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By Quimby Meltor
Weekend Notes:
The high spot of the entire
week was Christmas Day.
Thursday the entire world ob
served the birth of the Christ.
The very name of the day
Christmas conveys the blessed
thought that the day is one for a
mass (worship service) mark
ing the anniversary of Birth of
the Babe of Bethlehem.
Christmas Day was observed
in various ways. But it was re
cognized as an important day in
the history of the world. Even
those who refuse to accept
Christ as the Messiah acknow
ledge that there was an ex
ceptionally tallented man who
lived some 2,000 years ago. Both
the Bible and secular history
tell of Him having lived in the
days of Augustus Caesar.
There is no denying that the
Christ was born and lived as a
human being. The question as to
whether He was Emmanual,
whose coming was foretold in
the Old Testament, and whose
life and teachings are told of in
the New Testament, is a ques
tion that each person must de
cide for themselves. And there
is no middle ground. Just to
consider Him a wise man, a
prophet, a teacher, a healer, is
not sufficient. If that is all He
was then He was the most cruel
hoax ever perpetrated in all the
world.
Pilate himself, we are told,
when the rabble cried out to free
Barabas, asked the rabble
“What shall I do with Jesus?”
That question is directed to
each of us today, to all through
out the world — What Shall I do
with Jesus?
May this Christmas season
bring about on the part of all
who celebrated Christmas, full
acceptance of Him as a per
sonal Savior, and the desire to
live as He would have us live.
There is no doubt in the mind
of this layman that Jesus Christ
is the hope of the entire world;
and, that even now with the
world in tumult, those who truly
believe and seek to serve Him
can feel confident that even now
“God’s in His heaven and all’s
right with the world.”
Other developments during
the week just past.
Fighting continued in Viet
nam, despite the Christmas
truce; Israeli cabinet rejected
proposal of settlement with Jor
dan as “Appeasement”; Con
gress passed a massive tax re
form measure; and the GOP
leader in Congress called this
session a “do nothing” one.
Vice-President Agnew, his wife
and aides left for a ten day trip
to the Pacific area, with a possi
ble trip to Vietnam; and Presi
dent Nixon said every hungry
child in America would be cared
for by 1972.
Announcement that the Uni
versity of Georgia would seek to
have native Georgian Dean
Rusk join the faculty of its law
school, brought varied reaction
in his home state; Governor
Maddox has reported preparing
a record budget for submission
to the General Assembly when
it meets in January; and
school officials in Atlanta stud
ied a “lottery plan” of assigning
teachers to its schools.
Locally, interest in whether
or not the Henry County site for
the big airport continued; a
Griffin man was killed in a
Christmas auto wreck; and two
persons were shot on Christmas
eve.
A report from the state de
partment of health said Griffin,
like other growing communities
needed more doctors if the com
munity was to look after the
health of all; the Jaycees
Empty Stocking Fund, the Sal
vation Army, many churches,
and other organizations and
individuals helped make it a
happy Christmas for a lot of un
fortunate children; and pre
parations were made for the
coming of the New Year and the
dawn of a new decade.
John Tharpe
Is Proud Os Griffin
Because - -
I am proud of Griffin because you have an
opportunity to learn many great things. And in
these churches here you have a good chance to get
right with God. And the school systems are good.
You have great protection in Griffin. I am proud
of Griffin because of the pastors we have, I am
proud we have Brother Goss to preach the message
at Full Gospel Temple Assembly of God. And all
the people at Full Gospel are really blessed with
God. If God wanted anyone to come to heaven,
it would be everyone at Full Gospel Church. And
every other Christian.
John Tharpe, 6th grade
Fourth Ward School
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Regents Okay
Dean Rusk
ATLANTA (UPI) - The
Georgia university system
board of regents approved to
day the controversial appoint
ment of former Secretary of
State Dean Rusk as a faculty
member at the University of
Georgia.
Approval came after a closed
door meeting which lasted more
than an hour.
Regent Chairman H. G. Pat
tillo of Decatur declined to re
veal the vote. But regent Roy
Harris of Augusta, the leading
opponent of the Rusk appoint
ment, said “four of us voted
against it.” Harris said ten re
gents voted in favor of the ap
pointment.
Harris has charged Rusk, a
native Georgian, was “among
the most radical folks in the
country. “All he knows is
politics and we don’t need any
broken down politicians teach
ing politics in law school.”
Harris said the appointment
Traffic Toll
Reaches 600
A United Press International
count at 11 a.m. EST showed at
least 600 persons killed in
traffic accidents since the
holiday period began at 6 p.m.
Wednesday. It ended at 11:59
p.m. local time Sunday.
A breakdown of accident
deaths:
Traffic 600
Planes 5
Fires 100
Miscellaneous 73
Total 778
Texas led the states with 51
traffic deaths. California had
50, Florida 37, Michigan 29,
Ohio and New York 25 each.
Georgia had 23, and North
Carolina had 21. No traffic
deaths were reported in Alaska,
Delaware, Washington, D.C.,
Nevada, North Dakota and
Vermont.
GRIFFIN
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would “divide the regents and
split the legislature down the
middle and cause continual con
troversy in the state.”
Another regent, James A.
Dunlap of Gainesville, said
Rusk’s appointment would be
“a very fine one. He would add
prestige to the University of
Georgia and would do an out
standing job in the field of in
ternational law.”
University of Georgia Presi
dent Fred Davison proposed
Rusk’s name for the Samuel
Sibley professorship in interna
tional law. He refused Harris’
demand that the appointment
be withdrawn.
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Griffin, Georgia 30223 Monday, December 29, 1969
Tax On Smut Bill
Planned In Assembly
4 County Offices
Ask SIOO Pay Hike
A bill that would give the
Griffin City Commissioners and
the Spalding County Com
missioners the power to tax out
of circulation obscene and
pornographic material will be
introduced in the 1970 General
Assembly.
The measure will spell out
what material falls into the
category of obscene and porno
graphic, according to Rep.
Quimby Melton Jr., who plans
to submit the local bill.
He said he would introduce
separate legislation to make the
bill apply statewide. This could
give cities and counties over
Georgia the power to tax smut
out of their localities, Rep.
Melton said.
MOVIES
He said legislation would ap
ply to movies as well as printed
material.
The bills will include a defini
tion of pornography and ob
scenity as it applies to the tax
ing measure, Rep. Melton said.
If attacked in courts, the
legislation would be on the state
law books until it can be de
termined if such is constitu
tional, the Spalding County law
maker said.
FIRE BILL
Another local measure ex
pected to get through this ses
sion of the legislature is one that
would pave the way for some
TIMES CHANGE
BRIDGWATER, England
(UPl)—Christmas two years
ago was a miserable occasion
for Jenny Haworth and Ray
Pitman. Her husband and his
wife ran off together, and later
married.
This holiday season, it was
much happier. Jenny and Ray
were married Sunday —with
their nine children looking on.
“He proposed last September,
and I accepted straight away,”
Jenny said.
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“I wonder why so many of
us who are imperfect want
so much to create a world in
which everybody else is per
fect.”
Copyright 1969, by Front A. Clark
type of fire protection in the
county. The measure didn’t
make it through last year’s ses
sion because the county didn’t
properly advertise it.
The bill is in hand, Rep.
Melton said, and he expects it to
get through the 1970 regular
legislative session.
The measure would allow the
county commissioners to set up
fire districts and permit people
in them to decide in a referen
dum if they want to be taxed for
fire protection.
The county commissioners
plan to contract with Dundee
Volunteer Fire Department as
first step in providing some type
fire protection in the county, un
der the enabling legislation.
TOO COSTLY
The commissioners have in
dicated it would be too costly for
the county to attempt to set up
its own fire departments now.
They have stated they might be
able to contract with the city of
Griffin for some protection, too,
under the proposal.
All of the protection would
have to be approved in referen
dums in which people who
would be affected would vote
yes or no, the commissioners
have stressed.
PAY INCREASE
Another local legislative
measure under consideration is
that for a SIOO per month cost of
living salary increase for the
Clerk of Court, the Sheriff, the
Ordinary and the Tax Com
missioner.
No decision on the requests
has been reached. The local
legislative delegation, made up
of Rep. Melton, Rep. Clayton
Brown and Sen. Bob Smalley,
will consult with the county
commissioners and get their
feelings on the matter.
5-MAN BOARD
Another matter the local le
gislative delegation might be
asked to handle is that of a five
man commission for the city of
Griffin.
A group of local citizens has
been circulating petitions re
questing the three-man board
be increased to five. The city
would be divided into four
wards and one commissioner
from each and one from the city
at large would be elected under
the proposal.
The local legislators have not
been contacted officially about
the petitions.
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on the state, causing it to be
declared a disaster area. (Story /
page 6).
Billy Graham Plans
To Make Scene Again
By MATTHEW T. KENNY
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (UPI)-
Evangelist Billy Graham, who
expected to be “shouted down”
at his first rock music festival,
but was quietly received, says
he plans to make the hip scene
again.
“This is where the young
people are I want to reach,”
Graham said following an
appearance Sunday at the
Miami Rock Festival, where he
told some 2,500 youngsters to
“tune in to God.”
Graham, flashily dressed in a
bright gold jacket, white buck
shoes and a yellow shirt, said
he was pleased with what he
saw and the response he got.
“I love these kids, I really
do,” he said. “I came expecting
to be shouted down but they
were so polite and courteous to
me. I believe we will see some
positive results. I believe the
seed was sown.”
Donn Kelsey, a 33-year-old
Californian, told Graham he
“gets high” every night and
asked the evangelist to “say a
prayer and thank God for good
friends and good weed.”
“You can get high on Jesus,”
Graham replied. “Let us pray
for peace.”
Attendance at the three-day
festival at the Miami-Hollywood
Speedway 15 miles west of here
apparently was far below
expectations. Promoter Norman
Johnson, claiming “roadblocks
thrown up by the establishment
made this a bummer,” cut
ticket prices in half for
Monday’s final session.
_ Earlier, Johnson had said it
Maddox Files Brief
In Succession Fight
ATLANTA (UPI) —Attorneys
for Gov. Lester Maddox today
filed a brief with the Georgia
Supreme Court in support of his
appeal from a lower court
ruling against his suit to suc
ceed himself.
Fulton Superior Court Judge
Osgood Williams earlier denied
Maddox’s attack on the
section of the state constitution
which prohibits governor’s from
serving more than one term in
Evangelist Billy Graham is in
troduced to crowd of 2,500 at the
HI Miami Pop Festival by Capt.
Marvel (Mike Mcßarron)
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would take an attendance of
30,000 for him to break even.
Highest estimates of attendance
were about 15,000 Saturday
night.
Broward County Sheriff Ed
Stack said 32 persons had been
arrested during the festival,
including a knife-wielding youth
who attempted to lead 300
others on a charge on police
barricades.
Otherwise, the sheriff said he
was pleased with the conduct of
the youths.
Weather
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low yesterday 26. Sunrise
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tomorrow 5:37.
succession.
The state high court is ex
pected to schedule a hearing on
the appeal for mid-January.
But the ultimate decision on
the question may come from
the U.S. Supreme Court. Both
Maddox and state Atty. Gen.
Arthur Bolton have indicated
they would appeal to the U.S.
court if necessary.
Maddox contends that he and
others are being denied their
Inside Tip
Explosive
See Page 16
February Draft
Set At 19,000
WASHINGTON (UPI) -The
Defense Department announced
today a draft call of 19,000 men
for February—6,soo more than
in January.
The call included 18,200 for
the Army and 800 for the
Marine Corps. In January, the
first month of the new lottery
selection process, 10,000
draftees were called for the
Army and 2,500 for the
Marines.
During 1970, the Defense
Department expects 225,000
men will be drafted for a
monthly average of 19,000.
right to vote for the man of
their choice—Maddox—in next
year’s governor’s race.
But Judge Williams agreed
state attorneys that the state
has the right to set quali
fications of office holders, in
cluding terms of office.
Maddox, however, expressed
confidence that he would win
his case either in the Georgia
or U.S. Supreme courts.