under safe conditions and In the
presence of an authorized coun
selor.
L —I
Michael Collins
Saturday morning from
dy’s hotel here and from a
cottage on nearby Chappaquid
ack Island—the scene of a
party Friday night attended by
the senator and the accident
victim, Mary Jo Kopechne.
Arena and Dukes County
Prosecutor, Walter E. Steele,
emphasized, however, they
believed no criminal charges
would be brought against
Kennedy for negligence in
driving the black sedan when It
somehow toppled off a 10-foot
wide bridge into the shallow
salt water pond.
(See Picture. Page 19.)
An application for a motor
vehicle complaint already has
been filed against Kennedy, 37-
year-old Senate whip and a
leading contender for the
Democratic presidential nomin
ation in 1972, charging him with
“leaving the scene of an
accident after having done
bodily harm.”
A probable cause hearing has
been set for Monday to
determine whether the com
plaint will be issued.
A preliminary investigative
report by the Massachusetts
Registry of Motor Vehicles
Wednesday found Kennedy at
“serious fault” for the accident.
INSIDE
Military On Parade. Page 2.
D. C. Swingerg. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Billy Graham. Page 4.
Television. Page 4.
Big War Price. Page 5.
FBI Roundup. Page 5.
Woman’s News. Page 6.
Sports. Pages 8, 9.
Smoking Ads. Page 11.
F a rm Controls. Page 11.
Nixon In Pacific. Page 12.
Murders. Page 12.
Library. Page 12.
POW’s. Page 13.
Violence Grows. Page 14.
Critics Don’s Spell. ?age 14.
Hospital. Page 15.
Stork Club. Page 15. 1
Funerals. Page 15.
Comics. Page 16.
Want Ads. Pages 18, 18. 1
nr. Brandstadt. P*gd 28. 1
Money. Page 20. 1
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Edwin Aldrin
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t His license was suspended
. pending a registry hearing. ■
Temporary and immediate '
suspension of a license is i
required by state law when
serious fault is found.
r The Boston Herald Traveler
' said today according to authori- |
■ tative sources close to the (
' Kennedy family the senator will '
make a public statement on the '
' case at the hearing or shortly
1 afterward.
Egyptian Bombers
Raid Sinai Targets
By United Press International
Egyptian Jet bombers carried
out an air raid today against
Israeli positions in the Sinai
Desert shortly after Israeli Jet
fighters bombed targets Inside
Egypt. An Israeli military
spokesman said in Tel Aviv
Israeli plans shot down six
Egyptian Jets in a series of
dogfights.
The stepped up fighting
followed President Gamal Ab
del Nasser’s major policy
speech Wednesday night in
which he said the United Arab
Republic had begun the fight to
liberate “all” Arab territory
now held by Israel.
The air battle was the second
since Monday in the constantly
escalating Middle East con
flict. The action marked the
third time this week Israeli
planes have struck across the
Suez Canal and the second time
this week Egypt has bombed
Israeli positions.
The Israeli army spokesman
said bombs from the Egyptian
planes wounded five Israeli
soldiers on the ground before
Israeli jets could rise and
intercept them. The ydid not
disclose the precise location of
the military position in the
Sinai, a vast desert territory of
24,000 square miles between the
Suez Canal and Israel’s Negev
Desert.
Egyptian warplanes last Sun
day raided Israeli positions on
the east bank of the Suez
Canal, killing one soldier. Israel i
said it shot down five Egyptian i
Vol. 96 No. 173
Mighty Microscope
BERKELEY, Calif. (UPI) -
A two-story electron microscope,
second most powerful in the
United States, has been installed
at the University of California.
The 650,000 volt machine,
made in Japan for the U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission for
$250,000, is exceeded in size
only by a 1 million volt instru
ment owned by U.S. Steel Corp,
in Pittsburgh.
A major advantage of the
higher energy scope is that thick
er specimens can be examined,
particularly organic materials.
aircraft in repulsing that raid
and admitted the loss of two of
its own planes.
Israeli army sources rec
koned that, after today's air
battle, Egypt had lost 38
warplanes since the end of the
1967 June War to Israeli ground
fire or in dogfights. They did
not estimate Israeli losses.
Bar Leader
Wants Modern
Court Code
ATLANTA (UPI)Tl>e presi
dent of the Georgia Bar Asso
ciation recommended today
adoption of "a 20th century ju
diciary article" regulating
Judges in the courts.
State Bar President Howell
Irwin of Athens, testifying kt a
public hearing of the Judltlhry
Articles Committee of the con
stitutional Revision Commission,
said regulations now affecting
the courts and Judges were writ
ten in the 19th entury.
"While they have served us
well, they are not going to serve
us in our urbanized society of
the future,” he said.
Irwin and several others
recommended that a selection
system be devised for review
ing the qualifications of poten
tial Judges and to make recom
mendations for appointments.
Inside Tip
POWs
See Page 13
Moon Men
Are Back
On Earth
ABOARD USS HORNET
(UPI) —Apollo H’s astronauts,
their footprints stamped forev
er in history with 21 memorable
hours on the moon, streaked
home today to the south Pacific
and 18 days of total Isolation.
President Nixon headed the
welcoming committee aboard
this aircraft carrier 1,000 miles
Southwest of Honolulu.
Neil A. Armstrong, Michael
Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.
cut a fiery path through earth’s
atmosphere after neatly a
million miles in space, complet
ing a goal President John F.
Kennedy set for the nation
eight years ago.
They brought with them a
priceless cargo of moon rocks.
The 60 pounds of rocks, in the
boxes, were to be flown
immediately by jet direct to the
U.S. Space Center near Hous
ton, Tex., where scientists were
eagerly waiting to start de
tailed examinations.
Nixon was joined by Secreta
ry of State William P. Rogers
and Dr. Thomas O. Paine,
administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Admi
nistration, for the welcome
aboard the recovery carrier.
World WWatcb.es
The world was watching.
Americans prepared for a
weekend of celebration—from
which the astronauts them
selves would be sealed away in
quarantine to make sure they
had brought no diseases back
from the moon.
Since their launch from Cape
Kennedy July 16, Armstrong,
Aldrin and Collins had travelled
952,700 miles through space,
and Armstrong and Aldrin
landed on the laoon in their
Eagle lunar lander to take the
step Armstrong called “a great
leap for mankind.”
Columbia, the name they
bestowed on their command
ship, plowed into th e upper
atmosphere at 24,000 m.p.h. 80
miles over Australia.
The splashdown point was
switched 250 miles east of the
original target to avoid heavy
thunderstorms.
During the 15-mihUte final TV
broadcast, Wednesday the pilots
told what the flight meant to
them. Their rertiarks showed
they knew that their lives never
would be the same, but they
shunned any personal glory and
thanked the scientists and
engineers who designed and
built their spaceship.
“We’ve come to the conclu
sion that this has been far
more than three men on a
voyage to the moon,” Aldrin
said. “More still than the
efforts of a government and
industry team, more even than
the efforts of one nation.
“We feel that this stands as a
symbol of the insatiable curiosi
ty of all mankind to explore the
unknown.”
Because of the possibility
conceded remote — that the
moon might harbor germs that
could run wild on earth,
elaborate quarantine p 1 ans
were taken.
The astronauts were to be
washed down with antiseptic
after landing and rushed to a
sealed quarantine trailer on the
Hornet.
President To Phone
Even the President would
have to offer his congratula
tions through a sealed glass
window in the end of the 35-foot
trailer and over a special
telephone to the inside.
The trailer will ride to
Honolulu aboard the Hornet. It
will be lifted off by crane there,
transported to a waiting Air
Force cargo plane and flown to
Ellington Air Force Base near
Houston.
It will arrive sometime early
Sunday morning and the
astronauts wil lenter a specially
designed sll million building
known as the Lunar Receiving
Laboratory—to complete theft
astronauts will enter a specially
they will be allowed out Aug.
11.
After one day with their
families, the men of Apollo 11
will face the first of many
public tributes for their feat.