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As far as this layman knows
Tuesday of Holy Week does not
have a special designation as
does Maundy Thursday or Good
Friday, though it was one of the
most important days of the
week as Jesus continued to talk
with His disciples preparing
them for what would happen the
rest of the week.
Palm Sunday, which proceed
ed this Tuesday, had come and
gone; Jesus had been given a
great welcome as he rode into
Jerusalem; He had cleansed the
temple of the “money
changers” and others who
made His Father's House any
thing but what it should have
been. He had performed
miracles and then had left on
his way to Bethany. Becoming
tired he sat by the side of the
road and talked with His
disciples, telling them certain
parables. One told of the ten
virgins invited to the wedding
feast, the other of certain ser
vants entrusted with talents by
their master who left them
in charge as he took a journey.
Jesus also warned against
false prophets, many of whom
were even then predicting that
the time was ripe for the end of
foe world. Jesus reminded them
of the prediction by the true
prophets of old of His death and
of His resurrection.
It seems to this layman that
foe purpose of this man to man
talk between Jesus and His
disciples can be boiled down to
such few words as “Don’t Be
Fooled”, “Be Ready” “Keep
Up Your Good Work”, “Carry
My Message”, “Love God
Above All” “Love. Thy Neigh
bor”, and “Have Complete
Faith.”
The disciples were worried
about Jesus leaving them; they
longed for Him to continue with
them. But Jesus told them it
was necessary for Him to follow
foe schedule foretold by the true
prophets of old, speaking for His
Father. But He told them not to
think the world was coming to
an end and that eventually He
would give them a peace that
only He and God could give.
It is interesting to this veteran
to note today is the anniversary
d America’s declaration of war
against Germany (Apr. 6, 1917)
that kicked off World War One.
As this war progressed and
victory loomed it became a
popular slogan calling this war
“foe war to end all wars”.
But that was far from being
true. America, along with other
nations, caught its breath after
welcoming the Armistice with
shouts of joy; then started
celebrating the victory, turning
their backs on “The Prince of
Peace” and going their own sel
fish, stiff necked way of living.
Soon hatreds, selfishness, envy,
greed and lust were running
rampage. And we lost our
chance to have true peace.
Today, just as 58 years ago,
just as nearly 2,000 years ago, in
fact just as since the beginning
of time, what the world needs
most is “Peace, Peace, The gift
of God’s Love.”
We might be startled if we
honestly answer the question
“Am I, is America, is the world,
ready for such a peace?”
Warrant issued
21 years ago
returned here
The Spalding Sheriff’s
Department received some
unexpected mail today which
was 21-years-old.
A warrant charging an
Atlanta man with kidnapping a
16-year-old Griffin girl on Feb.
14, 1950 was returned from the
Identification Division of the
GBI where it had been since
that date. The warrant was
sworn out by the girl’s father,
who said she was taken without
his consent Photographs of foe
couple were with the warrant
The Sheriff’s Office has no
record of the kidnapping and no
explanation was given by the
GBI.
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Mayor makes appointment with his doctor for checkup.
Mayor supports
cancer drive
Mayor Barron Cumming did
something unusual today. Like
many mayors throughout the
state and the country, he
proclaimed the month of April
Cancer Control Month. But
Mayor Cumming went one step
further. He called his doctor
today and made his own ap
pointment for a full health
checkup.
“I think all residents of the
city should use this month as a
reminder to get a health
checkup,” said Mayor Cum
ming. “All too often we listen to
foe American Cancer Society’s
messages and we learn that one
out of every four people will get
cancer and that cancer can be
cured by early detection and
treatment. And then we say
‘l’m too busy to get a checkup
right now’ or ‘I feel good so I’ll
wait until I get sick to see the
doctor’. And we all tend to think
Mitchell brands Boggs’ attack
on Hoover ‘slanderous falsehoods’
WASHINGTON (UPI) -At
tomey General John N. Mitch
ell has branded as “slanderous
falsehoods” and “vicious”
name-calling House Democratic
Leader Hale Boggs’ charge that
the FBI has engaged in
totalitarian-like tactics by tap
ping phones of congressmen.
Boggs, D-La., said Monday in
a House speech Mitchell should
ask for the resignation of FBI
Director J. Edgar Hoover.
“When the time conies, such
as exists now, that the FBI
taps the telephones of members
of this body and of members of
the Senate, when the FBI
stations agents on college
campuses to infiltrate college
fraternities, when the FBI
adopts the tactics of the Soviet
Union and Hitler’s Gestapo,
then it is time ... that the
present director thereof no
longer be the director,” Boggs
said.
Mitchell issued a statement
from Key Biscayne, Fla., where
he was vacationing, saying
Boggs’ should “recant” and
“apologize” for his “reckless
speech.” He denied that the
FBI had tapped the telephones
of congressmen at any time.
“Mr. Boggs’ attack on J.
Edgar Hoover consists of
slanderous falsehoods and the
most vicious kind of name
calling,” Mitchell said.
“In comparing the FBI to
Hitler’s Gestapo, Mr. Boggs has
reached a new low in political
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that the one in four is going to be
someone else, not us.”
After Mayor Cumming read
foe proclamation today, he read
foe pamphlet which will be
distributed to every household
in Griffin by American Cancer
Society volunteers. The pam
phlet, prepared by the Georgia
Division ACS, describes what a
good health checkup should
include. It also lists the warning
signals for cancer, the signals
which indicate an early form of
cancer which should be treated
immediately.
“When an American
Cancer volunteer comes to your
door to give you this important
pamphlet, don’t toss it aside, ”
urged the mayor. “Read it
carefully as I did and then ask
yourself, ‘do I have any of these
warning symptoms?’ and ‘when
was the last time I had a health
checkup?”
dialogue.”
Boggs said he believed the
FBI had been acting in
violation of the BUI of Rights.
“The greatest thing we have
in this nation is the BiU of
Rights,” Boggs said. “We are a
great country because we are a
free country. The way Mr.
Hoover is running the country
today, it is no longer a free
country.”
Boggs said he was “asto
nished” to read Mitchell said
Hoover should stay on because
he is a law and order man.
“If law and order means the
suppression of the BiU of
Rights, infiltration of college
Tag sales
tabulated
Mrs. Ruby HUI, tax com
missioner and tag agent, said it
would be this weekend before
her staff can determine how
many people bought tags before
the April 1 deadline.
Her staff is busy tabulating
the sales.
During the course of a year,
Spalding expects to issue some
22,000 veMcle tags.
People who missed the dead
line on buying their tags now
face penalties of 25 percent of
foe tag cost, 10 percent of the ad
valorem property taxes in
volved and a straight fl late fee.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, April 6, 1971
Cities can
contract with
state for paving
Mayor Barron Cumming said
today that the city of Griffin had
no immediate plans to negotiate
paving contracts with the state.
The mayor said the city has
not received information on
what is involved undo* a new
law signed by Gov. Jimmy Car
ter yesterday.
The law permits cities to
enter into paving contracts with
foe State Highway Department.
This has been the practice of the
state with counties for many
years.
The news prompted a county
commissioner this morning to
predict that large metropolitan
areas now would be in position
to get such contracts.
Jade Moss, commenting on
foe paving program while the
County Commissioners were in
session at the Spalding Court
house, said he thought this
would mean less money for
counties who have been con
tracting with the State Highway
Department for paving.
Spalding County has con
tracted with the department for
many miles of paving in the
county in years past.
The three Spalding Com
missioners, Chairman David
Elder, Mr. Moss and Com
missioner Sandy Morgan, had a
talk with Burt Lance, Highway
Director, about the new high
way policies which might be put
into practice under the new ad
ministration.
The three commissioners said
foey were pleased with the dis
cussions with Mr. Lance. The
commissioners indicated they
might have to submit paving
proposals on a priority basis in
the future and get the support of
all three Spalding legislative
delegates on such matters.
The commissioners indicated
foey were optimistic about the
paving outlook here in the
future.
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campuses, the tapping of the
telephones of members of
Congress of the United States,
then I say ‘God, help us,”’
Boggs said
Padgett gets
2,359 to sign
petitions
Richard Padgett of Griffin
secured 2,359 signatures on
petitions for the defense of Lt.
Wfiliam CaUey. He kicked off a
one-man campaign here last
week to get the petitions signed.
Mr. Padgett said he had a 16-
year-old grandson who may be
caught up in the war and be
came concerned about the
morale of the Armed Forces in
the wake of the CaUey court
martial.
Mr. Padgett said the petitions
would be sent to President
Nixon.
The President announced he
would personaUy review the
CaUey case and make a final
determination on its disposition.
Mr. Padgett thanked foe news
media and Commercial Bank k
Trust Company for assisting
him in his campaign.
Speed limit posted
in subdivisions
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Gov. Carter signs
bills to aid cities
By TOM GREENE
ATLANTA (UPI)—Gov. Jim
my Carter signed a spate of
County
permits
$767,734
Building permits issued by
Spalding County during March
totaled $767,734 with permits for
33 new single residential homes
leading the list.
The homes were valued at a
total of 506,225.
There were 27 permits for
mobUe homes totaling $126,759.
Permits for two commercial
structures totaled $26,500. A
permit for a duplex home was
listed at $15,000.
Eight additions were listed at
$23,250.
“Biased men arrive at an
opinion—and then seek facts to
support it”
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bills into law Monday, four of
them designed to help the
state’s cities, as urban officials
looked on smUing.
Two of the bUls affect urban
road construction and mainte
nance. One bill is for SSO mil
lion worth of urban road bonds
to finance new street and high
way construction. The other bUI
authorizes the state highway di
rector to negotiate directly with
foe cities for road construction
and maintenance work as he
previously could with counties.
“There have been efforts
made since 1968 to get this sort
of legislation passed,” Carter
said as he signed the bills.
Leaders of the Georgia Muni
cipal Association were on hand
for the biU-signing.
The urban bond bUI wifi be
financed partly through funds
raised by the state’s new one
cent hike in the gasoline tax
which takes effect June 1. But
a highway spokesman said the
first bonds will not be issued
until July 1972.
The other urban road mea
sure allows cities to go directly
to the highway department for
road contracts instead of hav
ing to go through their county
commissioners. Carter said he
was glad to sign the measure,
which was one of his campaign
commitments.
The governor also signed two
bills amending the laws govern
ing the annexation of areas sur
rounding the state’s cities. One
ended the restriction that only
cities of 5,000 population or
more could annex.
The second bill cleared up the
language in the old law which
forbade annexing across “poli
tical boundaries.” The old law
had been interpreted to mean
annexations could not cross
school district lines, since they
were in a sense political boun
daries. The new law refers spe
cifically to county lines as po
litical boundaries.
A “uniform crime reporting
system” was established by an
other bill signed into law Mon
day. It requires local police and
sheriff’s departments to make
monthly reports on crime sta
tistics to the State Public Safe
ty Department. Local authori
ties are also required to report
stolen vehicles and wanted per
sons within 12 hours.
Carter also signed into law a
measure prohibiting discrimina
tion in hiring against persons
between the ages of 40 and 65
solely because of their age.
The governor delayed signing
of one bill, revising the state
individual income tax laws to
conform with federal tax report
ing procedures, because its au
thor, Rep. Tom Murphy of Bre
men, was not invited to the
ceremony. The bill will be
signed Thursday.
As of Monday, Carter still
had signed into law or vetoed
less than a third of the bills
and resolutions passed by the
recent General Assembly. In
all, the legislature passed 841
bills and some 200 resolutions,
and Carter has signed or ve
toed only 356 of them.
14 retail
beer permits
issued here
The Spalding County Com
missioners this morning receiv
ed a report that 14 retail beer
licenses had been issued.
No licenses for wine package
sales in the county have been
issued, they said.
One for wine was approved
then withdrawn, they said.
The commissioners voted to
permit package beer and wine
sales in the county at their
February meeting.
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Spalding County Com
missioners today moved to
improve safety in two school
zones and in subdivisions.
They announced that blinker
signals would be installed at the
new Jackson road elementary
school and at Susie B. Atkinson
Elementary School on North
Hill extension.
The commissioners said that
lady school patrol officers such
as the city now has at school
crossings will be employed by
the county to direct traffic at
the two schools.
This is being handled tem
porarily by sheriff’s deputies
until foe uniforms for the patrol
ladies can be secured, the
commissioners said.
Application to proper state
authorities has been made for
an appropriate speed zone for
the Jackson School area, the
commissioners said.
The speed limit will be
determined and posted, they
said.
They said the Atkinson school
area already is under the
jurisdiction of the city which
has foe power to regulate speed
in school zones.
The commissioners pointed
out that it does not have the
power to set speed limits except
under certain conditions.
Establishing speed zones in
subdivisions and residential
areas outside the city limits has
been in the works for some
months now.
The commissioners today
signed a resolution authorizing
35 m.p.h. speed limit signs to be
pasted in these areas beginning
immediately.
The signs will be pasted in all
residential areas of the county,
foe commissioners indicated.
The signs are ready to go up
now and work on installing
them will begin immediately,
they added.
The county law officers will
patrol such areas and enforce
foe speed limits.
Commissioners hope the new
measures will help improve
traffic safety near the schools
as well as in subdivisions.
Hearings
planned
on zoning
The Spalding County Com
missioners agreed to have
public hearings chi two rezoning
proposals. The proposals were
approved by the County
Planning Commission and
forwarded to the com
missioners.
Jimmy Joiner of Spalding
Real Estate and Construction
Company had requested an
area of 1,440 feet by 721 feet on
Cowan road be rezoned from R 2
to R 3. He wants to construct an
apartment complex in that
area.
Dan Smith, Jr., and Fred
Smith, brothers in the real
estate business, had requested
that the comer lot of Airport
road and U.S. 19 be rezoned
from R1 to Cl. The planning
board recommended that the
area from the highway to
Woodlawn be included rather
foe single lot requested.
Bill Landrum, through his
attorney John Goddard,
requested that property on
Carver road be rezoned from R1
to C 2. The planning board gave
a negative report on the
request.
The county commissioners
accepted the findings of the
planning board in all three
instances and will have public
hearings on the proposed
changes on Airport road and
Cowan road.