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By Quimby Melton
Last week, Good Evening
along with many other Griffini
tes, attended the ground break
ing ceremonies for our latest
industry — Borden Chemicals.
There were many things that
impressed us with the ceremon
ies and with the company that is
to locate here.
Governor Jimmy Carter join
ed other Georgians in welcom
ing the new company. Several
Borden officials, headed by
President Harry C. Wechsler
were here for the big event.
President Wechsler said
among other things that the
prime reason his company
chose Griffin for its new plant
“was people.” Griffin and
Spalding County, he said, had
everything that a community
has to offer, utilities, good loca
tion, good transportation, and
all that, but the chief thing they
liked was “the people we met,
they welcomed us and we be
lieve they will prove good
neighbors to our industry; and
we certainly look forward to be
coming an important part of
this fine community.”
Earlier one of the welcoming
local officials, it may have been
Mayor Cumming, or chairman
Elder, or President Claxton, or
past president Homer Sigman,
we don’t remember which one,
but one of them in welcoming
Borden said in effect “they ask
ed no special favors of us; they
sought no special concessions.
That’s the kind of an industry
that becomes an important
factor in the development of a
better all-round community.”
This old timer has long felt
that the people in this commun
ity are the best people in all the
state, in the nation and in the
world. Now Borden seems to
have endorsed our opinion.
The Borden Company will be
housed in a 70,000 square foot
one-story building. It will be
large enough to care for opera
tions at the first and it is so
designed that additions may be
added when needed. The build
ing will be so constructed that it
will fit in with Borden’s policy of
controlling to a minimum any
pollution of air and water. This
in itself makes the new industry
a most welcomed addition.
One can get an idea of the size
of Borden Chemicals, which al
ready has plants in other parts
of the country, when told their
business last year totaled $3Bl
-
Borden Chemicals will be
come a most valuable addition
to our community and a good
citizen as well.
We welcome them.
Vote books
are open
five days
The Spalding Voter Registra
tion Office in the courthouse will
be open daily beginning Wed
nesday, to register people so
they will be eligible to cast bond
issue ballots.
Joe Burson, chairman of the
Spalding Registrars, cited
Georgia law which says that
voters have five days after a
bond issue is called to register.
Mr. Burson said the office will
be open daily at 9 a.m. until 5
p.m. through Monday and 9
a.m. until noon on Saturday.
Persons who have lived here
six months can have their voter
registration transferred here,
Mr. Burson said.
Phone service
disrupted here
ATLANTA (UPI) - A break
in cable from unknown causes
disrupted telephone circuits to
Griffin and Jackson for about
an hour and a half Monday. The
American Telephone and
Telegraph Co. said the break
occurred about 3 p.m. and that
the cable was spliced together
by 4:20 p.m.
College, water election June 8
Spalding County Com
missioners today set June 8 as
the date for two separate bond
elections. One will be to help
finance county water lines and
the other will be for a junior col
lege.
The commissioners announc
ed their decision on the water
bond issue at 10 ajn. as the
Junior College Committee
gathered to request a bond
issue.
Chairman David Elder of the
County Commissioners read an
opening statement that the
commissioners had picked June
8 for the water bond vote.
He told John Carlisle, chair
man of the Junior College Com
mittee, that the commissioners
felt they should let the commit
tee know of their water bond
decision first. Mr. Elder said
the committee then could make
a decision on whether to pro
ceed with their request for the
college bonds.
Mr. Carlisle said he thought
the commissioners would be
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WASI iNGTON—PoIice and federal troops manned major
streets and bridges of the nation’s Capital today, ready to
cope with any new efforts of antiwar demonstrators to tie up
Ray’s escape
try foiled
PETROS, Tenn. (UPI) -
James Earl Ray, with 98 years
of prison leisure on his hands,
couldn’t wait a few more weeks
on a surefire escape plan. His
impatience put him back
among the losers Monday.
The slayer of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. tried to flee the
Brushy Mountain State Prison,
but was caught in the prison
yard about 20 minutes after he
broke out of his cell.
His carefully-planned escape
route was to be through a huge
concrete steam tunnel that runs
about 100 yards outside the
prison walls. But the 400-degree
heat in the tunnel drove Ray
back and he was captured while
trying to find some other route
of escape.
The tunnel carries 10-inch
steam lines to various parts of
the prison for heat and the
steam will be shut off for the
summer in several more weeks.
“He didn’t have a chance in
that tunnel,’’ said Warden
Robert Moore. “Apparently he
found it too hot in there for
comfort and backed out That
steam tunnel is about 400
degrees fahrenheit.”
Ray, who came here about a
year ago to serve his 99-year
prison term for the King
slaying, offered no resistance
when he was found by prison
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justified in holding the two votes
together.
“I think the time is right
now,” Mr. Carlisle said con
cerning the junior college vote.
Mr. Elder said the com
missioners proposed a $650,000
water bond issue to go with
federal funds of $488,000. He
noted a water bond proposal for
sl-million was defeated by less
than 100 votes last December.
He said the water program had
been scaled down from 70 miles
of lines to 56 miles and the
amount of the bond issue cut to
$650,000.
The cqmmissioners believe
that the water bonds can be
retired for not more than a
quarter of a mill in taxes.
Until last week, the com
missioners thought the water
program could be financed
through revenue certificates.
But after having several con
ferences with fiscal agents and
other experts, the commission
ers said they were convinced
the revenue certificate method
guards, croushing in shadows of
another building on the grounds
—the maximum security build
ing.
“I believe he was looking for
some place to hide until he
could find another way out,”
Moore said.
Ray apparently had been
working on the escape for
months, with his cellmate, a
lifer named Roy Morelock.
7 die
in blaze
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (UPI)-
Fire swept through a wood
frame house in a rural area
near here today, killing seven
persons.
“They had a wood stove fire
and it just got away,” said
Deputy Sheriff Don Lake.
“They were probably asphyxiat
ed before they were burned.”
Killed in the fire were Ernest
Henderson, 34, his wife, Bertha,
46, their two children, Jimmy,
2, and Shirley, 9 months, and
three foster children they had
cared for, Ulinta Fay Coleman,
12, Sharon Coleman, 10, and
Flora Ann Coleman, 9.
Another child, Jack Coleman
Jr., 10, was rescued.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, May 4, 1971
was impossible.
“We are more or less backed
up against the wall,” Elder said
concerning the water bond
proposal. He said unless local
money is raised to match the
federal money, the grant would
be lost.
Carlisle in a supplemental
statement said the college com
mittee was requesting a bond
issue of $3,325,000.
He broke the proposal down
as follows:
$3-million needed for Board of
Regents to build college.
$283,333 for 150 acres of land
to be purchased from the
Georgia Experiment Station for
the college site.
$15,000 for utilities.
$23,500 for other costs in
volved.
\ Mr. Carlisle said this totals
$3,321,833 but since bonds are
sold in increments of $5,000 the
figure would be rounded off at
$3,325,000.
He said the junior college
committee has a written agree-
morning rush hour traffic. Troops take up positions near the
Washington Monument grounds. (UPI)
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“Dialogue is a term by which
we explain that we’d rather talk
about a problem than solve it.”
Record low
temperature
set in Griffin
A record low temperature for
May 4 was set here this morning
when the mercury dipped to a
cool 36 degrees.
According to records kept by
Horace Westbrooks, Griffin’s
official weather observer, the
previous low for this date was 37
set on May 4, 1940.
The temperature is expected
to dip into the mid 30’s again
tonight.
The unseasonable cold is
expected to end by Thursday.
Spalding County Agriculture
Agent Jack Smith today said
that the frost did little damage
to crops here.
He said that weather had
caused planting to be late and
the seed for most crops here
were just now being put in the
ground.
ment from the City Com
missioners to provide garbage
service, police and fire protec
tion and other services.
During a later question and
answer session, Mr. Carlisle
said the Board of Regents would
expect to finance the cost of
such services as part of operat
ing a junior college.
George Gaissert, head of the
Spalding County Tax Payers
League, asked if the $3-million
would be turned over to the
Board of Regents for con
struction of the college. Mr.
Carlisle said this was correct,
that the Regents would handle
the construction.
Mr. Gaissert wanted to know
what would happen if the
construction cost ran higher
than the $3-million. Mr. Carlisle
said the cost would not exceed
the money available. Any ad
ditions or changes would be
financed by the Board of
Regents, he said.
Mr. Gaissert wanted to know
Suit filed
to oust
Roy Harris
ATLANTA (UPI) - Two
members of the American
Party, under whose banner
Alabama Gov. George Wallace
ran unsuccessfully for presi
dent in 1968, are suing to oust
the Georgia leadership, in
cluding state party chairman
Roy V. Harris of Augusta.
The suit in Fulton Superior
Court was filed Monday by Dr.
B.L. Belcher, a Marietta chiro
practor, and W.H. Higdon of
Riverdale. They want Belcher
appointed state chairman and
the authority to call a state
party convention to install new
leadership.
The suit also asked the court
to confiscate “dormant” party
funds now in the custody of
former State Welfare Director
Alan Kemper of Jonesboro,
identified as state party treas
urer, and hold the money for
party officers.
Belcher said he and Higdon
brought the suit because Harris
has “done nothing” with the
party since Wallace ran for pre
sident in 1968.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
70, low today 36. High yesterday
63, low yesterday 42. Sunrise
tomorrow 6:53, sunset
tomorrow 8:17.
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what would happen if the
Regents should decide to
abandon the junior college in
the future. Mr. Carlisle said
such a move almost borders on
the absurd. He cited the steady
growth in the number of
students in University in
stitutions all over the state.
Mr. Gaissert said he figures
interest on a $3-million bond
issue would amount to $3-
million.
The $6-million, he figures,
would cost Spalding $200,0000 a
year and he projected this
would cost S4OO per student per
year.
Mr. Gaissert wanted to know
what tuition would be. Allen
Marshall of the Junior College
Committee said it would be S9O,
the same as at other state junior
colleges.
Mr. Gaissert asked the
commissioners if they knew
they were not legally bound to
call for a junior college bond
issue.
Mr. Elder said the com-
New effort to disrupt
D. C. traffic fizzles
By CAROL ROSS
WASHINGTON (UPI) -A
threatened second effort by
antiwar demonstrators to tie up
Washington’s morning rush
hour traffic fizzled out today.
Several thousand police and
troops guarded key traffic
points but hardly any protesters
showed up.
No major attempt was made
to duplicate Monday’s massive
effort to snarl traffic and the
city’s thousands of government
workers were at their desks
without difficulty by 9 o’clock.
In contrast to Monday when
7,000 demonstrators were ar
rested, police made only a
handful of arrests this morning.
The police and federal troops
were positioned along major
streets, bridges and at traffic
circles at dawn and placidly
watching traffic flow by at its
normal pace.
However, the May Day Tribe
leaders say a mass march to
the Justice Department would
take place later. The building
on Pennsylvania Avenue which
also houses the FBI was ringed
by police well in advance.
Failure of a large-scale effort
to tie up Washington traffic
Monday apparently discouraged
the 1 militant participants from
pursuing the strategy today.
In the Monday confrontation,
they were outmaneuvered by
police, tear gassed and maced,
and most were arrested.
Among them were Rennie
Davis, one of the convicted
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WASHINGTON—Lucky for this Air Force sergeant that the pistol aimed at his head by an
imprisoned war demonstrator Monday was a toy. The protester was one of several thousands
locked up behind a wire fence at a practice field near RFK Stadium for attempting to disrupt
Washington traffic. (UPI)
missioners realized they didn’t
have to call one under the law.
But he said the commissioners
felt honor bound to do so. He
pointed out that voters ap
proved a constitutional
amendment in 1964 clearing the
way for the commissioners to
call for a bond issue, should a
college be offered here.
Mr. Gaissert questioned
whether the commissioners
could use the amendment to
finance a junior college.
Reji. Quimby Melton, Jr., said
he and Arthur Bolton who was a
Spalding representative at that
time sponsored the amendment.
Mr. Bolton is the Georgia At
torney General now and would
have to rule on any questions
about the amendment.
Rep. Melton said he felt as an
attorney the amendment would
stand up under any searching or
questioning that might be of
fered.
After discussion, Com-
Chicago Seven; Yippie leader
Abby Hoffman and Dr. Benja
min Spock, noted baby doctor
and antiwar advocate.
The leaders of the protest
had declared they intended to
make the city’s numerous
traffic circles their targets for
disruption today.
The largest group arrests
during the rush hours occurred
at DuPont Circle, a hippie
hangout. Several dozen were
arrested there on charges of
jaywalking, demonstrating
without a permit and disorderly
conduct. They were loaded into
two police buses, protesting
that they had not blocked
traffic.
About 30 others were arrested
on. charges of disorderly
conduct near a towntown park
which was the rally point for
the march on the Justice
Department. Three were arrest
ed at Scott Circle where a
group of 400 protesters congre
gated. About 50 gathered at
Washington Circle leading to
the State Department but
confined themselves to passing
out peace leaflets.
By this morning 6,000 of the
more than 7,000 arrested
Monday had been released from
detention, authorities said.
But Davis remained in jail
held on charges of conspiring to
interfere with the rights of
citizens and federal employes.
He was held under $25,000 bond.
Spock, Hoffman and most of
the others were accused only of
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missioner Jack Moss made the
motion that the two bond issues
be held on the same date.
Commissioner Sandy Morgan
seconded the motion and all
three commissioners voted for
it.
Commissioner Moss said he
felt the water bond issue was a
“last resort” for saving the
federal funds for it.
Mr. Carlisle said the Junior
College Committee would make
every effort to see that the
public is informed about the
merits of the college. When
people know the facts, he said
he thought they would support
it.
He said the College Com
mittee wanted to assure the
people that they would not be
misled or confused about the
bond issue. If any group or
individual attempts to confuse
or mislead the people, he said
the committee is prepared to
fight back.
disorderly conduct and were
freed by posting $lO collateral.
Monday’s effort to “shut
down the government” was
squelched by 10,000 Army and
Marine troops led by police.
Tear gas and chemical spray
turned back demonstrators in
some cases before they could
even reach the Potomac River
bridges from suburban Virgi
nia, and jeeps pushed aside
cars abandoned to tie up city
streets.
To tip the odds their way and
keep those arrested in jail as
long as possible, police original
ly announced that everyone
detained would have to wait for
a court hearing and post a full
$250 bond—not just the custo
mary percentage of it—before
being released.
Lines Slow
But the court lines moved
slowly and early today police
said anyone arrested on a
disorderly conduct charge
would be released on posting
$lO collateral.
The largest single group of
prisoners, about 2,800, spent the
night in the Washington Co
liseum, an exhibition hall about
21 blocks north and east of the
U.S. Capitol. They had been
moved there earlier in the day
from holding pens at Robert F.
Kennedy Stadium and the
Central Police Station, and
provided with Army blankets
and C-rations.