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Griffin Daily News V.Ofc.W.V.W V.V.V.V ”" ' ' " 1..— . . - I ■■ ‘ A ' SO * jD . , ® R S Practice near a pagoda in Cambodia’s capital of Phnom Penh. These women are nart of an all-out drive by the Cambodian government to get everyone between ages 18 and 60 involved in the struggle industry*o* onTarms *** S ° me ’ ** theSC ’ t 0 be taken int ° the armed forces - Others will work in war-related McGovern backs income floor By WILLIAM 0. TOME ATLANTA (UPI)-Sen. Geor ge McGovern, D-S. D., told the 13th annual convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Wednesday night that if the United States can af ford to subsidize a supersonic airplane it should be able to af ford a minimum income for the poor. McGovern, who said the SCLC had become the “embodiment of man’s deepest longings and as pirations for peace,” also de plored the “venal effort” to de fame the late Rev. Martin Lu ther King Jr., founder of the SCLC, in a published magazine article which alleged marital in fidelity by the slain civil rights leader. He blamed the Time magazine report concerning a book that claimed the FBI obtained wire taps of alleged extramarital ac tivity on “a deepening insecur ity which makes men fear in stead of trust, hate instead of love.” McGovern said the incident symbolized “a legal perversion that is more obsessed with so cial crusaders and campus rad icals than with the Mafia under For Greater Savings BUY IfflHllfenmtFßlm CEHSES3 INSULATION • Outstanding Results and Methods. • No Need to Remove Siding on Existing Homes. • New Wall Injection System. Joel Smith, 227-2873 I / / Ly II Li m >•"’:“ j JPM THAXTON'S BUSTER BROWN SHOE STORE 123 SOUTH HILL STREET 15 Thursday, August 13, 1970 SCLC convention world. It is a kind of official lawlessness that overrides sim ple humanity, personal privacy and a sense of dignity which are the marks of a humane so ciety." He told the SCLC delegates that the United States “desper ately needs” the nonviolent so cial philosophy espoused by the civil rights organization. “This nation will not survive without the healing balm of the good news that you have the ca pacity to prepare on the prob lems of poverty, racism and war,” the South Dakota senator said. Before McGovern addressed the annual banquet, SCLC Pres ident Ralph Abernathy present ed Archbishop Dom Helder Ca mara Pessora of Brazil with the second annual Dr. Martin Luth er King Jr. Award. Abernathy said the Roman Catholic leader had made a “courageous contribution to the advancement of nonviolent so cial change, world peace and in ternational brotherhood.” Pessora, who was presented a sl,ooocheck along with a plaque, said in a heavy accent that he wished to “promote a great That Buster Brown! Nothing but a do-gooder Everything he does is so goody-goody. Like making full-fashion shoes for girls that even mothers love. And they love them just because Buster Brown shoes have plenty of quality and such a well-behaved fit. *9s° to *l2" union among all of the nonvio lent movement.” Earlier in the day, Abernathy turned his microphone over to members of the Georgia Black Liberation Movement after they scuffled with SCLC officials on the speaking platform. The incident followed an at tack by Abernathy on the Amer ican political system and Presi dent Nixon during which he hint ed at another mass march on Washington. “We must reconvene the poor peoples coalition toward the end of this year or early in 1971,” he said. “I don’t know what fas hion or form, but at least I know this: In the face of a re pressive, anti-black, anti-poor, anti-peace, anti-youth national government, it becomes our duty in the nonviolent movement to return to the seat of govern ment—Washington, D. C.” He blamed the nation’s social Torres hearing _ <* **■ continued Sept. 9 FT. MCPHERSON (UPI)- Preliminary proceedings have been continued until Sept. 9 in the court - martial of Sgt. Esequiel Torres, who is charged with murder in the alleged My Lai massacre. When the hearing for the 22- year-old Brownsville, Tex., sol dier opened Wednesday, his at torneys made a number of mo tions challenging the proceed ings. Col. James A. Hagan, the mil itary judge in the case, dis- ills on “Facist domination” and said, “I call for a new non-vio lence. The Pentagon must come to a grinding halt. We may be forced to liberate and occupy the Justice Department and Congress.” The key to an end to “Fac ism,” Abernathy said, would be Nixon’s defeat at the polls. “It is he that has alienated blacks and poor and minority peoples,” Abernathy saidof Nix on. “He has rendered our dol lars worthless by inflating the economy. It is he that has in cited military troops to gun us down in the streets. It is he that has made murderers of our sons in Southeast Asia.” The youths dressed in African dashikis who gained control of the podium for five minutes, asked the SCLC to grant them SI,OOO and claimed they were being ignored by the civil rights group. missed 11 of the motions, in cluding one by civilian attorney Charles L. Weltner challenging die Army’s right to act as both judge and prosecutor. A three-judge federal panel ruled against Weltner Monday in a move to have Torres’ case removed from military jurisdic tion. Weltner’s suit to have the case moved to civilian courts was also based mainly on con stitutional grounds. Weltner said Wednesday Tor res was “determined to exhaust whatever remedies he may have in civilian court,” noting he was preparing an appeal to the U. S. Suprem Court of the three-judge panel’s ruling. Hagan said he would accept evidence on further motions from Torres’ legal counsel when the hearing resumes next month. One motion by Weltner to be carried over until then asked that he be permitted to obtain pre-trial testimony from De fense Secretary Melvin Laird, Army Secretary Stanley Resor, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Wil liam Westmoreland, Central In telligence Agency Director Rich ard Helms, presidential press secretary Ron Ziegler and oth ers. Weltner said he wanted to question them regarding public statements made about My Lai and on the issue of command influence. Torres is charged with the machinegun murder of at least three Vietnamese civilians at My Lai when more than 100 allegedly were slaughtered March 16, 1968; premeditated murder by hanging of another just before My Lai, and assault with intent to murder. He is one of 12 soldiers charged with murder in the My Lai case, nine of them enlisted men. One of the three officers. funeral service. Haistftn. *~—■*■ ■— ■ i .. I. i iIBJMi Fonebal Home Griffin Phone 227-3231 The small farm Peace, quiet and hard work By TOM TIEDE WAVERLY, Neb.—(NEA) —The world doesn’t get much nevermind at the Carl Swanson place. There is the television, of course, and if somebody tunes it in there are pictures of soldiers dying, Negroes marching and students screaming in the street. But in the evening here, when the work is done, the only thing the TV is for is Lawrence Welk. When he’s not on, Carl Swanson usually sits outside his house with his wife and just listens to his crops grow. Swanson’s a farmer. Age 72. He has lived on this same quarter of Salt Creek Valley all of his life, same as his father did, “workin’ hard, mindin’ my own, and livin’ to a good old age.” You might call him a hick. Wash your mouth out. Carl Swanson has seen the city, but chooses the country. “We’ve been pert’near ever’- where in the country ’cept New York City,” he says, his hands rammed into the stomach pockets of his over alls. “And lemme tell you one thin’. We’re always glad to get back home.” Home is 211 acres of grow ing land, an hour’s drive from the city, Lincoln, on the new Interstate 80. Swan son’s father, a Swedish im migrant, bought it for $6 an acre in 1877. There’s been wheat and hay and cows and chickens here since. “We’re growin’ milo this year,” Swanson says, nod ding his head toward the field and explaining courte ously, “you know what milo is, don’t you? It’s feed grain, like corn.” He rubs his face. Blows his nose. “Good thin’ we ain’t got corn planted this year. Been dry all summer. Them with corn’s in trou ble.” He pauses. And a pause in farm coun try is really a pause. Then . . . then ... at last he adds: “Yep. Been a real dry summer for corn.” Slow - talking, easy - going Carl Swanson is a tossback to another age in America. Albeit a refreshing one. Once the nation’s farm population was 30 million (1940). Then the world changed. War. Production. Urbanization. City life, with its all-night drug stores, double-feature movies and hourly factory pay, attracted two-thirds of the farmers. Today only Carl Swanson and 10 million oth I rcMTBMw * — CARL SWANSON: “Workin’ hard, mindin’ my own.” ers are left. But the world may be com pleting a full turn. Towns people fear the all-night stores now because night streets shelter thugs. The double features at the movies are rated X. Factory pay is reduced by strikes. So there is a slow return to the soil. Most of Swanson’s neighbors are becoming ruralized city types who commute. “There’s a retired colonel over there, he’s got 15 acres. There’s a doctor down the way, he’s got about the same. They all like it out here.” Why? “Easy, it’s ’cause country life’s the best there is.” I Entire Summer Stock ! on SALE | • Drawing Mon. Aug. 17,5:00 P. M. | First Prize 8100 Merchandise Second Prize SSO Merchandise 3rd. Prize $25 Merchandise • Yon do not have to be present. $9 4m A see the “ new ” 1 X Jump-suits, fake-furs, | wet-looks, coat-dress g 110 South Hill Street ensemble-etc. etc. | nmnrmri ROBERTA, GA. THURS. AUG. 27 - 10 A.M. PROPERTY OF Mr. & Mrs. E. C. Bradberry Located on U. S. 341 - 4 Blocks South of U. S. 80 ROBERTA MOTOR COURT 10 UNITS - POOL - RESTAURANT Fine, modern motel with ten air conditioned guest units and a 3-room apartment for owner or operator. All rooms are fully carpeted and have a tiled bath with tub and shower. Property fronts 500 feet on the highway and includes a 100 foot building lot adjoining which will be offered separately. There is a 40 ft. x 60 ft. swimming pool, said to be the largest South of Atlanta, for the relaxation of guests. EXCELLENT RESTAURANT adjoins the motel for the use of guests and local patrons. The dining room seats 75 Diners and there is a modern, all electric kitchen for quick, efficient meal preparation. For Further information and descriptive brochure, contact our office. TERMS TO BE ANNOUNCED Property with Us Reg. U. S. Trademark LICENSED • BONDED • INSURED From the look of him, Swanson is proof of his own testimony. Thin, crinkle skinned, he is nonetheless hard as oak. Which comes from, he says, endless work. With only a grown son (Norm, 41, who lives just across the road) as help, the old man is up every morn ing at 5 to milk 28 cows. He toils the sun around. “We don’t like daylight savin’s time, ’cause it gives an extra hour light. And, hell, that means an extra hour work. We don’t like stoppin’ here ’til it’s dark.” For all his energy, Swan son works not as much by choice as necessity. Falling prices and rising costs have hurt the farm population at least as much as the lure of the city. “Making it,” says Swanson, “just ain’t never easy.” The man’s machinery alone has cost him nearly $50,000 over the years; the market prices of his crops have plummeted — winter wheat has dropped from $3.25 to $1.25 a bushel in 20 years; and the cost of hired help has almost tripled since World War 11. Farmer Swanson isn’t complaining. Things are fine. Crops are green, his health is good and from the whiff of things the missus is al most ready with supper.