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VENIN VF
By Quimby Melton
One week ago, Thursday, July
24, 1969 will go down in his
tory as a red letter day. For it
was on this day the three astro
nauts Neil Armstrong, Michael
Collins, and Edwin Aldren, came
safely home from their spectacu
lar round trip to the moon. And
it was not just a “look-see” trip,
for two of them actually landed
on the surface of the moon, walk
ed around, left evidence of their
having been there, including an
American flag, gathered speci
mens of rock and dirt to bring
home for study. The two moon
walkers made the trip in t w o
stages. The first in what might
be called the mother ship and
then transferring in midair to a
small part of the rocket, cut it
loose, then sailed on to the moon
and landed. When time to e n d
the trip to the moon came they
took off in part of the smaller
conveyance, which might be lik
ened to a life boat carried by a
seagoing ship, made it back to
the “flag ship”, crawled aboard
and here they came back to ear
th to the plaudits and praise and
acclaim of the world. They had
done something no man in his
tory had ever done before.
The entire world was amazed.
What for ages had been consi
dered impossible had been done.
All over the world man had
prayed for the safety of the men
who dared to risk their lives. Ne
ver before had so many people,
in so many parts of the world,
prayed for any three men. They
prayed, not because they knew
the men, not because they lov
ed the men, as did their famil
ies, but because they felt the
three represented all mankind
and his search for knowledge.
They prayed for them, not be
cause they felt the three would
prove there is anything, includ
ing knowledge, greater than God
Almighty: but to prove that
God controls all things, the fall
of a tiny sparrow, the success or
failure of a “trip to the moon.”
This was no weekend pleasure
trip. It was a trip that proved
man during his short sojourn
here on earth, is little lower than
the angels.
No sooner had the astronauts
landed safely than there was
talk of further explorations of
space. In fact some plans for a
trip to other planets were alrea
dy being made; these on top of
plans to further advance our re
lations with the moon.
Let us hope and pray that
we. and the rest of the world,
will use our first “conquest of
space", and subquent ones, for
the betterment of mankind and
the Glory of God; not as a des
tructive agent used to destroy
man, and defy the One and Only
True God. Knowledge can be
constructive or it can be destruc
tive; knowledge put to the pro
per use is wisdom; used for sel
fish purposes is folly, to the
“nth” degree.
May this nation of ours always
put its knowledge to proper use
and thereby set an example for
the rest of the world.
Two Arrested In Louisiana
In Sandy Springs Mystery
ATLANTA (UPI) — Two sus
pects who were driving the car
of insurance executive Mark
George Gummersall, 47, found
dead in his home, have been
arrested in Tallulah, La., police
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The Country Parson
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“Credit serves those who
don’t need it—and haunts
those who do."
Copyright 1969, by Frank A. Clark
GRIFFIN
DAILY #NEWS
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» was placed in this position when trying to negotate a curve, skidded, knock- B
g ed over ano parking sign, and became suspended at a 60-degree angle
* U X '** r * on utility pole. There were no injuries, damage was only
in the freak accident. *
Ex - Army Man Gets
Accident Victim
Breathing Again
The life of a young boy who i
was struck yesterday when he ,
ran into the path of a car on I
East Solomon street may have ,
been saved by a man who gave
him mouth-to-mouth resuscita- :
tion.
Andrew Barkley, six, of 407
East Quilley street, suffered mul- -
tiple head injuries. He was ad
mitted to the Griffin-Spalding j
County Hospital where his con
dition was listed as serious 4o
day. 1
John Wallace of 46 Terracedale i
court, Griffin, approached the
scene of the mishap and saw
that the boy was bleeding from
> injuries to his head.
I He saw that the boy’s breath
i ing appeared to have stopped, i
i Wallace restored his breathing J
first. i
An ambulance arrived with 1
oxygen. i
Barkley was struck by a car ’
State VFW Leaders
In Gold Star Event
Georgia Veterans of Foreign
Wars officials will attend and be 1
on the program of the VFW Me- |
morial Service Sunday after- ‘
noon, 2 o'clock in the chapel of
the First United Methodist Ch- |
urch. Gold Star Mothers in this '
community are invited at attend
as honored guests of the post.
Rev. Riley Milam, Georgia
State VFW Chaplain, and Mrs. I
Dot Moore, State VFW Director |
of Music, both of Gainesville, '
will be on the program; as will
Hulette Goodman, Griffinite, for- 1
mer Department VFW Comman- '
der. '
Mrs. Moore will be in charge
of special music. She will lead j
said today.
Detective Lt. W. E. Harwell
: said the suspects were picked
l up In Tallulah following a mU»-
i or automobile accident.
Harwell identified them as
Albert Sonbermeyer of Haw
thorne, N. J.: and John T.
House of Buford, Ga. He said
the men were in Gummersall’s
car when the vehicle was in
volved in a traffic mishap last
Sunday. Tallulah police saw a
. description of the car put out
by Atlanta police who today is
sued a hold order for the pair.
Gummersall was the vice
president in charge of group op
erations for Kennesaw Life and
Accident Insurance Co. He was
reported last seen alive about
7 a.m. Saturday and officers
said he had been dead several
days when his body was found
by associates who became con
cerned because he had not
shown up for work.
Police said Mrs. Gummersall
had gone to Ohio last week be
cause of the illness of her fa
ther and that two sons did not
live at home.
Investigators found Gummer
sail's body in a downstairs fam
ily room. He was lying face
down, his hands bound behind
his back and his feet lashed and
driven by Vera E. Martin of 39
Johnson street, Hogansville, Ga.
She was traveling west in her
car.
The boy darted into the street
in front of the car, police officer
Billy Payne said.
Officer Payne said the boy
would probably have drowned
in his own blood had it not been
for the efforts of Wallace to
save him.
The boy had just begun to
breath again when Officer Pay
ne arrived.
Calls had been made from po
lice headquarters to alert the
hospital staff that the injured
boy was on the way.
Wallace has just completed a
tour of duty with the Army Air
Defense Artillery in Germany
and discharged three weeks ago.
The 26-year-old Griffinite is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bell
Wallace.
the group in singing “Nearer My
God To Thee”, and “America”;
and will sing as a solo “Sleep
Soldier Boy.”
Past Department Commander
Goodman will deliver the same
Memorial address he delivered
two years ago at the National
V.F.W. convention.
Ed Brown is commander of the
Griffin VFW post and Mrs. Ann
Fletcher president of the Auxil
iary.
Calvin Davis, quartermaster
of the Griffin VFW post, announ
ced today that any Gold Star
Mother who has no way to get
to the service Sunday afternoon
should call 228-8384 and transpor
tation would be furnished.
drawn up to the hands. An elec
tric cord and a sash from a>
bathrobe were used to tie him.
Police Capt. R. E. Little said
officers found evidence of a vio
lent struggle having taken placti
in the dining room.
Little said Gummersall’s wal
let was missing but there was
no evidence that the house had
been ransacked. H e said it ap
peared that Gummersall admit
ted his assailants into the house
| or that they entered by key and
locked the house as they left.
No Problem
MIAMA, Fla. (UPI) - Her
I flying bridge will be grounded,
’ but otherwise the cruise ship
“Sunward” is expected to have
no difficulty when she begins
I cruises on the Great Lakes in
, June, 1970.
The 11,000-gross-ton ship of
Norwegian-Caribbean Lines will
have to remove the outward
extensions of her navigation
bridge to clear the St. Lawrence
Seaway, but the liner will be
ship-shape again once she enters
Lake Ontario to begin seven-day
cruises through the 1970
summer.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, July 31, 1969
Sen. Bateman
Says Bolton
Should Dig More
Sen. Oliver Bateman thinks
Atty. Gen. Arthur Bolton should
continue his investigation of the
State Highway Department.
Speaking to the Griffin Kiwa
nis Club yesterday, the M a c o n
lawmaker said the Bolton report
was incomplete, by Its own ad
mission.
“No department can investi
gate itself,” the Republican
said.
He said this department
should have a thorough investi
gation and any others too where
indications are that such is need
ed. Sen. Bateman referred to a
report accusing a Highway De
partment official of using state
employes on private jobs.
Such scandals, Sen. Bateman
said, help widen the “confidence
gap” between the people of Ge
orgia and their state govern
ment.
Sen. Bateman who is minority
leader in the Senate said he
would introduce legislation next
year to define conflicts of inter
ests and misbehavior of public
officials. He said that an “eth
ics” law for office holders is
needed in Georgia.
He said Georgia’s greatest need
was for "leadership instead of
showmanship."
He did not call Gov. Lester
Maddox by name in his speech.
The Macon peach grower said
another of Georgia’s most press
ing needs was that of tax re
form. He said several studies
had been made regarding tax
reform but that most them were
collecting dust in some desk
drawers around the capitol.
Property owners need relief
from their high tax burden, he
said, and cities need additional
revenue so they can meet the
needs of growing communities.
Dr. Guy Woodroff of the pro
gram committee introduced the
speaker. Troy Mays and Leon
ard Irwin, two Spalding Repub
lican Party leaders, along with
Elmer George, executive direc
tor of the Georgia Municipal As
soclation, were among the guests
for the talk.
Nixon Schedules
India Conference
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI Wh’ite House Reporter
NEW DELHI (UPl)—Pres
ident Nixon called today for a
generation of uninterrupted
peace in India, Asia and the
world. He challenged Soviet
efforts to set up so-called
security arrangements with the
major nations of Asia.
Nixon flew here from Bang
kok near the end of his Asian
tour and began immediate
conferences with Mrs. Indira
Gandhi, the Indian prime
minister, on the problems
besetting her country—its econ
omic difficulties and India’s
fears of its neighbors, Red
China and Pakistan;
And in a statement issued
after a tour of the capital
where he was welcomed by an
estimated 100,000 Indians, Nix
on told Mrs. Gandhi what she
wanted to hear—that Asian
problems must be solved by
Asians without the influence of
outside big powers.
Mariner 6 Sweeps
Past Planet Mars
Scientists Wonder
If It’s Livable
By JACK V. FOX
PASADENA, Calif. (UPt) —
Mariner 6 swept triumphantly
past Mars today with ‘ its
cameras and instruments tak
ing “near encounter” readings
from 2,130 miles away, trying
to learn whether the Red
Planet can support life.
The little unmanned space
craft worked perfectly on a 241
million miles, five-month flight
that saw it make its closest i
approach 1:19 a.m. EDT today i
before it swung into orbit i
around the sun. i
For mote than seven hours -
Wednesday night, scientists at
the California Institute of
Technology Jet Propulsion La
boratory lost communication
with its twin spacecraft Mari
ner 7, and it was feared that
half the epic probe of the Red
P.'anet might be blacked out.
Mariner 7 was flying five
days behind Mariner 6.
Contact Re-established
Contact was lost at 6:03 p.m.
EDT Wednesday, but at 1:20
a.m. EDT today the signal was
re-established by switching to
another antenna aboard the
craft and it appeared Mariner 7
would make a similar sweep
past Mars starting Friday
night.
Mariner 6 took not only
closeup pictures of the equator
ial area of Mars, but also had
delicate instruments taking the
■ planet's temperature and re
cording the gases and density
' of the atmosphere, the presence
‘ of cxygen, nitrogen and —most
important of all—whether there
1 are any traces of water.
Those clues may provide an
answer to whether Mars, 58
’ million miles from earth at the
time of encounter, has an
, environment in which life can
exist.
A project spokesman said
, today the near encounter
, experiments went “beautifully”
i with the exception of the
infrared spectrometer which
I was supposed to analyze the
: martian atmosphere.
He said a refigeration unit,
■ that was supposed to cool one
of the device’s two sensors to
. 460 degrees below zero mat
functioned, rendering the sensoi
useless.
No Information Lost
No important information
was lost he said, but the
■ mishap would make it more
difficult to figure out informa
tion about the presence of
| ammonia, methane, carbon
dioxide and water in the
Thus far, Mariner 6 han
| beamed back to earth 5C
television pictures of Mars
taken from a distance of 771,506
’ miles at the beginning of the
series to 111,950 miles at the
’ end.
, The two dozen pictures taken
early today during the flypast
will be transmitted to earth this
afternoon. They will not b<
displayed on live monitors but
prints will be made public
Friday.
The “far encounter” batch ol
pictures show the ragged rim ol
the south polar cap of Mars,,
never seen before, and fields ol
clouds floating over the north
ern part of the orb.
Dr. Robert Leighton, head ol
. the photo analysis team of tlx
Mariner project, said the clouds
were either water vapor or
[ vaporized carbon dioxide. H<
, hoped information from Mari
ners 6 and 7 would tell which
Points Out LJnes
Leighton said the clouds
might be Indications of local
warm spots or subsurface
water. Most scientists believe
there is not much chance of
finding surface water on the
’ planet.
Leighton also pointed out
’ three faint lines on the martian
surface which he said may be
the so-called “canals” that
have stirred scientific con
troversy since an astronomer
first reported seeing them in
the 19th century. The Mariner
spacecraft may settle the
dispute once and for all.
Leighton, who conducted a
running commentary as the
pictures of Mars slowly rolled
across the screen, was inevita-
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bly asked whether the informa
tion from Mariner 7 thus far
gave him a clue to whether
there is life on th* planet.
“Nothing of what I have seen
in the last 24 hours or the last
12 months has changed my
mind about life on Mars,” he
said. "My position is that the
important thing is the deter
mination one way or another.”
That question may not be
settled until a scheduled 1973
unmanned landing of a Mariner
spacecraft on the. planet’s
surface.
Kennedy Rules
Out ’72 Race
For President
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Sen.
Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.,.
declared today he would not be
a candidate for President in
1972.
The Massachusetts senator,
looking tanned and calm
returned to the Senate for the
first time since the automobile
tragedy which cast a shadow
over his promising political
career.
Asked if he could possibly
consider running for the pres
idency in 1972, Kennedy told
newsmen: “No. I thought I
made that just as clear as 1
can make it."
Kennedy arrived in a small
blue convertible driven by a
man identified as Claude!
Hooton, a former Harvard
roommate and long-time friend.
About 200 newsmen and tourists
swarmed around him as he
emerged and walked quickly up
the front steps of the Senate.
It was Kennedy’s first public
appearance in Washington since
11 days ago when the auto
accident and death of Miss
Mary Jo Kopechne at Martha’s
Vineyard brought another per
sonal tragedy to the Kennedy
family.
Before returning to Washing
ton Wednesday night, Kennedy
issued a statement saying he
had decided not to resign his
seat and also planned to seek
another term in 1970.
If elected then, he said, he
would serve the full six year
term, seemingly ruling out any
effort to gain the presidency, in
1972.
In the aftermath of con
troversy surrounding the auto
accident, Kennedy asked the
people of Massachusetts to
indicate if he should remain as
, their senator.
Their response was an
overwhelming “yes.”
More Arrests
Predicted
At Dahlonega
DAHLONEGA, Ga. (UPI)—A
sixth person allegedly Involved
in a widespread arson ring was
expected to be brought here to
day as Lumpkin County Sheriff
Ralph Ridley predicted more
arrests in the investigation of a
recent rash of fires.
Ridley’s prediction was sup
ported by Dahlonega Police
Chief Toy Jenkins.
So far the investigation has
led to charges against city Fire
Chief John N. Porter, City
Clerk Virginia Bruce, Assistant
Water Supt. Howard Green and
two policemen.
The three city officials were
fired in a 5-1 vote by the city
council. They have been
charged with arson in connec
tion with the burning of two un
occupied homes here.
Army 2nd Lt. Larry Rex
Skinner, a former city police
man, was expected to be
charged today.
Former policemen William A.
Proctor and Charles Duncan
surrendered earlier to Ridley
and posted bond of 95,000 each
on arson charges.
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'The Only Day
I Worry About
Is Sunday'
By TOM TIEDE
NEA Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK-(NEA)—It
is Saturday morning, 10:30.
Mike Monroe is standing on
the corner of 180th Street in
the Bronx. Mike Monroe is
not his real name; you’ll ap
preciate the reason for the
disguise in a moment.
Mike is 34, short, thin, al
most bald. He has been mar
ried twice, failed each time.
He has four children, as he
remembers, “around some
where.”
Mike is a drug addict. Has
been for eight years. His
thing is heroin. He uses about
15 bags—half a load so the
vernacular goes—every 24
hours. He shoots it directly
into his veins four or five
times a day.
The habit is expensive.
Which brings him to the cor
ner of 180th Street this Satur
day morning. A short while
ago he used up the last of
his supply and now, like most
mornings of his life, he is
faced with the problem of
raising S3O-S4O-SSO to pur
chase another day-night of
euphoria.
He has no job. Therefore
he must get the money
illegally.
There is a sale going on in
a men’s clothing store. Mike
waits outside, watching until
the crowd grows. When it
- does sufficiently, he walks
quickly through the door.
And moments later he comes
quickly out.
He has stolen the follow
ing: a pair of poor quality
slacks, three ties, a sweater
shirt. He tried to get some
sport shoes but couldn’t. He
has the articles hidden in his
own coat—and skips down
the street and out of sight.
Minutes later, out of
breath, he enters a pawn
shop. The clerk looks at him,
then at the clothes. There is
some mumbling and head
shaking. The clerk knows the
clothing has been stolen; he
refuses’ any offer at all.
Mike Monroe is back in the
street. His face is red. He is
almost crying. He was sure
of at least $lO in pawn. Now,
he’ll have to try something
else.
He turns into a coffee shop.
“Something else,” he re
peats, “there are a hundred
other ways.” He orders a
cup of tomato soup, the only
food he will eat all day. He
sits in a booth. And he talks
about something else.
“Once I used to forge wel
fare checks, you know, and
sell them to people for half
the face value. I tried forg
ing driver’s licenses, too.
That was easier. All you had
to do was walk into a license
agency, steal some of the
blank cards, then stamp
them with the proper seal. I
had a guy who makes these
rubber stamps, you know—
he cut the seal out for me.
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“Lemme see, I guess the
easiest thing to do is grab
pocketbooks. I wish I could
pick pockets, but I can’t. But
snatching a purse is easy.
The way I do it is to wait
outside a shopping center, or
some big store. Then when a
woman comes out with pack
ages in her arm, she’s easy.
You got to watch it, some
times ; most of the big stores
have cops out front now.
“Lemme see. Some guys
are good at burglary, but I
can’t do that unless I’m real
high. And when I’m high I
don’t wanta do it, you know.
Some guys mug the drunks
or winos, but I ain’t never. I
stole a car once but I
couldn’t do anything with it.
You got to have connections
to get rid of a car. That’s a
big thing anyway, you know,
connections.
“I used to get some money
from my parents. That was
before. They live in Philadel
phia. They used to send me,
oh, $75 or SIOO a month. They
knew what I was doing but
they did it anyway. Then my
father retired and the money
stopped. They come up
every now and then and try
to find me. We go to the park
or something and they give
me money. They know what
I am.
“Lemme see. What else.
Did I say about the credit
cards? If you stick around
the bathrooms at the bus
station a guy will leave his
coat on a hook to wash up.
That’s easy. You can get
maybe $lO to S2O and a
couple of credit cards. You
can use the cards up for a
month about and hock what
ever you buy. I hear some
guys even forge the cards
now.
“There’s a lot of ways, I
don’t even know them all.
Some of them are pretty
easy. No lie. It don’t sound
that way, I guess, but it’s
not that bad, if you hustle.
Something always comes up,
you know. The only day I
worry about is Sunday. Sun
day’s the worst. Nothing’s
open then. It’s harder then.
Nobody I know likes to see
Sunday come.”
Mike Monroe is through
with his soup. And he leaves
the coffee snop. Out on the
avenue he plods along, el
bowing the crowds, insensi
tive.
He says he’s feeling good.
High from a morning shot.
No problems. But beads of
sweat are forming on his
upper lip. He is still angry
because of the rebuff at the
pawn shop. He crosses the
street, his eyes moving back
and forth, his hands jumping
into and out of his pockets.
He is brokeL He needs
heroin. Something, however,
will come up. 'Where are a
million ways. He hopes. He
hopes. Tomorrow, after all,
is Sunday.
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