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By Quimby Mritoa
Two most interesting letters.
One from an “ordinary house
wife, the mother of two small
children.”
The other from a young
Griffinite who is wearing Uncle
Sam’s uniform in far off Viet
nam.
Both “are getting tired” of
the same thing.
And so is Good Evening.
All three of us are getting
tired of people criticising our
men in the Armed forces.
The “ordinary housewife,
mother of two small children”
writes:
“I am a citizen of the United
States, and I’m proud of it, too!
I’ll be the first to admit that our
country has a lot of wrongs but
it also has a lot of rights which I
thank God for. I’m tired of
sitting back and letting a lot of
people tear our country to pie
ces in the name of freedom. I
want to stand up and be count
ed, counted as one who is proud
of America and proud of our
fighting men and proud of what
they and America stand for. No,
I don’t like war. Who does? But
you’ll not find me, here safe at
home, tearing down the in
tegrity of our fighting men, who
day by day, in a foreign land,
are risking their lives for us.
Yes, I’ll stand up for my
country, my freedom and for
the men who fight for me and
my family.”
The young Griffinite in Viet
nam writes about various things
in that land and tells how he and
many of the other “boys” there
are “getting tired” of the way
newspapers and T-V and other
news media back home seem to
stress the atrocities of war that
happen in every war and hurl
blanket charges at all men in
the service creating the im
pression all are cold blooded
murderers.
We pass on some of the things
he reports the American fight
ing men are doing in Vietnam as
proof that even when American
men are trained to make war —
and “making war” means to
kill the enemy — they still have
a heart for the unfortunate.
“I had not been here very long
when a campaign was staged to
provide funds to build a Youth
Center and playground for Viet
namese children. The money
was raised by the average
American service man,” he
wrote.
He also tells how the squadron
in which he serves often fur
nishes transportation for or
phaned children in Saigon tak
ing them to picnics and to the
city zoo for an outing.
And while he does not mention
it in his letter, Good Evening
happens to know from other
sources, that he, along with
other American Gls are spend
ing hours at night, after their
regular daily duties are over,
conducting classes where young
people in Saigon are being
taught to read and speak En
glish.
Yes. Good Evening, like the
“housewife, mother of two” and
fee Griffinite wearing the uni
form, is “getting tired” of folks
“lowrating” the American sold
ier.
His job is not an easy one.
In our book he is measuring
up to his job in true American
style.
Remember the average
American soldier, sailor,
Marine and air corps member,
is a young man, many still in
their teens, who has been taken
away from home, trained to
fight, which means to kill the
enemy, transportated to a
strange land and thrown into
battle.
This is a war in which one is
not always able to positively
identify the enemy, it is jungle
guerrilla war. One does not
have time to challenge “friend
or foe” as in olden days-if one
is at all suspicious the only safe
aid sane thing to do is to shoot
and ask questions later.
If we are to win this war —
and win it we must if there is
ever to be peace, then we, at
home, must back up our boys
and stop criticising them.
Emory Hit
By Unrest
ATLANTA (UPI)—A nation
wide student strike arising from
the campus violence at Kent
State University spread into
Georgia Tuesday, forcing some
classes to be dismissed at Em
ory University.
Spokesmen for the large
MethodistChur ch-related school
in the Atlanta suburbs said,
however, there were no campus
disorders and indicated that the
sb ike was gaining only partial
9-Year-Old
Student
Hit By Car
A nine-year-old boy, who is a
student at Susie B. Atkinson
Elementary School, was ad
mitted to the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital this morning
with injuries he suffered after
being hit by an auto while on his
way to school.
Police said Gregory Dowson,
son of Mrs. Christine Walker of
1242 Edgewood avenue, was
crossing Meriwether street,
near Hammond drive, when the
accident occurred. Witnesses
said he was with a group of
children who ran across the
street. The Dowson child
stopped and apparently froze
when he saw the appraoching
car.
Officers said he was knocked
unconscious and thrown about
13 feet fromthe point of impact.
He was treated for leg and body
injuries and possible broken
bones.
Mrs. Sally Ruth Jester of 216
North Eighth street, was the
driver of the car.
The accident was termed
unavoidable and no charges
were placeed against Mrs.
Jester.
Lon Nol
Welcomes
US Troops
By ROBERT C. MILLER
PHNOM PENH (UPl)—The
government of Premier Lon Nol
said today in a communique it
welcomed President Nixon’s
decision to send U.S. troops into
Cambodia to seek and destroy
Communist units and bases. It
also renewed its appeal for
unconditional aid from friendly
countries.
Viet Cong troops were
reported 30 miles from Phnom
Penh on the Mekong River but
the area was quiet today.
Armor-reinforced Cambodian
troops were stationed at the
village of Koko Thom where
Highway 1 crosses the Mekong
but there was no action.
Khmer mercenaries also
were reported in the region to
aid the Cambodian troops
should the American-Vietna
mese drives into Cambodia
push the Communist forces
closer to Phnom Penh. They
were just west of Koko Thom,
which was believed surrounded
by Communist guerrillas.
A communique issued by the
Cambodian “government of
salvation” noted with satisfac
tion that Nixon had pledged to
respect the aspirations of the
Khmer people to live in peace
and their hopes of strict
neutrality and independence.
(There was no reference to
the Peking announcement by
deposed Prince Norodom Sihan
ouk he had formed a govern
ment-in-exile and that Peking
immediately broke relations
with the Lon Nol government
and recalled its ambassador
from Phnom Penh.)
GRIFFIN
Daily Since 1872
success.
A quick check Tuesday morn
ing at other Georgia colleges
showed no apparent activity
growing out of the confronta
tion in Ohio between armed Na
tional Guardsmen and rock
throwing students Monday that
led to the deaths of four stu
dents.
Gov. Lester Maddox termed
the deaths of the students
“tragic.” He said, “These
deaths and this blood is on the
hands of many leaders of our
government who have de
nounced God.”
Maddox said “we know we
have some Marxist teachings
on our campuses” in Georgia
but he added “I hope we can
avoid such a situation in Geor
gia.”
The University of Georgia at
Athens, the state’s largest
school with an enrollment of
about 18,000, reported no unrest
today. Some demonstrations
were held on the campus Mon
day in behalf of racial groups
protesting the proposed integra
tion plans for the city’s high
schools but none connected with
the Vietnam war.
The campuses were quiet at
Georgia Tech, with an enroll
ment of between 7,000 and 8,000
students, and at Georgia State
University, a downtown Atlanta
school with an enrollment of
more than 10,000.
Spokesmen at Emory said the
protest there was mostly in the
form of students passing out
handbills and was centered
among the undergraduates. The
school has an enrollment of
about 5,500 but with only 2,300
of those in the undergraduate
school.
The move to call the strike
apparently was decided during
a folk singing concert on the
campus Monday night.
About a half dozen students
showed up at various points on
the campus today passing out
handbills reading:
“This week we have seen (1)
The invasion of Cambodia by
U. S. ground troops, (2) The re
sumption of the bombing of
North Vietnam and (3) the mur
der of four Kent State Universi
ty students by National Guards
men.
“All of this in the face of the
largest public anti-war senti
ment in U. S. history. We must
stand together now to express
our outrage at the Nixon ad
ministration policy. The Nation
al Student Association has
called a nationwide student
strike beginning Tuesday (to
day). We are on strike at
Emory now.”
Getting Change
For SI-Million
Bill Not Easy
MIAMI (UPl)—The trouble
started for a couple of New
Yorkers when they won a $1
million bill in a crap game.
That’s their version, anyway.
Nathaniel Welch, 36, and
Louie Shaw, 38, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., are facing charges of
violating the Federal Reserve
Act They were arrested Mon
day after trying to cash a $1
million bill in a bank in Nas
sau, Bahamas.
Bahamian police nabbed the
pair on a charge of possession
of marijuana and ordered them
deported. They were arrested
by the FBI in Miami.
Authorities said the big bill
was stolen in October from
New York’s Chase National
Bank.
The teller said he didn’t have
enough cash on hand, so the
pair tried another bank, where
an alert teller notified authori
ties.
The two told police they won
the Wil in a dice game.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY 78,
low today 48, high yesterday 72,
low yesterday 52. Sunrise
tomorrow 6:49, sunset
tomorrow 8:14.
Griffin, Georgia 30223, Tuesday, May 5, 1970
County Making Surveys
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‘ Bti' KENT, O-A policeman disarms I
Bkuiaw a youth carrying a pistol at Kent
State University campus. (UPI)
Authorities Investigate
Killing Os Students
KENT, Ohio (UPI)-Authori
ties sought today to determine
if National Guardsmen acted in
blind panic, in self-defense, or
in response to a tragically
misunderstood command when
they opened fire, killing four
Kent State University students
during a campus anti-war
demonstration Monday.
Four students were slain and
10 wounded, three critically, in
the three-second volley from
the rifles of about 20 guards
men who were retreating under
a barrage of rocks thrown by
demonstrators.
Two of the dead were girls,
and at least one of them, a
pretty 19-year-old brunette
freshman named Allison
Krause, was an innocent
bystander who had telephoned
her parents a short time before
to express disapproval of the
demonstration on the 20,000-
student campus.
“She was completely disgust
ed with the whole thing,” said
her father, Arthur Krause of
Pittsburgh. “And now she’s
dead. Why in hell couldn’t they
have fired blanks, or tear gas,
or something besides live
ammunition?”
Three Other Victims
In addition to Miss Krause,
Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20, a
junior of Youngstown, Ohio;
Jeffery Miller, 19, a freshman
of Plainview, N.Y.; and Wil
liam K. Schroeder, 19, a
sophomore of Lorain, Ohio, died
in the gunfire.
John Cleary, 19, a freshman
of Scotia, N.Y.; Dean Kahler,
20, a ft eshman of East Canton,
Ohio; and Joseph Lewis, 18, a
freshman of Massillon, Ohio,
were reported in critical
condition at Robinson Memorial
Hospital in nearby Ravenna.
A full investigation was
ordered by Gov. James A.
Rhodes, who sent guardsmen
onto the campus during a
weekend of rioting triggered by
President Nixon’s Thursday
night broadcast announcing
U.S. troops had entered Cambo
dia.
Rhodes called it “the saddest
day I have know as governor.”
The President, learning of the
tragedy at the White House,
said it should convince educa
tors and students alike that
when “dissent turns to vi
olence, it invites tragedy.”
Guardsmen are Surrounded
Brig. Gen. Robert Canter
bury, commanding the guard
unit, told newsmen the shooting
began when a group of 100
guardsmen found themselves
virtually surrounded by about
600 student demonstrators’pelt
ing them with rocks and pieces
of concrete.
Canterbury said a single shot,
preceded the guardsmen’s vol
ley. He said he did not know
whether the shot was fired by a
guardsman or someone else. He
said the students were not
warned before the shooting
began.
Many eyewitnesses reported
about half the guardsmen fired
their rifles into the air, well
over the heads of the students,
while others fired straight into
the milling crowd of boys and
girls.
This circumstance gave rise
to speculation some of the
guardsmen, in the noise and
confusion, misunderstood a
command to fire warning shots
into the air, and instead shot to
kill.
Report Just A Rumor
First reports from the
campus Monday said two of the
four victims were guardsmen.
Joseph Durban, Kent State’s
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chief information officer, who
issued the report to newsmen,
later attributed it to “a
rumor."
“Two men dropped from
exhaustion,” Durban said. “One
of the men had a heart attack.”
Rev. Wilson Walker
Ordained 44 Years Ago
The Rev. Wilson Walker cele
brated a special anniversary to
day.
It was 44 years ago today that
the Rev. Walker was ordained
at the First Baptist Church in
Griffin.
He has been preaching in the
Flint River Baptist Association
ever since.
The 82-yeor-old minister, was
converted in 1902.
A Christian for 68 years, the
Rev. Walker was ordained into
the ministry on May 5, 1926.
He conducted a three-week
revival at DeVotie Baptist
Church in 1934 in which 91 con
verts were baptized.
The Rev. Walker was clerk of
the Flint River Association for
10 years and moderator for two
years. He hasn’t missed an
association meeting in 58 years.
The Rev. Walker is retired
now. He and his wife, the for
mer Miss Ethel Faulkner (they
were married 58 years ago) live
comfortably on a farm on High
Falls road.
His hobby is raising white
face cattle. He has a small herd.
The Rev. Walker is a member
of Rehobo th Baptist Church.
Meeting Scheduled
With Underwriters
Spalding County Com
missioners and Chief Kenneth
Roberts of the Dundee Volun
teer Fire Department will
consult with Georgia Fire
Underwriters in Atlanta this
week about fire districts to be
set up here.
The districts, under study by
the Spalding Commissioners,
will be drawn under a county
fire bill approved this year in
the General Assembly of
Georgia.
David Elder, County Com
missioner, said surveys are
being made in preparation for
drawing up fire district
proposals.
The proposals must be sub
mitted to voters who would be
affected. The districts cannot be
set up unless they are approved
in a referendum.
Commissioner Jack Moss
cautioned that the districts
must be large enough so that the
cost of fire protection can be
made low enough to make it
practical for property owners.
Otherwise, he said, people
probably will not vote for fire
protection because the cost
might be too high.
Moss said it would not be easy
to draw up the county fire dis
trict proposals.
The commissionrs have in
mind contracting for fire pro
tection. The county does not
plan at this time to set up its
own fire departments.
There was no indication today
as to when the fire districts
would be ready for submitting
to voters.
In other matters handled at
the May meeting of the board,
the commissioners said they
would seek an appointment with
Highway Director Jim Gillis
about county contracts for a
couple of paving projects.
Mr. Elder mentioned work on
the Tri-County road in Line
Creek district and the Steele
road. The projects would in
volve up to five miles and might
run as high as 150,000, Mr. Elder
said.
Mr. Elder said that citizens at
Rio community believe
something should be done about
a traffic hazard at the Vaughn-
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Mt. Zion road intersection. He
suggested the possibility of
four-way stop signs.
Mr. Elder said that people not
familiar with the roads often
confuse a railroad crossing
warning with highway stop
signs. He said there had been
some minor accidents at the
crossing and some “near
misses.”
Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert asked
the Commissioners to consider
replacing a station wagon in his
department. The vehicle is used
for transporting prisoners and
for other purposes. Sheriff Gil
bert said the vehicle has been
involved in a wreck and since it
had been repaired, had been a
continuous expense to the
county. He said the need for
constant repair to it was costing
the county too much money and
suggested it be replaced. The
commissioners took the matter
under advisement.
The commissioners accepted
the deeds to the following
roads in the county: Lake
shore, Loumae, Thomas,
Kennedy, South Side and Canal
streets in the Mathis sub
division; and Crest road,
Femwood and Davis streets in
Otis and Andrew Blake sub
division.
The board also gave County
Atty. Jim Owen the go ahead to
do preliminary work in selling a
50 x 100 foot lot owned by the
county. It is on Eastbrook
avenue in East Griffin.
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“The best way to hold
friends is to hold your
tongue.”
Copyright 1970, by Frank A. Clark