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By Quimby Melton
It is doubtful If there ever was,
or ever will be, another newspa
per columnist, who, like Drew
Pearson, will write a dally
column like “The Washington
Merry-Go-Round” that will cre
ate such Interest, bring on such
bitter criticism, be feared more
by bureaucrats, and grudgingly
respected by colleagues, that It
will be a “must” feature in 625
American and foreign newspa
pers.
Drew Pearson died Monday at
his farm home In Maryland of
a heart ailment. H e was 71 ye
ars old and for 40 years be has
been writing that controversial
column of his.
The column was bom following
publishing of a book written by
Pearson and Robert S. Allen.
The book was anonymous and
disclosed many of the things go
ing on in Washington about
which the two thought the pub
lic should know. A second book,
this one called “More Merry-Go-
Round” was published and a re
ference to Pearson In It with the
phrase “Because of his Inde
pendence he is either loved or
hated; there is no middle
ground,” revealed one author.
Pearson, a Washington Corres
pondent for the Baltimore Sun,
and Allen, who was head of the
Washington bureau of the Chris
tian Science Monitor, were both
fired. A partnership was form
ed by Pearson, a Quaker, and
Allen, a Christian Scientist, both
taught to be mild mannered and
to love their brothers.
And, round-end-round went the
Washington Merry-Go-Round.
Jack Anderson, who started
with Pearson many years ago
as a “leg man” reporter, gather
ing facts for the columnist, and
who for the past 10 years has
been co-author of the column,
said he and Pearson had an ag
reement that in the case either
died the other would continue
the column. Anderson said Peer
son considered the column "an
institution which should be con
tinued.”
Drew Pearson during the four
decades he has written his col
umn, has been called everything
low-down one can Imagine, and
often this was by men In h 1 g h
office. One President — Harry
S Truman — and some other
high officials plainly labeled
him a 5.0.8. Pearson’s reply to
Truman was to suggest that they
join In making the three initials
mean “Servants of Brother
hood.”
Three Presidents called him a
liar. Truman and Roosevelt were
plain spoken In doing so. Presi
dent Eisenhower was a little
more discrete In the language
he used, saying. Pearson’s col
umn was "The most amazing
document of falsehood that I
have ever seen."
Senators galore “paid their
respects” to Pearson calling him
everything from a "Peeping
Tom” to a downright liar. Sena
tor McKeller, Tennessee, wrap
ped up their opinion thusly, "He
Is a revolting, constitutional, un
mitigated liar.”
Pearson’s reply to the Senator
was an entire column with the
statement “a hit dog howls”
summing up the entire com
ment.
Pearson’s most bitter “feud”
was with Senator Joseph McCar
thy, R-Wisc., which was climax
ed by the Senator’s assaulting
Pearson. The writer said Mc-
Carthy kicked him In the groin,
the Senator said he merely
“smacked him with my open
hand.” Pearson was the defend
ant In many libel suits. One of
them was filed by Senator Mc-
Carthy, another a fellow column
ist Westbrook Pegler.
Regardless of what one might
think of Pearson and his "Mer
ry-Go-Round” one must admit
he gained more "fame” or “con
tempt” and there is a mighty
close relationship between the
two, than any other newspaper
columnist.
Arthur Brisbane, the father of
page one columns of comment;
Walter Winchell, the waver of
flags, Westbrook Pegler, the ha
ter of unions and Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Marse Henry Watter
son, who could say more In one
short paragraph than most col
umnists, and Ralph McGill, Ge
orgia editor whose column was
syndicated in more than 100 da
lly newpsapers, none could rea
ch the great number of people
Pearson did with his column
"The Washington Merry - Go-
Round.”
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Ho Chi Minh Said
Seriously 111
By DANIEL SOUTHERLAND
SAIGON (UPI)—Ho Chi Minh
was in grave condition today,
apparently near death, from an
undisclosed ailment requiring
round-the-clock care, Hanoi
Radio said.
First word of the 79-year-old
North Vietnamese president’s
illness came Tuesday on the
24th anniversary of his declara
tion of Vietnam's Independence
from France.
The Country Parson
“Polluted thinking could
wipe out mankind before air
and water get that bad.”
College Level Teacher Courses
Will Be Offered In Griffin
The Middle Georgia Area Tea
cher Education Service (MGAT
ES) will become operational in
the Griffin area beginning In the
fall quarter.
The purpose of MGATES Is to
make graduate college courses
available to teachers and admin
istrators within the area. In ad
dition, a limited number of un
dergraduate courses can be ar
ranged for prospective teachers
or teachers whose certificates
have expired, If the interest is
sufficient.
Courses offered are coordina
ted through Macon Junior Coll
ege, they are cross listed and
can be taken for credit at one of
the following institutions: Geor
gia State College, the University
of Georgia, Fort Valley State
College, West Georgia College,
Mercer University, Wesleyan
College, Georgia College, and
Tift College.
“President Ho Chi Minh’s
condition is not stable. His
Illness is developing and
somewhat grave,” said a Hanoi
Radio communique in Vietna
mese at 8 a.m. Hanoi time.
Earlier reports Tuesday from
the radio and from North
Vietnamese diplomats In Paris
said Ho had been sick for “the
past few weeks” and "profes
sors and doctors have been
administering to him day and
night.”
The scraggly bearded Ho’s
latest reported public appea
rance was in February during
the Tet lunar new year
celebrations In Hanoi. Offocial
photos of that occasion showed
him smiling and dancing with
children.
Ho did not appear in
Independence day celebrations
Tuesday. A Japanese corre
spondent reported from Hanoi
today that all festivities con
nected with the occasion had
been canceled.
A lifelong revolutionary, Ho
founded the Communist party
In Vietnam and led his Viet
Minh to victory over France In
1954 in the French-Indochina
War, ending 70 years es French
Colonial rule.
Courses offered in the Griffin
area will be taught at the Edu
cational Services Center on Vine
yard road. Courses are being co
ordinated by Dr. Robert E. Flan
ders, Director of the Educational
Services Center which serves
Griffin-Spalding and five other
systems within the area.
Two courses will be offered in
Griffin during the fall quarter:
(1) "Staff Personnel Adminis
tration” for superintendents, pr
incipals, and persons seeking
certification in educational ad
ministration; and (2) “Basic
Concepts of Earth Science” for
elementary and secondary tea
chers. Five additional courses
will be offered at centers loca
ted in Macon and Thomaston.
Registration for the two cour
ses which will be taught in Grif
fin will be held Saturday, Sept.
20, from 9-11 a.m. at The Edu
cational Services Center. Each
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1969
33 Listed In Spalding
Does Georgia Owe
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Pike and bride after Dec. 22 SWB?'
wedding. (UPI).
Ex - Bishop’s
Auto Found
JERUSALEM (UPl)—Search
ers have found the automobile
abandoned by James A. Pike,
course will carry five hours of
credit at a tuition cost of $75 per
course. The courses will meet
one day each week for four
hours each session during the
fall quarter. The meeting dat
es and hours will be announced
on the date of registration.
The opportunities for addition
al courses in the winter and sp
ring quarters are unlimited, but
course offerings will have to be
based upon teacher demand and
interest. Courses taken through
MGATES may be registered at
one of the participating institu
tions or may be transferred to
another institution as transfer
credit with the permission of
your major professor.
Credit at all Institutions may
be applied as follows: (1) for a
degree, (2) toward planned pro
grams for advanced study, (3)
for certification requirements,
and (4) for increment needs.
former Episcopal bishop of
California, who vanished Tues
day In the Judean desert, police
said today. There was no trace
of Pike.
A map belonging to the
controversial 56 - year • old
churchman was discovered
near the car In which he and
his thlre wife, Diane, 31, were
riding on a drive from
Bethlehem to the Dead Sea in
Israeli-occupied Jordan.
Arab tribesmen joined hun
dreds of Israeli troops and
police in the search for Pike.
Helicopters whirled over the
area, honeycombed with caves
and dried stream beds which
make detection from the air
very difficult.
Police said the car broke
down and the couple began
walking until Pike became
exhausted and collapsed. Mrs.
Fike continued on alone until
she reached Bethlehem. The
search for her husband was
started immediately.
Mrs. Pike was brought to
Jerusalem later and was
reported Under sedation today
In a hotel.
Vol. 96 No. 208,
Checks Returned;
Addresses Unknown
George State Revenue Commis
sioner Peyton S. Hawes today
released the names of some 3,200
Georgians who have claimed
State of Georgia withholding re
fund checks, whose checks have
been mailed to them at the ad
dress shown on their tax returns
and which have been returned to
the state because they could not
be delivered.
The names of 33 persons in Sp
alding County are on the list.
State law gives persons 90
days In which to claim their re
fund checks. Formal requests
must be made in writing to the
State Revenue Department, P.O.
Box 38098, Atlanta, Ga. 30334.
Persons making claims should
subhit their Social Security
number and signature as shown
on original return.
Os the 33 names listed in Spal
ding County eight failed to give
any street or other specific ad
dress. These were: Annie Mae
Brown, Agnes Dewberry, John
James, Fred Johnson, Eleanor
G. Merldeth, Louise Moore,
Mary Roland and William T.
and Medina R. Williamson.
Others In Spalding County
who are due refunds are:
Lorene B. Akins, Rt. One.
Patrick W. Bagwell, P.O. Box
241, Griffin.
Roberto & Lygla A. Barrios,
Sr., 543 Thomaston St.
William W. & Joan H. Beall,
Box 403, Manley Rd.
Nellie Faye Bowen, Rt. 1, Box
134.
Alice S. Brown, 115 E. Tinsley
St.
Wallace D. Croft, Griffin Hotel.
Elmer M. & Doris L. Duffee,
Rt. 6, Box 532.
James D. Fuller, Rt. 2, B o x
419-0.
William F. & Minnie 6. Gay,
Rt. 2, Box 155-E.
Robert L. & Dorothy Gossett,
Jr., Rt. 1, Box 135-G.
Alice M. Gregory, 414 W. Tay
lor.
Clifford M. Hales, 616 Experi
ment St.
Frances Virginia Harris, Rt.
A, Box 4.
Mattie Higner, 17 Railroad
St.
Franklin D. Kelsey, 1416 Pine
Dr.
James R. & Sandra Lee, Box
105 C Molena Rd.
Green Massengale, Rt. 1, Box
71.
Arlin W. & Nellie C. Mauney,
General Delivery, Griffin.
Lola McCrary, P. O. Box 191,
Griffin.
William J. & Brenda F. Pol
lock, Rt. 4, Box 268 C.
Harold D. Smith, Rt. 4, Box
268 C.
David S. & Mary H. Thomp
son, Rt. 4, Box 133 C.
Jackie L. Wade, P.O. Box 56,
Griffin.
George W. & Alice J. White,
2113 Experiment St.
Above addresses are all Orlf
fin, Ga. 30223.
Dove Hunters Heard Cries
Woman Survives Attempt
To Murder Her In Well
MCKINNEY, Tex. (UPD—
The dove season opened In
Texas on Labor Day. If It
began one day later, Sammy
Gardner might not be alive
today.
The Dallas woman, about 40,
spent the majority of the Labor
Day weekend braced against a
brick wall in seven feet of
water in a covered 15-foot deep
well. Her screams were finally
heard Monday by two hunters
out on the first day of the dove
season.
"She was very fortunate,"
said Collin County Deputy
Sheriff Lewis Baldwin. "If
those men had not gone by, she
would have died.”
Authorities Tuesday charged
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It’s Lester
Against
Them All
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
(UPI)—It was all the others
against one at the National
Governors Conference Tuesday
—and that one was Gov. Lester
Maddox of Georgia.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of
New York said the federal gov
ernment should take over the
full costs of welfare. Other gov
ernors at the big table were
unanimous In their agreement—
until Maddox spoke up.
Such a move, he said, would
mean the states were “abdicat
ing” their responsibilities, and
moreover some of those on re
lief didn’t really need the
money.
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Nixon On Verge
Os Draft Lottery
By DANIEL RAPOPORT
WASHINGTON (UPl)—Pres
ident Nixon Is on the verge of
Instituting a draft lottery,
though it won’t be In the form
originally proposed, it was
learned today.
Nixon apparently has given
up hope Congress will enact
this year the draft lottery bill
he proposed in the spring. So he
has decided to put a random
selections system Into operation
on his own.
To the youth awaiting a call
to arms, it would mean only
one year of uncertainty Instead
of two, three, four or even five
years.
It was not known when the
system would be implemented
but the executive order paving
the way for it is expected to be
issued shortly. Nixon said as
much in remarks to the
nation’s governors Monday
night at Colorado Springs, Colo.
Here is how the lottery would
work:
The President would direct
the Selective Service System to
abandon Its present method of
taking the oldest registers first,
starting with 25-year-olds and
working downward to 19 year
olds. He would direct It to begin
with a younger age group
probably the 19-year-olds.
Assuming the 19 to 20 year
olds became the "prime age
group,” the local draft board
would be instructed to fill their
monthly quote with the oldest
19 year-olds available.
In the first year of transition
from the oldest-first to the
youngest-first, those above 20
Frank Hall Reese, 45, with
assault with intent to murder
his common-law wife.
Baldwin said the woman was
thrown into the well Saturday >
afternoon. She was unconscious
when she was dumped into the
water.
She came to and Baldwin said
the assailant tossed bricks into
the well, hitting her on the
head. But she was not knocked
out by the bricks.
Baldwin said the man put a
lid on the well and left.
For two days the woman
survived by bracing her back
against one side of the well and
her feet on the other. She 1
screamed, but was not heard
since the well was only near an 1
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Everett
M. Dirksen (R-HL), underwent
lung surgery at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center. Doctors
removed the upper part of his
right lung after discovery of a
growth. A medical bulletin
said the 73-year-old senator was
in satisfactory condition. (UP!)
and not yet 26 would be thrown
in the first year pool with the
19 year-olds.
Enrollment
Now Stands
At 9,273
Enrollment in the Griffin-Spal
ding School system Increased by
114 students today and school of
ficials now feel enrollment might
climb to the 9,350 mark before
the week is over.
Today’s attendance was 9,273
compared to 9,259 the same sc
hool date a year ago.
This morning’s attendances
showed a 553 increase over oen
ing day, which was last Friday.
Gene Kierbow, visiting teach
er, who keeps attendance re
cords said today that attendance
figures may reach 9,350 within
the next few days.
School officials predicted an
enrollment of slightly over 9,300.
Department store
installs waterfall
TOKYO (UPI) - The
Mitsukoshi department store in
the center of Tokyo built a
waterfall on its roof garden to
attract city dwellers seeking a
cool summer scene. The water
fall, 32 feet high, was designed
to resemble Japans three lar
gest waterfalls.
unoccupied farmhouse.
Then, after two days in the
well, Sammy’s cries were beard
by hunters James W. Duncan of
Arlington and Luther Duncan of
‘ Frisco. At first they thought the
screams were the moans of a
dying animal.
The hunters found, the woman
and called the Plano Fire
Department. Firemen lowered
a ladder into the well, tied a
rope around the weak woman
and two men descended into the
well and helped her out.
Baldwin said the woman was
able to give a brief recount of
what happened to her before
she went into shock.
She was in fair condition
today at Parkland Hospital in
Dallas.