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By Quimby Melton
Fifty Griffin merchants and
affiliated firms have joined in
v sponsoring Griffin’s annual Fall
Harvest of Value Days, be
ginning Thursday morning. To
day’s issue of the Griffin Daily
•» News “kicks off” the event with
advertisements of many of the
participants. In addition there
will be spots on radio and ad
j vertising in neighboring papers.
It always pays to read ad
vertisements.
So read and study everyone in
today’s paper and be prepared
to take advantage of this special
promotion which begins Thurs
' day morning. The merchants
are ready with what one needs
and wants, and at most pleasing
prices.
The Atlanta Braves are now
champions of the western divis
ion of the National League and
will meet the amazing New
York Mets for the right to play
in the World Series. The first
J two games of the big series will
be played Saturday afternoon in
Atlanta beginning at 4:00
o’clock. The second on Sunday
afternoon, then the two teams
will go to Shea Stadium in New
York for the remaining games
in the three out of five series
" which will determine which
team will play in the World Ser
ies.
Last night when the Braves
wrapped up the western title
there were 46,000 fans on hand.
Reports from Atlanta are that
both Saturday and Sunday
games will be complete sellouts
and, as in old days at Ponce
'deLeon park, parts of the field
may be opened to care for the
overflow crowd.
1 Atlanta, Georgia and the
southeast is dreaming of a
World Series pennant, but some
of the more practical minded
are expressing the opinion “It
will take a miracle to win the
championship.”
Unusual happenings that
might be called miracles have
happened in sports; in fact, one
of the most amazing such
* happened to the Braves, when
in 1914 as the Boston Braves,
they won the World Series from
the Philadelphia Athletics in
‘ four straight games. The
Braves’ manager George Stall
ings, a Georgian, was dubbed
, “The Miracle Man” for leading
the Braves to the National
League Championship and then
to the sweep of the World Series.
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Here’s the story of 1914 and
the Braves.
Back in those days it was gen
erally agreed that the team in
the lead on July Fourth would
win the championship. When
July 4, 1914 came, the Boston
Braves were so far down in the
standing they were not any
, where near the first division.
Then, suddenly they started
winning and when the season
closed they had swept past all
j and were scheduled to play Con
nie Mack’s Philadelphia Athle
tics.
The betting odds were in
favor of the Athletics; didn’t
they have the wise old man Con
nie Mack as manager, and
didn’t they have “Chief”
’ Bender and Eddie Plank on
their pitching staff?
The odds were over
t whelmingly in favor of Connie
Mack and his Athletics for they
had won the World Series in
1910,1911, 1913, twice from the
i New York Giants with John
McGraw as manager and such
pitchers as Christie Mathewson
and RubeMarquaro on his staff,
* and the Braves looked like easy
pickings.
The first two games were
played in Philadelphia the
* Braves winning 7-1 and 1-0; The
third game, played in Boston,
lasted 12 innings with the
Braves winning 5-4; and the
* ’fourth ended the series with a
Braves 3-1 victory.
Stallings and the Boston
* Braves were the Miracle man-
* ager and team 55 years ago.
Will the Braves once figure in a
baseball miracle?
DAILY NEWS
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Mclntosh Group Makes Bid
For Airport In Henry County
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Revamp Panel Okays
Bigger Parole Board
ATLANTA (UPI) -The Exec
utive Articles Committee of the
ConstitutionalßevisionCommis
sion Tuesday voted for expand
ing the State Board of Pardons
and Paroles and having the
board’s duties spelled out by
law.
The committee, just one of
several working on a new state
constitution, also adopted a
proposal to change the name of
the State Highway Board and
broaden its responsibilities.
The Pardons and Parole mea
sure would increase member
ship from three to five. Board
chairman J.O. Partain said the
large organization would provide
“a dilution of powers and pro-
Harvest Values
To Open Here
Forty-eight firms will par
ticipate in the annual Harvest of
Values here Thursday through
Saturday.
Griffin merchants will offer
many outstanding values
during the three sale. They have
been busy several weeks
preparing for the annual event.
Dealers have gone all out to
secure special bargains to offer
shoppers during the annual fall
event here.
Thousands of people are ex
pected to be in ttie community
early tomorrow morning to
open the three day event.
Those who will participate
mote justice better.”
Partain explained it was
easier for one strong member
to swav a fhree-man board than
five members. However, Par
tain quickly added that such
was not the case presently.
Partain also said the larger
board would make it possible
for at least one member of the
board to conduct a personal in
terview with every man consid
ered for pardon or parole.
The highway board proposal
would not only change that
organization’s name but also
allow the General Assembly to
give it authority over all meth
ods of transportation, including
railroads, rapid transit systems
and airways.
are:
Hill’s Tire Store, Southern
States Printing Co., Dick
Slade’s-Gentry Shop, Bates
Dress Shop, Diamond Jewelry,
Jim Pridgen Hardward, Jones
Harrison Furniture, Cain’s
Furniture.
Goode-Nichols Furniture,
Saul’s, Ben Franklin Variety
Store, Claxton’s Pharmacy,
Winn-Dixie, Morrow-Powell
Clothing Co., Smith-Roberts,
Sigman Buick-Opel, Fetzer’s
Inc., Pruett’s, Inc., Jo Ann
Shops.
Star Chevrolet, Willis Quick
Tire Svs., Bishop Clothing Co.,
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, October 1, 1969 Vol. 96 No. 232
Holan Union
Goes On Strike
Some 180 employes at Holan
Corp, here were on strike today,
according to George H. Barrow.
He is president of Local 286 of
AFL-CIO Firemen and Oilers
Union.
He said the strike started at
midnight and pickets were put
on duty immediately.
Barrow said the dispute was
over wages, other benefits, and
relationship between manage
ment and employes.
Weather
..ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
70, low today 55, rainfall .23 of
an inch; high yesterday 66, low
yesterday 54, sunrise tomorrow
7:24, sunset tomorrow 7:15.
Food Town, Buckles Hardward,
Sears Roebuck & Co., Whitmire
Jewelry, Easterwood Shoes.
Belk-Matthews, Fashion
Shoes, Fashion Shops, The
Bonnie Shop, Buy-Wise,
Crouch’s, Griffin Top Dollar
Store,Ralph’s Take Home,
Griffin Hardward, Elaine’s
Style Shop, Firestone Stores,
Rhodes Furniture, The Furni
ture Shop, Suburban LP Gas.
Griffin Daily News, The Bank
of Griffin, Commercial Bank &
Trust Co., First National Bank
of Griffin, WGRI, WKEU,
WHIE.
Study Shows Site
Could Save Millions
Atlanta could save from $76-
million to $144-million in land
costs alone if it picks Henry
County for the location of a
second airport.
This was one of more than 10
key selling points the Mclntosh
Trail Area Planning and
Development Commission pre
sented to the Atlanta alder
manic committee today.
The Mclntosh group met with
the committee in Atlanta to go
over tiie reasons it believes the
proposed new airport should be
located in Henry County.
Other sites under con
sideration are north of Atlanta
near Alpharetta, Duluth and
Lawrenceville.
The Mclntosh group spelled
out its arguments in a 20-page
booklet. The booklet contained
maps, charts and other data
gathered during a com
prehensive study of the sites.
Earth moving estimates for
construction run between S4O
- and SBO-million less at
the Henry County site than the
other three, the study said.
An airport connector highway
to the Henry site would cost $3-
million to sl9-million less than
from the other sites.
Tbe study went on:
It would be almost impossible
to transfer the estimated 24-
million passengers (year 2,000)
between the current Atlanta
airport and an airport north of
the city. A coordinated trans
portation system including
vertical and short take-off land
ing aircraft, helicopters, rapid
transit and an exclusive ex
pressway might be more
economically developed bet
ween downtown Atlanta, the
current Atlanta airport and the
Henry County site.
Air freight is expected to in
crease by more than a third
between now and 1985. Most of
Atlanta’s truck terminals are in
the southeast Atlanta area and
are convenient to the existing
airport and the Henry site.
The site near McDonough
appears go have less airspace
conflicts than any of the pro
posed north sites.
Aircraft noise may result in
lawsuits if the north site is
chosen. This would not be such a
problem if the south site is
picked.
Poor weather conditions
north of Atlanta would reduce
air traffic more than the
southern site. According to the
U.S. Weather Bureau, the fre
quency and intensity of runway
glaze conditions (ice, snow,
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sleet) could be easily 7 to 10
times greater at a north Atlanta
site airport.
Water and sewer facilities
capable of serving a major air
port already are being con
structed in Henry County.
These and other arguments in
favor of the southern site were
detailed in the presentation.
The report was written by
Dale McLaren of Mclntosh
Trail. The commission is made
up of Spalding, Butts, Fayette,
Henry, and Lamar Counties and
several cities in these counties.
The Aviation Committee of
the commission prepared the
study.
Marvin Goldstein of Griffin is
chairman of the committee.
Marion Todd of Butts County is
vice chairman. Other members
are: Maurice Brown of Fayette,
Windson Daniel of Henry,
Homer Davis of Griffin, Bob
Gardner of Henry, Guy Howard
of Buttts, Ben L. Moore of
Lamar, Kimsey Stewart of
Spalding, Earl Strother Jr., of
Fayette and Bryan Whitehurst
of Lamar.
Larry E. Gridley, executive
director of Mclntosh Trail; and
Jerry L. Lacey, secretary
treasurer, are ex-officio mem
bers of the committee.
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WRONG-WAY CLOCK
NOTTINGHAM, England
(UPl)—The clock at the bus
station has confused many
passengers and drivers lately—
it has been running backwards.
It loses two hours every 60
minutes, so is always wrong
except for the six times a day
it catches up with itself.
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ATLANTA—Gov. Lester
Maddox attempts to mount a
unicycle, one of many presents
he received for his 54th birth
day. Gov. Maddox said this as
the first time he ever tried to
ride a unicycle, “But give me a
little time and I’ll have it
mastered.” At left is wife
Virginia having a big laugh.
(UPI)
Pike Schools Operate
Despite Racial Unrest
Pike County schools are con
tinuing to operate despite the
racial unrest that has gripped
the county for several days.
“We are still holding school,”
Supt. Harold Daniel said this
morning. “I wouldn’t say we
are operating normally, but we
are operating.”
Absenteeism is running high
in Pike schools. Some Negroes
are absent because of sus
pension ordered after they
walked out of classes last week
and again Monday.
Some White children are ab
sent because of the racially
tense situation.
The Pike County Grand Jury
is still in session.
The jury is reportedly search
ing for answers to Pike’s school
and racial problems.
The jury began its special
session Monday, the same day
that many Negro students
walked out of classes at Pike
High at Zebulon and Pike Junior
High at Concord.
All students who took part in
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the walkouts have been sus
pended for a week.
They will be eligible to return
to classes Monday.
However, before they re-enter
school they must bring their
parents or guardians to school
for an interview with tjie princi
pal.
A school spokesman said that
students involved in any more
walkouts or who persist in
causing trouble may be sus
pended for the remainder of the
school term.
ZEBULON, Ga. (UPI)-Pike
County Sheriff J. A. Riggins
said today he arrested five
Negro youths after whites and
Negroes exchanged gunfire
Tuesday night, but later re
leased them.
The sheriff said an automo
bile driven by a white man was
hit by gunfire but that no one
was injured.