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By Quimby Melton
When Jules Verne, 19th Cen
tury French lawyer-novelist
wrote Twenty Thousand Lea
gues Under the Sea it headed
the best seller list, if there was
such a list in those days. People
marvelled at his “wild” imagi
nation. Jules Verne was many
years ahead of the rest of the
world, for in that novel he pre
dicted the day would come when
“undersea ships” would furnish
a safe mode of travel.
Another of Verne’s novels —
“Around The World In Eighty
Days” foretold the coming of
the jet plane, though the
Frenchman was a little off on
the length of the trip. It can be
made today in 80 hours not 80
years.
Incidentally, the writings
Verne influenced to a certain
degree the writings of Rider
Haggard, whose novel “She”,
the story of a woman who never
aged and never lost her sex ap
peal, brought a big rush to the
corner drugstores looking for
wrinkle removers. And none
other than H. G. Wells is said to
have given Verne credit for in
spiring him to write some of the
“startling” things he did.
But if Jules Verne were living
today, he’d have to play a sup
porting role in any play predict
ing what will happen in this
world. Playing the leading role
in this drama, which could be a
comedy, a tragedy, or a love
story, would be the man who
headed a group that has come
up with predictions as to “What
we can expect the world to be
like in 1980.”
We haven’t yet finished
digesting the predictions as to
what would happen in 1970,
when here comes the “dope” for
1980.
This report, issued by the
Journal of Insurance Informa
tion says “At the end of the pre
sent decade and when 1980
comes we may find” —
A system of automated high
ways in which the driver
“leaves the driving” to the con
traption;
Control of the weather, mak
ing it rain or shine, and break
ing up hurricanes and lesser
storms “by seeding the clouds”
will be quite common;
Undersea hotels and apart
ments;
Ready-made houses delivered
by helicopter to be set down on
the foundations laid for them;
The report “takes a tone of
cautious optimism in con
templating numerous other
likely developments. Among
them: a lessening of riots and
civil disturbances as demo
cracy finds new ways of ac
commodating minority needs;
increasing prosperity for a
growing population; a boom in
education.
“One thing that can confi
dently be predicted about the
decade of the Seventies is that it
won’t be a replay of the Sixties
on a slightly larger screen,” the
report observes. “Dissatisfac
tion with previously accepted
values, and with political and
organizational structures which
do not change fast enough to
meet demands, seems to be the
key.”
The report is most interesting
and challenges all to help bring
about solution of the problems
we will face. Os course no one
can tell what the future will
bring.
But here’s one prediction we
make that we believe will come
true. Os course there is a big IF
attached:
IF he is living, when 1979 fad
es and 1980 rushes in, to the
strains of Bobby Burns’ “Auld
Lang Syne” it will be played by
an orchestra led by Guy Lom
bardo and it will be the 50th year
he has officially ushered in the
New Year. The first time was in
1929 when Guy Lombardo, then
27, and His Royal Canadians
were playing their first engage
ment in New York.
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY 35,
low today 14, high yesterday 30,
low yesterday 14. Sunrise
tomorrow 7:40, sunset
tomorrow 5:54.
Nixon Asks For Big Money
To Fight Crime, Pollution
| Ronnie Massey and Mrs. June
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Sanders Leaves No Doubt
He Wants Old Job Back
Former Governor Carl San
ders left no doubt in the minds
of the some 150 people who
heard him talk here yesterday
that he wants his old job back.
In a talk to the Griffin Ki
wanis Club, Sanders said, “It’s
too early to be making political
stump speeches but it’s too late
in the game to say I am net in
terested (in running for
governor).
He clicked off four topics he
thought would be campaign
subjects this summer and said
he hoped to come back to Griffin
and discuss them as political
issues.
FOUR TOPICS
Education, urbanization, the
need to restructure state
government and pollution
control will be among the issues
in the summer campaign,
Sanders believes.
He said the current school
crisis in Georgia would work
either itself into a “livable
situation” in time or it could
blow the lid off the whole state
before the year is over.
WEATHER STORMS
He called on Georgians to
weather the storms facing pub
lic schools because progress in
the state cannot continue
without them.
The former governor said he
wanted Georgia to be able to
offer its children an education
of the same quality they might
be able to find anywhere in the
United States. He said this
meant providing the best for
Georgia youngsters.
JUNIOR COLLEGE
The Augusta native com
mended the Griffin community
in its efforts to get a junior
college. He noted the population
potential of this area and in
dicated that a junior college
would be part of Griffin’s
future.
When he was governor, he re
called instituting the com
munity college idea after he had
studied the California educa
tional system.
EIGHT BUILT
Eight such community col
leges have been constructed
since he inaugurated the
program, Sanders noted.
He pointed to Georgia’s boom
in college student enrollment to
show that the need for more
such colleges would be even
greater in years to come.
The state has moved from a
rural to urban makeup in the
last 10 to 15 years, Sanders
noted. He said he knew Griffin
and Spalding County, being so
close to Atlanta, would be in
terested in what the state does
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about urban problems.
RESTRUCTURE
Sanders pointed out that the
new state consittution under
consideration in the General
Assembly is an indication that
state government needs to be
restructured to meet the new
needs of a population that has
changed.
Other steps need to be taken
on the state Ifevel to make the
government responsive to
current needs, he said.
Programs to combat air and
water pollution as well as noise
must be mapped as the state
grows industrially, Sanders
said.
QUALITY OF LIFE
He lumped such problems
under the heading of “quality of
life” or environmental.
Many Georgia streams that a
few years ago were unpolluted
today are being ruined by in
dustrial waste, he said.
Air pollution is not just some
thing Los Angeles will be con
cerned with, Sanders said, but it
is becoming a real porblem in
Georgia cities. Atlanta more
and more is having air pollution
problems, he pointed out.
I,ee Roy Claxton, program
chairman for the day, intro
duced Gov. Sanders. Mrs.
Sanders was among the some 25
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guests who visited the club for
the former governor’s talk.
Holan Strike
Ends With
Contract Okay
Most of the striking employes
of Holan Division of Ohio Brass
Co., are expected to return to
work by Monday.
The strike ended this week
when the union ratified a con
tract.
Employes started reporting
for work yesterday. They have
until Monday to return to their
jobs.
A spokesman said that em
ployes, who have not reported
for work by Monday, will be
considered to have quit.
GOTTA BE KIDDING
HONOLULU (UPI)-A man
walked into the Bank of Hawaii
and handed a female teller a
note Wednesday which said
“this is a robbery.”
“Are you kidding?” was the
teller’s reply.
The man apparently decided
he was and walked out of the
bank before the alarm could be
sounded.
President Makes
First State Talk
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Pres
ident Nixon proposed in his
State of the Union message to
Congress today the most
expensive programs in history
to combat pollution and crime.
While his prepared message
dealt extensively with the need
for greater federal economies
to fight inflation, the President
told a joint session of the House
and Senate that crime and
pollution were two areas in
which he would recommend
unprecedented spending.
Nixon’s first State of the
Union message also reported
prospects for peace in Vietnam
were “far greater today than
they were a year ago.”
Nixon’s assessment of the
peace outlook for the ’7os was
even brighter. He said, “Ameri
ca may have the best chance
since World War II to enjoy a
generation of uninterrupted
peace.”
, In a largely domestically
oriented message in which he
foresaw America as “a society
of large expectations,” the
President’s dominant subjects
appeared to be pollution, crime
and inflation.
On pollution, he declared:
“The program I shall propose
to Congress will be the most
comprehensive and costly pro
gram in this field ever in the
nation’s history."
He said the plan, to be
submitted later to Congress,
will include a national $lO
billion clean waters program to
put modern municipal waste
treatment plants “in every
place in America where they
are needed.”
With reference to the fight
against the growing crime rate,
he said:
“In referring to budget cuts,
there is one area where I have
ordered an increase rather than
a cut—the request of those
agencies with the responsibility
for law enforcement.”
Nixon said that would involve
doubling in fiscal 1971 the
federal expenditure for aiding
local law enforcement—double
the 1970 budget for this
purpose.
Discussing inflation, the Pres
ident declared that “millions of
Americans are forced to go into
debt today because the federal
government decided to go into
debt yesterday.”
“We must balance our
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federal budget so that Ameri
can families will have a better
chance to balance their family
budgets,” he said.
Presenting and remaining
within a balanced budget, he
added, required “hard deci
sions.”
“It means rejecting spending
programs which would benefit
some of the people when their
net effect would result in price
increases for all the people.”
The President’s speech
coming two days after the
anniversary of his first year in
office—was generally directed
at sweeping reforms in the
federal establishment and a
redefinement of national priori
ties and goals.
In fact the President thought
that particularly in domestic
affairs there was need for “a
national growth policy” through
which federal, state and local
governments could “influence
the course of urban settlement
and growth so as positively to
affect the quality of American
life.”
“It is no longer enough to live
and let live,” the President
said. “Now we must live and
help live. We need a fresh
climate in America, one in
which a person can breathe
freely and breathe in freedom.”
Nixon said that m speaking of
American priorities “the first
priority must always be peace
for America and the world.”
This, he added, is a great issue
which should be above partisan
ship.
His foreign policy views for
1970 will be developed at length
in a special message to
Congress in early February.
His balanced budget propo
sals also will be spelled out
later, in a message which,
under law, must reach Con
gress by Feb. 2, along with the
chief executive’s annual report
on the national economy.
With these special messages
coming along shortly, the
President in his State of the
Union—a document of some
4,500 words—concentrated on
broad goals.
As for this country’s interna
tional role, he stressed the need
for greater participation by
other nations in improving the
lot of the under-developed
countries and of moving toward
a climate of peace.
“We shall be faithful to our
treaty commitments, but we
shall reduce our involvement
and our presence in other
nations’ affairs,” he said.
“To insist that other nations
play a role is not a retreat
from responsibility, but a
sharing of responsibility. Peace
requires partnership...”
“I would be the last to
suggest that the road to peace
is not difficult and dangerous,
but I believe our new policies
have contributed to the pros
pect that America may have
the best chance since World
War II to enjoy a generation of
uninterrupted peace,” he said.
Nixon added that this chance
for peace would be enhanced by
a cooperative relationship be
tween Congress and the execu
tive.
How Exciting!
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Shirley Everhart
Is Proud Os Griffin
Because - -
Like many Griffinites, this is my home
The only one I have ever known.
All agree, it’s the kind of place
Where one’s name means more than his face.
Here religion plays its greatest part
It is deeply rooted in our hearts.
Industries are on the rise
Opportunity knocks if one is wise.
Griffin is friendly, folks are sincere
Everyone smiles and speaks around here.
She offers much pride and joy
What a dreamtown so reach girl and boy!
Yes, this is home for me
I am proud of Griffin, proud as can be 1
Shirley R. Everhart,
Insurance Clerk.
>★★★★★★★
JUST BEING POLITE
SHOREHAM, England (UPI)
—Truck driver Barry Turner
noticed the hitchhiker he picked
up didn’t have any shoes, but
as he told police later “I didn’t
think it was polite to mention it
at the time.”
The shoeless man, it turned
out, was Frank Ryan, who had
just escaped from a prison.
Turner had some explaining to
do when police stopped his
truck and recaptured Ryan. But
he finally convinced them he
wasn’t abetting the escape.
★★★★★★★★
Inside Tip
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“Bad ideas win when folks
with better ideas don’t sup
p o r t theirs vigorously
enough.”
Copyright 1970, by Frank A. Clark