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HOLLYWOOD—It is a television maxim, women’s lib
notwithstanding, that if you’re a feminine lead in a series and
not beautiful then you’d better be a very funny lady. A
beautiful, non-funny, addition to TV this fall will be Lynda
Day George, when she becomes a regular member of the
“Mission: Impossible” cast. “I’d like to think I was hired for
my acting ability,” said the Texas native. (UPI)
Dawson, Long ruler,
to be buried Tuesday
LUDOWICI, Ga. (UPI) -Fun
eral services will be held Tues
day for Ralph L. Dawson, an
old-style politician who ruled
controversial Long County and
who was once thrown out of a
Georgia governor’s office with
the words, “Get out, you ras
cal.”
The Long County Attorney
died Saturday night at the age
of 69 from complications result
ing from a stroke he suffered
Wednesday. Death came at the
Liberty Memorial Hospital in
nearby Hinesville.
Services were scheduled for
3:30 p.m. at the Ludowici Bap
tist Church, with burial in the
Pinecrest Memorial Cemetary
near Jesup.
At the time of his death, Daw
son was the center of the heat
ed political controversy
involving charges of illegal
speed traps, clip joints and
gambling operations.
The charges have been under
fulltime investigation since Feb
ruary by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the U.S. Justice
Department and the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation. Dawson
himself was being investigated
along with other county of
ficials.
Dawson was a Southern poli
tician in the traditional sense—
a short, heavy-set man with a
cigar always rammed in his
mouth and a reputation for rich
oratory.
He was constantly in the news
during the four year term of
Gov. Lester Maddox, his politi
cal arch-enemy who once or
dered him out of the governor’s
office in Atlanta.
Maddox was a crusader
against the alleged corruption in
Long County and in 1969, met
with a delegation of county of
ficials after he had threatened
to revoke the arrest powers of
policemen in the South Georgia
county.
Dawson got into an argument
with the governor and said to
him, “You didn’t get the major
ity of the votes of the people of
Georgia. Just because you’re
governor, you can’t talk to me
like that.”
Maddox snapped back, “Get
out, you rascal. ” Dawson waited
out the rest of the meeting in
an anteroom.
Later, Maddox said of Daw
son, “He’s no good. He’s been
corrupt all these years, and
he’s been corrupting his county,
and the good people down there
deserve somebody better.”
Maddox went on to post bill
boards at the city limits of
Ludowici, warning motorists of
alleged speed traps designed
only to enrich the local govern
ment’s treasury.
Dawson constantly defended
himself against accusations of
corruption, and at his death, his
political allies denied the
charges also.
Long County Sheriff Cecil
Nobles said, “He got some criti
cism he didn’t deserve and I
feel like the publicity he got
was unfair. His political
enemies will probably make
some kind of wise remark
(about his death). They don’t
have any respect for anybody.”
“He was always the type fel
low you got to clear the situa
tion up,” Nobles said. “He
didn’t have anything to do with
anything illegal. In southeast
Georgia, he had as many
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Rogers talks trade
PARlS—Secretary of State William P. Rogers called
today for the Western countries to set up special
machinery to further expand world trade and avoid trade
conflicts.
Rogers made the appeal at the opening of a two-day
session of the Ministerial Council of the Organization of
Economic Cooperation and Development
Rocket attack
SAlGON—Communist rockets killed three civilians in
Da Nang early today. Fighting broke out again in an area
near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where the allies
reported killing 308 communists in heavy weekend
fighting.
Van Heflin ill
HOLLYWOOD—Van Heflin, 60, who suffered a heart
attack while taking his regular 20-lap morning swim in his
apartment pool, was listed in critical condition today. He
had no pulse and was not breathing when the fire
department rescue crew arrived Sunday morning,
witnesses said.
Rescuers administered oxygen and external heart
massage and Heflin began breathing.
Commie trade eyed
THURMONT, Md.—President Nixon today was putting
the final touches on a document to establish U.S. trade
with Communist China. There were indications the 1972
presidential election and his expected candidacy were on
his mind.
The president spent the weekend at his Camp Davis
mountain retreat. He was to return to the White House
today to start a busy week that will culminate with the
wedding Saturday of his daughter, Tricia.
friends as any one man.”
Gov. Jimmy Carter, who cam
paigned with a plank that pro
mised an end to the era of
smoke-filled - room politicians,
launched his own probe into
Long County government soon
after he took office.
Results of the federal and
state investigations have not
been made public, although it is
known that income tax records,
welfare roles, and voting irregu
larities are being studied along
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with alleged traffic ticket arrest
violations.
The FBI has put some 40,000
traffic tickets on microfilm for
further study. Any legal action
growing out of the investigation
would probably be thrashed out
in Savannah federal courts, out
of the jurisdiction of Long
County.
Dawson lived most of his life
in Long County, though he was
a native of Wayne County.
Senate talks Laos
in closed session
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
Senate convened a rare closed
session today to talk about
Laos, with the Nixon adminis
tration defending its involve
ment in the Southeast Asian
kingdom as vital to ending
America’s role in the Vietnam
War.
Sen. Stuart Symington, D-
Mo., chairman of the Armed
Services Committee, said the
secret afternoon session would
examine the “increasingly
grave” U.S. role in Laos —one
which he claimed costs “hun
dreds of millions of dollars”
instead of official estimates of
about $52 million for the
current year.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-
Mass., charged President Nixon
was waging an unauthorized
“presidential war” in northern
Laos.
Symington contended the
Nixon administration has been
hiding the extent of U.S.
activity in Laos in possible
violation of congressional re
strictions imposed last year on
the use of American troops
inside Laos, and on the funding
of foreign mercenary forces to
defend Laos.
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As the debate renewed, the
State Department sent a letter
to Kennedy warning that a
Laos controlled by the Commu
nists would “greatly enhance
their position in those areas of
Laos bordering on South
Vietnam from which they could
launch attacks on United States
and allied forces.”
The letter was in response to
a request Kennedy had made
April 23 asking for a clarifica
tion of U.S. policy in Laos. It
was signed by David M.
Abshire, assistant secretary for
congressional relations, who
said Nixon had asked him to
reply.
“If the North Vietnamese
were to conquer all of Laos,
they could divert thousands of
their forces now engaged in
north Laos to the war against
South Vietnam,” Abshire said.
He added that administration
actions in Laos were aimed at
ending hostilities. He said the
President had authority “to
protect our troops and to bring
the hostilities which were under
way when he took office to an
end in away that will
contribute to a durable peace.”