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Weekend Notes:
President Nixon announces
he hoped to withdraw another
50,000 troops from South Viet
nam by April 15 and Defense
Secretary Laird said the new
withdrawal could result in a 10
percent deduction in draft calls
for 1970.
United Nations adjourned for
the year.
England, after debating the
matter for two years, abolished
the death penalty.
Congress is hoping to adjourn
today so members can “be
home for Christmas.” But the
President, who now it seems
possible will sign the new “tax
reform” measure, though he
does not like parts of it, hints he
may call a special session of
Congress shortly after Christ
mas Day.
He also called on Congress to
join him in “holding down
government spending to fight
inflation, regardless of the ef
fect it might have in upcoming
elections.
A three-judge federal court
put enforcement of intergration
of schools in the laps of the state
board of education, which said
there was nothing that could be
done but follow the court order.
The decision calls for the state
board to cut off all money to
school districts that do not
comply by March.
Meanwhile, Governor Mad
dox called the ruling “a crimi
nal act by public officials in the
courts, in the White House and
in the Congress.” Some hinted
the governor could be held in
contempt of court for his
charges, but it is not believed
any steps will be taken to
silence his criticism.
A committee headed by for
mer Legislator Charles Gowan,
who once ran for governor, has
come up with the suggestion
that the General Assembly be
reorganized. The plan approved
by the committee calls for re
ducing size, increasing the pay
of members of House and
Senate, and providing capable
aides and secretaries to com
mittees.
Governor Maddox filed notice
of appeal of Superior Court de
cision barring him from suc
ceeding himself.
With the 1970 session of the
General Assembly nearing in
creased activities of many or
ganizations was noted. There
are scores of such that will have
special programs they will
sponsor.
Closer at home:
How about the big airport?
Will it be located in nearby
Henry County? That question
was almost as frequently asked
during the week as “what will
Santa Claus bring you?”
It is expected and hoped the
first official step towards
selecting the site will be one
favoring Henry County. The
aviation committee of the
Board of Aidermen, City of
Atlanta, is expected to re
commend the Henry County site
at a meeting today.
Police continued to warn
everyone, as they investigated
reports of thefts, to lock the
doors at their homes, lock the
doors of their automobiles, and
ladies to hold on to their pocket
books and not lay them down on
counters. They also warned
against “slim-slam” artists and
confidence men.
Griffin ministers joined in a
campaign to end sale of “smut”
books and pictures here;
Southern Bell broke ground for
a new office building; and the
Chamber of Commerce came
up with a plan to provide an
adequate industrial park that
would provide locations for new
industries. The plan, suggested
by Homer Sigman, who will be
1970 president of the Chamber,
is forming a “committee of 100"
each of whom will donate SSOO to
a fund with which to buy a suit
able location for the park.
Henry Site Recommended
For New Atlanta Airport
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Ruth Ballard
Is Proud Os Griffin
Because - -
I am proud of Griffin because it is a peaceful
town, according to other cities. It is my home town.
I was bom and reared here and I love it. The
people of Griffin are my people; when I meet up
with old friends it is a real joy to me. And there
is no difference in races because we are all God’s
people. Griffin is a prosperous town. We have
wonderful churches, schools and businesses and a
protective police force. God bless our city and
may it continue doing good.
Mrs. Ruth Bullard
924 West Taylor Street
Road Deaths
Expected
To Reach 37
ATLANTA (UPI )-An estimat
ed 37 persons will die on Geor
gia’s streets and highways dur
ing the 102-hour Christmas holi
day period, state patrol officials
said today.
Col. R. H. Burson, state safe
ty director, predicted 1,506 acci
dents during the period from
6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight
Sunday. The accidents could in
jure an estimated 480 persons,
killing 37.
“The predictions, of course,
are just that,” Burson said.
“You never know what will
happen.”
Last Christmas the state pa
trol predicted 200 accidents in a
30-hour holiday, and 206 were
reported. The patrol had said
there would be 92 injuries and
10 deaths; there were 122 in
juries and 13 fatalities.
During the approaching New
Year’s holiday—also a 102-hour
period—Burson estimated there
will be 799 accidents, 255 in
juries and 17 fatalities.
LEGAL FERMENT?
ST. JOHN’S, England (UPI)
—Frederick Turvey, 53, sued
his bank because it did not give
him a loan to finance a wine
bottling business.
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13,000 Sun-Baked Gls Watch
Bob Hope Open Viet Yule Shows
By BERT W. OKULEY
LAI KHE, Vietnam (UPI)-
Bob Hope launched his sixth
Christmas tour of Vietnam
today with a two-hour show
before 13,000 sun-baked Gls at
this base camp of the Ist
Infantry Division. Astronaut
Neil Armstrong put in a
surprise appearance.
The 66-year-old Hope flew in
from Thailand to this dusty
base 28 miles north of Saigon
with an 83-member troupe
which included singer-actress
Connie Stevens, the 12-girl
dance group “The Golddig
gers,” and other television
personalities.
“This is really a mixed
audience,” said Hope, wearing
Ist Infantry Division fatigue
Griffin, Georgia 30223, Monday December 22, 1969
Two People Killed
In Area Accidents
The Griffin Post of the
Georgia State Patrol reported
18 traffic accidents, with two
fatalities, 13 injuries and over
$32,500 in property damage
during the weekend. In addi
tion, a 13-year-old Griffin
pedestrian was injured when
she walked into the path of a
car.
Mrs. Janie Verlene Ashworth,
26, of Brannon street, Mc-
Donough, died of internal in
juries when her car ran off the
road and struck a tree three
miles east of Griffin on the
Jackson road at the Dutchman
road intersection.
The accident happened about
11:30 p.m. Friday. Her late
model car was demolished.
A Griffin college student
escaped serious injury late
yesterday morning, in an acci
dent in which the driver of the
other car involved was killed.
Miss Patricia Ann Pitts, 19, of
Route Three, was listed in good
condition at the Griffin-Spald
ing County Hospital today. She
suffered face lacerations,
bruises and abrasions.
Phillips C. Few, 50, of Route
One, Rex, was dead on arrival
at DeKalb General Hospital in
Decatur. A passenger in his car,
Terry Gene Few, 10, suffered
internal injuries and abrasions.
jacket and swinging the ever
present golf club. “We had to
give the Viet Cong half the
tickets.”
Sitting near the stage were
members of a “Big Red One”
platoon who Sunday night
discovered six rockets in
nearby jungles aimed at Lai
Khe. The Gls were brought into
the camp from surrounding
artillery bases and other posts
in the region.
Hope and Armstrong, the
first man on the moon, traded
quips and the astronaut later
answered questions from the
audience. The comedian said
Armstrong’s walk on the moon
reminded him of “Timothy
Leary running for a bus. You
were really floating.’
Armstrong said his most
The accident occurred at the
intersection of Ga. 155 and 138,
about nine miles north of Mc-
Donough.
Patrolmen said Few pulled
into the path of the Pitts car,
causing the collision.
The ambulance carrying the
Fews to the hospital was in
volved in a wreck, but no details
were available.
Sammy Dewberry, 23, of
Route Four, was admitted to the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospi
tal last night around 8 o’clock
after being struck by a hit and
run car as he was walking on
North Second street extension.
Patrolmen said the driver of
the car involved, Eddie Mc-
Michael, 36, of Route Four,
Jackson, was speeding and on
the wrong side of the road when
his car hit Dewberry. Mc-
Michael was arrested near the
scene and charged with six traf
fic violations.
Dewberry was listed in fair
condition this morning. He
suffered severe head injuries
and multiple lacerations.
A Greensboro couple and a
Jackson man were injured in an
accident yesterday morning 6.5
miles east of Griffin on the
Jackson road.
Mr. and Mrs. William A.
anxious moment on the Apollo
11 flight “was when the door to
the washroom jammed.”
As usual, Hope was accompa
nied by the Les Brown
orchestra. Others in the troupe
included dancer Suzanne Char
ny, “Laugh-In’s” Teresa
Graves and the current Miss
World, 20-year-old Eva Reuber-
Staier of Austria.
Armstrong, wearing a bright
red sports shirt and Ist
Infantry Division bush hat, said
he was “pleased to represent
the folks back home and say
thank you for what you are
doing here.”
He added that with all of the
accomplishments of space trav
el, “it is too bad men can’t
learn to live together in peace
down here.”
Vol. 96 No. 300
Expert Suggests
Terminal Center
A specialist in airport design
today recommended that the
new Atlanta airport be located
in Henry County. He suggested
that a new concept in handling
airport traffic - an air terminal
center - be located in Henry
County, too. It would handle
passenger traffic for the new
airport and the present Atlanta
facility.
R. Dixon Speas, the airport
design specialist who has been
working on the Atlanta study
some two years, made his
recommendation this morning
before a called meeting of the
Taxable Sales
Increase
In Spalding
Taxable sales in Spalding
County rose eight percent in the
first three quarters of this year
over the same period in 1968.
The Department of Revenue
announced today that based on
sales tax collections, sales in
Spalding County amounted to
$21,404,000 during the first nine
months of this year and
$19,812,000 for the first nine of
1968.
Other Griffarea counties:
Butts, $4,126,000 this year, up 2.6
over ’6B; Fayette, $3,413,000, up
16.1 percent; Henry, $7,129,000
up 35.7; Lamar, $3,748,000,
down 1.5; Pike, $920,000, up 7.4;
Upson, $10,384,000 up 8.9. State
total was $2,570,947,000, up 10.7
percent.
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Kill-Joy
PHILADELPHIA (UPI) —
Mistletoe is dangerous.
The Poison Information Cen
ter issued a warning for
parents Sunday on the danger
of mistletoe around children.
“Since it is poison mistletoe
can cause illness or death,” the
warning said.
Dr. Jane Speaker, the cen
ter’s associate director, urged
parents to consult a doctor
immediately if a child eats
even the smallest amount of
mistletoe.
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Atlanta Board of Aidermen at
city hall.
WAIT
Richard Freeman, chairman
of the Airport Committee for the
aldermanic board, said his
committee probably would not
make a recommendation to the
full board until the new ad
ministration of Mayor Sam
Massell takes over in
Janurary.
Mr. Speas presented his re
port and covered some 13 key
points during his nearly two
hour explanation.
He said that the air terminal
concept would be the first of its
type in the world. It would
connect the new airport with the
present facility with 100 m.p.h.
monorails.
60,000 CARS
The terminal which would be
located away from the new air
port would have space for some
60,000 cars.
Speas said that it would take
about five and a half years to
construct the new airport
complex and have them in
operation, if a decision is made
in their favor.
Location of the new facilities
in Henry County would mean
less displacement of people and
communities, Speas said. He
noted that should one of the
northern locations be picked, it
would mean relocation of many
families and some com
munities. The Henry site would
not displace as many people,
the report said.
PURCHASE
If the Henry site is selected,
the property should be pur
chased as quickly as possible to
head off land speculation and
inflationary costs, the airport
expert said.
He said that the site he re
commended in Henry County
might be subject to change but
would be in the same general
vicinity as the one under study
at present.
Mayor Ivan Allen and Mayor
elect Sam Massell attended the
meeting today to hear the
recommendation.
Chairman Freeman said his
committee still would have to
hear from the major air
carriers before it would be in
position to make a final recom
mendation.
It could come as late as
February.
Inside Tip
1969
See Page Seven
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Would You
Believe?
Question: Can three chickens
ride more than five miles on top
of a pickup truck without falling
or being blown off?
Answer: Yes, they can.
They did this morning.
When Eddie Lee Harris, who
lives about five miles west of
Atlanta International Raceway,
arrived at Southern States Eq
uipment Corp., in Hampton he
found the three hitchhikers
sitting on top of the cab of his
pickup.
Mr. Harris caught the chick
ens and put them in a box for the
return trip home.
★★★★★★★★
3 In Family
Headed Here
Killed In Wreck
MIDLAND, Tex. (UPI) —
Three members of a California
family burned to death today in
the flaming collision of a pickup
truck and a semitrailer on In
terstate 20.
Cecil Wesley Smith, his wife
Betty Jean, 42, and daughter
Anetta, were killed. The
Smiths were moving from South
El Monte, Calif., to Griffin, Ga.
Snow Covers
North Georgia
By United Press International
Snow accompanied the first
day of winter in many parts of
north Georgia today and icy ?
conditions made driving a haz
ard in the area.
Several towns reported three
or more inches of snow, includ
ing Dahlonega, Clayton, Corne
lia, Dillard and Toccoa. The
northeast sector apparently got
the worst of the weather, but
snow, sleet and freezing rain
were expected throughout the
mountains.
The state patrol closed Geor
gia 108 through Pickens County
because of icy conditions, and
troopers reported that motorists
going in both directions on In
terstate 75 from Atlanta to
Chattanooga encountered a de
lay of two to three hours at
Adairsville Sunday night.