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EGOODp*
VENIN O’
By Quimby Mehon
Thursday, July 16, is the 25th
anniversary of the firing and
ls explosion of the first atomic
bomb that opened a Pandora
box of good and bad.
The experiment, (and experi
t ment it was for there was grave
doubt in the minds of the scien
tists that something might not
function and the experiment
15 would prove a dud,) was con
ducted at the White Sands
Missile Range in New Mexico.
p The spot where the device
exploded and sent its large
mushroom shaped cloud into
the air, is known as Trinity Site.
r When the bomb exploded it
left a big 10-foot deep crater.
Today the hole is filed, almost to
the top, with the shifting sands.
Trinity Site today is hard to
reach and it is only on the anni
versary of the first bomb ex
n plosion that any attention is
paid to it. There on each anni
versary a small group from
White Sands Missile Station
’ pays a visit to it and dusts the
sands off a small marker made
of black lava stone. It is in
, scribed “Trinity Site where the
world’s first nuclear device was
exploded on July 16, 1945.” The
rest of the year Trinity Site is
* left to the coyottes, prarie dogs
and rattlesnakes; the wind and
the shifting sands.
Three weeks after the first
bomb was exploded, two Japan
ese cities, Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, were almost com
■ pletely destroyed by two atomic
bombs. This marked the be
ginning of the ending of World
War Two; for on Sept. 1, 1945,
General Douglas MacArthur,,
aboard the U. S. Battleship
Missouri, received the official
. surrender of the Japanese.
The atomic bomb was con
sidered the last word in power
but today it is almost as out of
, date as a Model T. Ford.
Following the first explosion
scientists have developed the
hydrogen bomb, and have been
successful in sending man-guid
ed missiles to the moon.
Good Evening is not a scien
, tist and understands little about
the atomic bomb or any other
nuclear force. As a matter of
fact about all the science he
remembers is that he was
taught by Prof. Shingler at old
Emory College, “the atom is the
smallest thing there is and can-
* not be broken (split.)” That
gives readers an idea of how
changed is science today.
. July 16 is another important
date in nuclear history. It was
on this day in 1969 that Apollo 11
made the first successful trip to
* the moon.
J. Robert Oppenheimer and
others who were successful in
t splitting the atom discovered a
power that could result in
destruction of the world or could
be harnessed and made useful
* to mankind.
It seems appropriate that the
way to split the atom should
have been developed in a small
* labatory hidden under the
stands at Stagg Memorial Sta
dium in Chicago. For sporting
, events such as those played
there all have an element of
chance. And so it is with the
atom, there is a chance it can
* help but also a chance it can
destroy.
But there is a power greater
than the most powerful atom
bomb man can make; it is faith
and prayer to the Almighty God
to forgive and save, nations as
* well as individuals.
W. -
“A child may not inherit
his father's talent but he will
absorb his values.”
Copyright l»». by Frank A. Clark
Crop Duster Pilot Killed
PITTS, Ga. (UPI) — Dennis
Everidge, 21, a crop duster
pilot, was killed Monday when
his plane stalled as he sought
to avoid another aircraft, then
crashed and burned.
His brother, Ronnie Everidge,
suffered serious bums when
sprayed with burning gasoline
as he sought to rescue the
flyer.
Wilcox County Sheriff E. C.
Addison said the Everidge
brothers operated a crop-dust-
k ■
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GREAT LAMESHUR BAY, ST. JOHN, VIRGIN ISLANDS—
Dr. Sylvia A. Earle checks plant life along the ocean floor.
She Is the head of a five-woman team of scientist-aquanauts
Culpepper Signs
For School Board
R. G. Culpepper of 118 Lucky
street has qualified as a candi
date for the Griffin-Spalding
PROPOSES CHANGE
WASHINGTON (UPI) -The
Federal Aviation Administra
tion, in an effort to make air
taxi services and commuter
type airlines meet tougher
safety standards, has proposed
a rules change involving
smaller airplanes with 10 or
more passenger seats.
Under the proposal, such
plane would have to meet the
more rigorous standards set for
larger transports. The FAA will
accept public comments on the
proposal until Oct. 5., and a
spokesman said it was not likely
the rule would become effective
before mid-1971.
Mayor Eyes Talk With Maddox
About By-Pass Intersection
Mayor Joe Dutton said today
that the City Commissioners
will consult with the Spalding
County Commissioners about
the posssibility of a joint con
ference with Gov. Lester Mad
dox concerning the U.S. 19 and
Griffin By-Pass intersection.
The City Commissioners
decided on the move after the
mayor received a letter from
Gov. Maddox about the inter
section. Mayor Dutton wrote the
governor last week after two
children were killed in a wreck
at the intersection.
Mayor Dutton said the
governor’s reply was not
DAILY
Daily Since 1872
ing service and were working
at a Wilcox County farm when
the accident occurred.
Addison said Dennis Everidge,
of Pitts, pulled out of the path
of another plane piloted by
Dena Anderson of Vienna and
“circled back, and when he did
his motor stalled on him.”
The plane crashed about 100
yards from where Ronnie Ever
idge was standing and Ronnie
was trying to get his brother
out of the downed plane when it
exploded.
Board of Education for County
District One. Incumbent Bill
Westmoreland already had
qualified to succeed.himself.
Culpepper’s entry formed the
first contest for a school board
post. The election will be on the
same day as the Republican and
Democratic primaries in
September. It will be a separate
election.
C. T. Parker qualifed to
succeed himself in the city-at
large post yesterday.
Earlier Henry Walker, Dun
dee official, had qualified for
the Third Ward city post now
held by Don Jackson.
Dr. Tom Hunt has qualified
for County Post Four presently
held by Taylor Manley.
Qualifying will end July 31.
exactly what he had hoped it
would be and didn’t offer
solutions to the traffic hazard.
Mr. Dutton said he appre
ciated the governor’s letter and
his concern about the inter
section.
Gov. Maddox wrote the
mayor that he had asked the
Highway Department about the
intersection and been informed
that a local delegation talked
with the Highway Department
about it last week.
The governor said he was in
formed that the fatal accident
involved a driver error that
could not have been eliminated
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Georgia 30223 Tuesday, July 14, 1970
Panel Says Building
Not Reasonable Now
conducting a two-week research project 50 feet beneath the
surface of the bay. One of their major studies concerns the
ecology of sea grasses. (UPI Colorphoto).
Sanders, Bentley
Campaign Here '
Carl Sanders will come to
Griffin tomorrow to open his
campaign headquarters.
Frank Thomas, his local
Gordon
Names
Henderson
James M. Henderson Sr., has
been named business manager
and treasurer of Gordon Mili
tary College by the Board of
Trustees. Mr. Henderson
succeeds R. W. Wright who has
accepted a position with
Mohegan Community College in
Norwich, Conn.
by the Highway Department,
state patrol or other local of
ficials.
He said the Highway
Department had informed him
of two possible considerations
which were:
—This facility is an inter
mediate link between present
day operation and future
relocation of U.S. 19 which is
planned on a grade separation.
—The geometries of this
project are favorable to safe
operation, once the side street
traffic has stopped. The High
way Department feels it has
taken all available action within
NEWS
campaign manager, announced
that the former governor will
cut a ribbon at the Professional
Building (formerly Spalding
Hotel) at 10 a.m., that he Will
hold a press conference after
that, and that he will go on a
handshaking tour of Griffin be
fore leaving here about noon.
Jimmy Bentley, Republican
candidate, spoke to the Ameri
can Business Club in Griffin this
afternoon and was scheduled to
shake hands around town later
in the day.
Last week Jimmy Carter,
Democratic candidate for
Governor, visited Griffin and
shook hands in shopping centers
and up and down Hill street.
The Sanders and Bentley
visits will be reported in full in
tomorrow’s Griffin Daily News.
its jurisdiction to assure that
the motoring public is so ad
vised of the stop condition for
this side street traffic.
“I would urge that traffic
signal devices be provided
immediately and that the news
media assist in informing the
public of the changing driving
environment that will face local
traffic when this project is
opened.” Gov. Maddox wrote.
He said the Highway Depart
ment had advised him that it
had been apprehensive that this
type accident would occur and
had taken several actions in
volving reconstruction of traffic
Vol. 98 No. 140
Merger
Plan
Backed
A special study committee
believes that until the govern
ments of Griffin and Spalding
County are merged, it is not
reasonable to consider building
a joint city-county building.
The five-man committee
issued a report on their findings
today. They were appointed by
the City and County Com
missioners to look into the
possibility of a joint city-county
building.
Banker Frank Jolly served as
chairman. Others of the panel
were Otis Blake, construction
and real estate man; Herbert
Bolton, hardware store owner;
Warren Scoville, banker, and
Bill Wesley, farm equipment
dealer.
The five-man committee
pointed out that a 1965 study
committee had recommended
merger of the city and county
governments here.
The five-man committee
appointed to study what should
be done about the present court
house building and city hall
space endorsed the earlier re
commendation of merger. The
committee attached a copy of
the 1965 merger proposal to its
findings.
Griffin and Spalding County
Commissioners were asked for
comments today on the study
committee’s findings. Only one
responded. The others said they
wanted to study the report be
fore commenting.
County Commissioner Jack
Moss said the committee “saw
the situation about like I do. I
don’t believe we need a $3-
million bond debt for such a
building when there are more
pressing needs such as county
water lines. We will continue to
try to give the people services
within our present facilities
with perhaps some rearranging
of the courthouse space.”
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islands, placement of stop
signs, advance warning
markers, use of rumble strips,
and channelization markers for
additional traffic islands.
The governor also noted that
the Highway Department had
appealed to the County Com
missioners to install a flashing
beacon to support the stop signs
at this location.
(The County Commissioners
declined, saying that they had
pointed out the hazard before
the By-Pass was constructed
and they felt such a light was
the responsibility of the state.
The state’s answer was the
Highway Department didn’t
install such signals.)
Text Os Report
The following is the text of a report from a five-member
city-county committee appointed to look into the possi
bility of a city-county government building;
We, the five man committee constituted by you for the
purpose of looking into the possibility and feasibility of
constructing a new joint municipal building to house our
two local governments, hereby submit the following re
port of our findings:
After meeting with both Commissions we see some need
on the part of the city for additional office space but none
at the present time for the county.
The city could convert the City Hall courtroom into
office space if desired and lease the county courtroom on a
mutually arranged time and rental basis. The County
Commission has indicated they would cooperate on this
proposition. Otherwise, we feel that it is not necessary and
perhaps not even advisable that all city departments be
housed within the confines of the present city hall or in one
municipal building. It might be that such departments as
Parks, Recreation and some others actually serve best
when housed where the work of these departments is
performed. It does not seem to us that in this day of radio
and telephone communication, the location of a particular
department away from city hall should pose any great
problem of supervision and control.
With the exception of the courtroom itself, the county
courthouse seems adequate, space wise, for the functions
presently being performed. There is the need for a new
roof which we understand is being recommended by the
special committee of the October 1969 term of the Spald
ing County Grand Jury and we concur in this re
commendation. As to the courtroom, we recommend that
the offices to the rear of the courtroom be re-located and
the courtroom be extended to provide additional room. At
the same time, we think extensive remodeling and moder
nizing of the courtroom should be done to provide the dig
nity, comfort and convenience necessary for the orderly
administration of justice. It would also seem advisable
that some rearranging of other office space for utility pur
poses and remodeling of the building in general for esthe
tic purposes be considered in the reasonable future.
We feel that the merging of city and county govern
ments will prove to be practical and economically sound
within the foreseeable future. The fact that there is only
one municipality in the county is a situation favorable to
ultimate merging. Planning for such a merger should be
instituted by city, county and legislative officials as soon
as possible.
The combining of some city and county services has
already been accomplished and hopefully more can be
done along these lines as time progresses. However, until
such time as the actual merging of governments should
take place, we do not feel that a joint dty-county mimici
pal building is reasonable to consider. Furthermore, we
feel that the three million dollar estimated cost of such a
building or even one and a half or two million dollar cost,
should Federal funds be made available, is too much
bonded debt to sustain at this time in view of the more
pressing needs such as additional water service into the
county and additional sewage facilities and service within
the city.
The orderly growth of Griffin and Spalding County, both
industrially and residentially, is more dependent at this
time on additional expansion of water lines than on any
other one thing. Consequently, we favor, at the appro
priate time, the use of the county’s limited available bond
ing capacity for water extension rather than for a joint
municipal building.
While this committee is charged only with the matter of
a joint municipal building, we would like to take this
opportunity to endorse the 1965 City-County Study Com
mittee report, a copy of which is included herewith.
We would like to say in conclusion that, while our city
and county governments operate as separate entities,
there exists a high degree of cooperation between the two
commissions. We commend you for this and for the ex
cellent service you individually and collectively are
rendering our community.
Respectfully,
Otis D. Blake Jr.
Herbert A. Bolton
Warren Scoville
Bill Wesley
Frank Jolly, Chairman
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