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By Quimby Mahon
“American freedom will soon
be 200 years old”, says an ad
vertisement of The Franklin
Mint, and this organization
plans to establish “a permanent
Gallery of Great Americans” at
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania.
The Franklin Mint, which
coins many memorial medals
that are collectors items, “in
vites” anyone, interested in
choosing the men and women
who will first be named to this
gallery to have a part in select
ing them.
A “ballot” is published in the
Franklin Mint advertisement
listing 12 categories of Great
Americans. There are three
“nominated” in each and there
is space for a write in.
Readers may be interested in
checking the list of the men and
women nominated by the Mint;
and there may be some who will
wish to cast their ballots. If so
they should be mailed to The
Franklin Mint, Franklin Center,
Pennsylvania, Zip 19063.
Here is the list of 36 nominat
ed by the sponsors.
Statesmen and Patriots:
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas
Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson.
Explorers and Pioneers:
Richard E. Byrd, Meriwether
Lewis, Robert E. Peary.
Inventors and Discoverers:
Alexander Graham Bell, Eli
Whitney, Wilbur and Orville
Wright.
Scientists and Physicians:
George Washington Carver,
Walter Reed, Benjamin Rush.
Educators and Lawyers:
Oliver Wendall Holmes, Horace
Mann, John Marshall.
Humanitarians and Social
Leaders: Samuel Gompers,
Helen Keller, Martin Luther
King.
Business and Industrial Lead
ers: Andrew Carnegie, Mar
shall Field, John D. Rocke
feller.
Writers and Poets: Ernest
Hemmingway, Edgar Allen
Poe, Walt Whitman.
Artists and Composers:
George Gershwin, W. C. Handy,
Frederic Remington.
Actors and Entertainers:
John Barrymore, Edwin Booth,
W. C. Fields.
Athletes and Sports Heroes:
Knute Rockne, George (Babe)
Ruth, Bemey Oldfield.
Military Heroes: Ethan Allen,
Andrew Jackson, Douglas
McArthur.
The Franklin Mint was pro
bably “smart” in not having an
other category “Presidents and
Political Leaders”. For such
would have no doubt resulted in
a lot of confusion. The fact that
there were but three (residents
who were nominated in any of
the 12 categories is interesting.
Thomas Jefferson and Woodrow
Wilson, were included in the
three “Statesmen and
Patriots”; and Andrew Jackson
in “Military Heroes.”
It’s also interesting that
George Washington, Abraham
Lincoln and Franklin D. Roose
velt, were not included some
where in the “nominations.”
And of course there are other
men and women who never
served as President who could
be honored as “Great Ameri
cans” that’s why there is a
place on the Franklin Press bal
lot for “write-ins”.
Shootout
ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. (UPI)-
A man was killed and his broth
er wounded Tuesday night in an
apparent shootout at a U.S. 41
truck stop four miles south of
here, Bartow County police re
ported.
John Kent of Adairsville was
jailed on a charge of murder
in connection with the fatal
shooting of Harold Holvert of
Kingston and the wounding of
Robert Holvert, also of Kings
ton.
Holvert was killed with a .22
caliber pistol, authorities said,
and another gun was believed
to have been involved in the
shooting.
U.S. Has Muffed It In Middle East
The United States has muffed
it in the Middle East, Miss Lisa
Sergio told a Griffin Business
and Professional Woman’s Club
“bosses night” audience last
night
Miss Sergio is a radio com
mentator and lecturer who is a
native of Italy. A critic of
Mussolini during his rise to
power, she escaped her native
land and came to America.
Miss Sergio said that the rea
son the United States has lost its
prestiege in the Middle East
and Mediterranean areas is its
loss of many of the moral values
which made the concept of
America so appealing.
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NEW YORK - Arthur J. Goldberg, seeking his first elective office, speaks to supporters after
winning the Democratic nomination for governor in a close race with Howard Samuels. With
Goldberg to Basil Paterson who piled up the biggest statewide margin of any candidate in the
Democratic primary to become the first black candidate for lieutenant governor. (UPI)
Goldberg Wins;
Powell Defeated
By CLAY F. RICHARDS
ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI)-Ar
thur J. Goldberg, seeking his
first elective office, won the
New York State Democratic
gubernatorial primary Tuesday
and will try to stop Gov. Nelson
A. Rockefeller’s bid for an
unprecedented fourth term in
November.
Rep. Richard L. Ottinger,
who reporrtedly spent more
than |1 million on television,
170 Pints
Os Blood
Donated
A total of 201 people went to
the Red Cross bloodmobile here
yesterday and gave 170 pints of
blood
There were 24 first-time
donors.
Chairman Lee Roy Claxton
said that some people were
turned down this time because
they are allowed to give blood
five of the six visits during the
year. Some had reached their
limit.
Although the visit came up 30
short of the 200 goal, Chairman
Claxton expressed his “deep
appreciation” to those who
came to support the program.
He hopes the amount missed
yesterday can be made up
during the August visit of the
bloodmobile.
A later check of records this
morning showed that Griffin
had reached its goal of 1,200
pints of blood for the 1969-70
fiscal year.
Bloodmobile donors totaled
1,143 and hospital donations
totaled 57, making the total for
the year an even 1,200.
The Red Cross will end its fis
cal year on blood records in
June. The visit here yesterday
was the last of the current year.
DAILY
Daily Since 1872
She said that Russia, using
“chess playing” patience and
strategy, had been able to gain
control of the major ports of the
Middle East.
It has been a goal of the
Russians to become the domi
nant power there because the
Kremlin leaders realize that
this is the base of western
civilization power.
Miss Sergio said any sort of a
victory or settlement in the
Indochina area would be
meaningless by the setbacks the
United States has suffered in
the Mediterranean.
“How can a nation say it is
fighting for freedom in the Indo-
radio and newspaper advertis
ing in his campaign, won the
four-way race for the Democra
tic nomination to oppose GOP
Sen. Charles E. Goddell.
Harlem Cngressman Adam
Calyton Powell Jr., seeking his
14th term, was upset by
Charles Rangel, a black mem
ber of the New York state
Assembly.
Goldberg’s close victory over
upstate millionaire industrialist
Howard J. Samuels, followed a
lackluster campaign.
13,000 Districts Counted
With more than 13,000 of the
states 13,735 districts counted,
the vote was Goldberg 491,257,
Samuels 412,635.
Samuels, who was underse
cretary of commerce in the
Johnsonadministration, refused
to concede and was expected to
ask for a recount.
Goldberg’s chances appeared
to be enhanced by the showing
of state Senator Basil A.
Paterson, the first Negro to run
for lieutenant Governor. Pater
son handily beat Long Island
supervisor Jerome Ambro, a
political unknown, by a 2-1
margin.
Ottinger’s victory, based
largely on a 2-1 margin upstate,
was a defeat for party regulars
who had chosen former Kenne
dy speech writer Theodore C.
Sorensen as their candidate.
Runs A Poor Third
Sorensen, whose campaign
never caught fire, ran a poor
third behind Paul O’Dwyer, the
party’s 1968 senatorial candi
date. Rep. Richard “Max”
McCarthy of Buffalo was
fourth.
The vote, with several
hundred districts unreported,
was Ottinger 360,186, O’Dwyer
303,768, Sorensen 151,417, Mc-
Carthy 101,194.
There were no Republica
statewide primaries. The GOP
slate headed by Rockefeller and
Goodell was unopposed.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, June 24, 1970
BPW Speaker Says:
china area on the one hand
while on the other hand it ab
dicates the struggle in the
Middle East” Miss Sergio ask
ed.
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She said that Russian sub
marines and ships go freely
from port to port in the Medi
terranean while such is not the
case with the U. S. ships.
U. S. subs are required to sur
face in certain areas while
Russian subs are allowed to
move freely submerged, she
observed.
Visiting United States citizens
no longer are welcome in many
of the Mediterranean cities, she
said, whereas Russian sailors
The Country Parson
JI i r/ I f
“We could save time at
meetings if those who even
tually are going to agree
would do it right away.”
Copyright 1970, by Frank A. Clark
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY 90,
low today 69, high yesterday 92,
low yesterday 67. Sunrise
tomorrow 6:36, sunset
tomorrow 8:44.
Vacation Value Days
Will Open Tomorrow
A total of 47 Griffarea firms
will participate in the Vacation
Value Days which begin tomor
row. They will continue through
next week.
Goods for summer living will
be stressed throughout the
promotion.
The event is expected to at
tract thousands of shoppers who
plan to do their “vacation buy
ing” during the sales.
Griffin merchants have been
stocking their stores for several
weeks with special values for
the annual event.
Prices have been cut on many
stock items of summer mer
chandise and special low prices
have been put on some items of
special interest.
The Merchants Division of the
Chamber of Commerce is co
operating with dealers in this
NEWS
Candidates Pledge
To Back City Aid
Woman Gets Year
In Stabbing Trial
A jury recommended misde
meanor punishment and set a
one-year sentence for Christine
White of 309 East Chappell
street She was tried for stab
bing Willie Lewis Brownlee in
the heart with a knife. The trial
ended this morning in Spalding
Superior Court.
On hearing the guilty verdict
and the one-year sentence set
by the jury, Judge Andrew
Whalen Jr. remarked that it
was too bad the jury could not
have seen the defendant’s re
cord in setting the short sen
tence. He said she had previous
ly been arrested on charges
including assault with a deadly
weapon, assault with intent to
murder, and public drunken
ness. He said that after July 1 a
new law will go into effect and
juries will be able to see records
of those convicted.
A mistrial was declared for
the second time in the case of
Johnny Knowles, operator of
Johnny’s Truck Stop on U. S. 41
in Pomona. He was charged
with hitting Robert Wood of
Atlanta over the head with a
soft drink bottle during an argu
ment over payment for an order
of food last August.
The case was tried in October
and ended in a mistrial. Yester
day a second mistrial was
declared when the jury was un-
area in sponsoring the affair.
Those participating in the
Vacation Value Days promotion
include:
Southern States Printing
Company, Belk-Matthews,
RBM Motors, Smith-Roberts
Company, Morrow-Powell
Clothing Company.
Goode-Nichols Furniture,
Firestone Stores, Cain’s Furni
ture Company, Sigman Buick-
Opel, Inc., Randall & Blakely,
Inc., Buy Wise, Rhodes Furni
ture, The Quality Store, Saul’s.
Kentucky Fried Chicken of
Griffin, Bazaar Boutique,
Elaine’s Style Shop, Jesse’s
Pharmacy, Easterwood Shoes,
Jim Pridgen Hardware, Inc.,
Griffin Top Dollar Store, The
Bonnie Shop.
Forbes Drug Company,
Crouch Company, Hensley
and others are welcome visi
tors.
Miss Sergio said she was
shocked when she visited a U. S.
Navy base in Spain and found no
U. S. flags are allowed to be
flown there. She said a Navy
captain in charge of the base
welcomed her to it but handed
her a list of 27 restrictions on
what she could say in a broad
cast. Among them were that no
reference could be made to any
religion except Roman Catho
lic, no derogatory remarks
could be made about Hitler or
Mussolini, and so on.
When she made known the list
in the United States, she was
able to reach a decision.
. Judge Whalen sentenced Mrs..
Octavia Dumas Murphy of 347
Basin street, to serve 12 months
in prison when a jury found her
guilty early yesterday after
noon on charges of resisting ar
rest. The trial began Monday.
The charges stemmed from
an incident last month, when
police officers were called to
Basin street to investigate a
complaint of someone’s driving
a car through a yard. When they
arrived the defendant and a
neighbor became engaged in an
argument. Patrolman Calvin
Huggins and Sgt. David Sher
wood both testified that Mrs.
Murphy was drunk, cursing,
and creating a disturbance and
refused to go into her house and
quiet down.
When they placed her under
arrest, she refused to cooperate
and had to be physically
restrained, they said.
John Thomas Jordan of Route
Two, Futral road, entered a
guilty plea on five traffic
charges and was sentenced a
total of 12 months to run con
currently or pay a total of $760
in fines. The charges included
speeding, failure to stop for a
stop sign, driving without a
license, driving under the in
fluence, and going the wrong
way on a one-way street.
Office Equipment Co., W. T.
Grant Company, Fashion
Shoes, Clark’s Supermarket,
Food Town, The Furniture
Shop, Gene Hayes Motor Com
pany, Bishop Clothing, Wynne’s
Jeweliy Company, Cartledge
Furniture Company, Milling
Motor Company.
Ben Franklin Variety Store,
Bonanza Sirloin Pit, Jones
Harrison Furniture, Fashion
Shops, Claxton’s Pharmacy,
Jerrie & Don’s.
Economy Auto Stores, Bates
Dress Shoppe, Willis’ Quick
Tire Service, Merle Norman
Studio, Griffin Outlet Store,
Inc., Hill’s Tire Store.
Griffin Daily News, WHIE,
WKEU, AGRI, Commercial
Bank & Trust Co., First Nation
al Bank of Griffin, Bank of
Griffin.
Vol. 98 No. 124
called to Capitol Hill by shocked
senators and congressmen who
wanted to know more about it.
Miss Sergio said that, in ef
fect, the United States had
surrendered many of its prin
ciples to France just for the
right to keep bases in Spain.
She said that the Russians
had engineered the defeat of
Egypt and Nasser in the six-day
war so the Kremlin could move
in and become the power behind
the scenes in that country.
She said engineering defeats
as well as victories was part of
the Russian strategy for taking
over that part of the world.
One of Russia’s greatest fears
. JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga.(UPI)
— Georgia’s city officials had
pledges today from seven
gubernatorial hopefuls of better
things for cities in the future.
All of the candidates, appear
ing together at the Georgia
Municipal Association’s annual
convention, promised programs
to benefit cities if elected.
The GMA wound up its con
vention with the installation of
Mayor Jack A. Leßoy of Ailey
as president, succeeding State
Rep. L. Howard Atherton Jr. of
Marietta.
Former Gov. Carl Sanders,
who drew fire from three other
candidates, said that if elected
to another term he would
develop a policy directed to
ward the cities, including a
broader tax base for local gov
ernment, expansion of home
rule, more state grants for lo
cal law enforcement and state
grants to help abate pollution.
Democrat McKee Hargrett,
wearing a hard hat and de
claring he was the “candidate
of the hard hats,” and Repub
licans Hal Suit and Jimmy
Bentley all criticized Sanders.
Also speaking were Demo
crats Jimmy Carter and C.B.
King and Republican Jeptha
Tanksley.
Carter said that property
taxes for school purposes must
be “drastically reduced” and
added that local governments
must be given “adequate
sources of local revenue and
financial aid from the state.”
Tanksley said he would seek
to return freedom of choice to
public schools and develop a
neighborhood concept for
schools. Bentley promised to
initiate a special tax force to
help cities curb crime. King
said he would orient his pro
gram toward helping Negroes
and poor whites.
Suit said he wants to over
haul the entire state govern
ment and declared that unless
this is done, Georgia’s future
will be “sharply limited.” Har
grett, drawing loud applause and
a round of rebel yells, vowed
that if necessary he would place
policemen and a soldier “every
100 yards with live ammunition
before I surrender Georgia to
criminal riff raff.”
The GMA, in a series of re
solutions, asked the legislature
for more authority in their own
affairs and a broadening of lo
cal tax bases.
Mayor Thomas W. Langhorne
of Sylvester was named first
vice president, Atlanta Aider
man E. Gregory Griggs was
elected second vice president
and Augusta Mayor Millard
Beckum third vice president.
The GMA aimed most of its
resolutions at the General As
sembly, urging legislators to
broaden local tax bases so that
cities can provide adequate pub-
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is that of a confrontation with
China, Miss Sergio believes.
She said she could offer no
solution to the problem of lost U.
S. influence in the Middle East.
But she said the leaders of
this nation could not use poker
playing tactics and expect to
win while the Russian leaders
are using chess tactics and
thinking five or six steps ahead.
She called on the leaders to
this nation to turn to reason and
quiet meditation in thinking
through the problems in the
Middle East.
Mrs. Hester Handley, pro
gram chairman, introduced the
speaker. Some 200 people at
tended.
lic services and improvements
to “satisfy the economic, social
and cultural needs of our peo
ple.”
The GMA also repeated its
demand the legislature give
cities half of one cent of the
state sales tax, a request that
has been turned down three
times.
The GMA also asked:
—That the legislature permit
municipalities to decide for
themselves the question of
legalizing liquor and beer sales.
Currently, that can only be done
on a countywide basis.
—That cities be allowed to
negotiate with the State High
way Department, as do
counties, for street construction
contracts.
—That the highway depart
ment be required to maintain all
state-aid roads within cities, in
stead of doing some of this
work strictly on a voluntary
basis.
—That the legislature refund
motor fuel revenue collected
from city governments for a
fuel used in all city vehicles.
The GMA also voiced its op
position to a move to incorpor
ate DeKalb County as a city.
Delegates, in their resolution,
called the proposal “detrimen
tal to the general welfare of the
municipalitiesof Georgia.”
Pickets
Continue
At Stores
The Black Unity Group of
Griffin (BUGG) which is af
filiated with the Southern Chris
tian Leadership Conference
(SCLC) continued picketing of
two food stores here today. (A
and P and Big Apple.)
The group said it was seeking
more higher paying jobs for
blacks at the two stores.
Freddie Phillips is president
of the BUGG here.
The organization issued this
statement:
“We feel that a large amount
of black money is being spent in
these stores. And we are press
ing for more jobs. These stores
and their regional offices were
notified before the boycott and
pickets started. We have not re
ceived any real consideration
on this matter. And we are ask
ing all people to support the
boycott for unfair practice in
hiring. Other stores are being
contacted for the same purpose.
We will follow the same method
in our fight for fair and just em-'
ployment.”