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By Quimby Melton
When the Common Market
was organized in 1958 England
did not show any interest in be
coming a member. But five
years later she applied for
membership and was turned
down, with France’s deGaulle
leading the fight to bar her.
Again two years later Britain
once again sought admission —
and once again it was denied.
Now the six member economic
group, formed to promote “a
free flow of goods and services”
between members has relented
and told the British come on in
and be one of us.
The British government has
approved the terms of member
ship but Prime Minister Heath
will have a hard time “selling”
the idea to the British people if a
recent poll has any meaning.
This poll shows that 55 per
cent of the people are opposed,
only 27 percent favor, and 18
percent “don't care either
way.”
There were several reasons
Britain did not apply for
memberdiip at the beginning,
end of the chief reasons was that
the British Empire had not
begun to break up and Britain
had a false sense of isolation
that caused her to believe she
should not become mixed up in
the “politics of the continent.”
In spite of the fact that there
are still many Britishers who
are advocates of the isolation
policy this is not the chief pro
blem facing Heath in his efforts
to “sell” the people on the
Common Market.
Heath and his government
had every reason to believe
Labor would back them; but
while many Labor leaders do,
there are others and much of
the rank and file that do not like
the idea of England becoming a
member of the Common
Market. One of the reasons is
that British labor prefers to
have its policies set and its
battles fought by its own people
and not by some international
organization.
But even this is not the chief
reason most of the English, who
were questioned during the poll,
are “agin” the Common
Market. Word has gone out and
has soared like wild fire that
once England joins up the cost
of living will soar.
One may get an idea of how
forminable is the opposition to
Britain entering the Common
Market when told that many
housewives in England say
they, under the present setup,
can and do buy eggs shipped
from some of the former
members of the British Empire
“almost half as cheap as the
eggs from nations that are
members of the Common
Market.”
It may be opposition of the
British housewives that will
keep England from member
ship in the Common Market.
Prime Minister Heath is no
novice at politics. If he were he
would not be holding the high
and important position he does.
In 1670 John Ray, an English
author, wrote in “English
Proverbs” — “Misery loves
company.” If it will help Prime
Minister any let's remind him
that even the President of the
United States has many pro
blems that seemingly are un
solveable and President Nixon
is not alone in this, there are
many other heads of govern
ment that face them as well.
Maybe President Nixon can
sympathize with Prime Minis
ter Heath and will call his atten
tion to the Latin Proverb “It is
hard to please everyone”
“durum est omnibus piacere,”
a Latin proverb.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
85, low today 68, high yesterday
92, low yesterday 71. Sunrise to
morrow 6:44, sunset tomorrow
8:42.
Spalding among 45 counties
growing faster than cities
Spalding County is among the
45 in Georgia that have
registered a greater population,
growth than the incorporated
municipilities within their
foundries, according to a report
in tiie Association Georgia
County Commissioners maga
zine.
The number of people electing
to live outside incorporated
areas is increasing yearly, a
study showed, and small towns
are increasing in population at a
greater rate than big cities. The
net loss of population in these
cities was blamed on general
dimunition of living quality in
large metropolitan areas and
high municipal taxes, the study
showed.
In 1960, 53.57 percent of all
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BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Georgia’s Governor Jimmy Carter, (I) talks things over with Capt Virgil
Kearn aboard the shrimp boat Captain Henry, here. The Governor spent a few hours here check
ing on the coastal shrimp industry. (UPI)
Spalding local share
last year: $95,399.04
State takes over
welfare financing
Spalding County’s share for
public assistance totaled
$95,399.04 last year, in .a
$8,656,035.90 state budget.
New legislation that was
effective July 1 states the state
win now assume 100 percent
support of all categorical assis
tance aid. Child welfare, foster
care, work incentive program,
and general public assistance
are to be the financial respon
sibility of the state alone. These
categorical aid programs which
coat Spalding County in excess
of $95,000 last year, according to
a report in the County Govern
ment magazine of the Associa
tion County Commissioners of
Georgia, can be channeled to
GRIFFIN
DAI Iy NEWS
Daily Since 1872
Georgians lived in cities; today
51.03 percent are municipal
residents. In a two year period,
cities have lost 2.54 percent
collectively. In 114 Georgia
Counties there are more people
living in unincorporated (daces
than live in incorporated places.
County government will be
forced to deal with the greater
densities of people, the report
continues. Land use planning,
all types of pollution controls,
recreation, fire and police
protection and traffic control
now will fall heavier on the
counties.
County services also may be
provided through contracts with
private firms, most often as
service franchises, or by con
tracts with other local govern-
other local government priori
ties. Counties are no longer
required to participate in
“required” programs.
The article continued: Before
a county can decide to wash its
hands of all involvement in
public assistance, it should
consider this fact: any destitute
person is first the responsibility
of the county wherein he lives.
Those persons who do not fit in
one of the state’s categorical aid
programs or whose eligibility
has not been established are
still entitled to subsistence from
the county.
The fact that the state assum
es responsibility for financing a
variety of assistance programs
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, July 13, 1971
in no way replaces the county’s
responsibility in seeing that a
citizen has sufficient food,
clothing and shelter to sustain
him until he can improve his
conditions or until some more
permanent disposition can be
made of his case, the magazine
said.
Where living costs are higher,
again in the larger counties
some salary supplements will
continue to be made county
governments, but will be on a
voluntary basis from now on
and not prescribed by law.
It will depend largely on the
worktag relations and the spirit
of cooperation between the local
office of Family and Children’s
Services and the county.
ments.
The County Commissioners’
Association report concluded:
The great rebirth of develop
ment in rural America, in rural
Georgia included, will be an
exciting thing to watch. It’s long
range success will depend on
the selectiveness local leaders
show, on whether or not they
can temper bigger with better
as they go, for there are pitfalls
for the unwary who allow new
residents, be they people or
industrial plants, to abuse
natural resources and pollute
the environment. If population
growth and economic develop
ment in the countryside cannot
be better managed than it has
been in most major cities, then
their prosperity will be short
lived.
CWA ready to strike
at 6 a.m. Wednesday
ATLANTA (UPI)-An official
of Southern Bell said today an
impending nationwide telephone
strike would not have much im
mediate effect in Georgia. How
ever, he said, if the strike
drags on, it would harm tele
phone service.
About half the nation’s tele
phone workers are set to walk
off their jobs at 6 a.m. Wednes
day in a strike mainly over
wages.
According to a Bell spokes
man in Atlanta, some 15,000 of
the company’s 19,000 employes
Board chairman charges:
Government inherits $1 billion
problem if Lockheed bankrupts
Reading
program
boosted
Supt. D. B. Christie told the
Griffin-Spalding Board of
Education at its July meeting
last night that the system will
receive about $28,000 for three
reading teachers. The funds will
come from an Instructional
Assistance Program.
The board approved policies
on the use of school buses for
school groups and non-school
groups.
The following teachers were
elected: Mrs. Mary Anderson,
Mrs. Gayle Morgan and Miss
Amelia Turner, Beaverbrook;
Miss Carole Crosby, Griffin
High; Mrs. Janet Locke, Mrs.
Margaret Thrasher, Moore Ele
moitary; Miss Marilyn Barnes,
Spalding Junior High III; Miss
Cheryl Meigs, West Griffin;
Miss Elizabeth Barnes, speech
therapist.
The following resignations
were accepted: Mrs. Carole
Martin, Mrs. Evangeline
Sanders, Mrs. Marie Warwick,
Beaverbrook; Buford Abbott,
Griffin High; Tommy Greer,
Jackson road; Mrs. Peggy
Pierce and Kirby Starr 111,
Spalding Junior High 111.
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COUNTIES WITH GREATER INCORPORATED POPULATION
Barrow
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bibb
Bleckley
Calhoun
Camden
Chatham
Clarke
Clinch
Coffee
Colquitt
Crisp
Bulloch
Decatur
in Georgia are covered by the
contract with the Communica
tions Workers of America, the
workers’ union.
A strike by the CWA would
not mean all 15,000 would walk
out, the spokesman said, since
while they are covered by the
contract many workers are not
union members.
“A strike shouldn’t affect lo
cal service too much,” he said.
“Eventually, of course, it would
have some effect.”
He said customer-dialed long
distance calls—like local serv-
WASHINGTON (UPI) -The
board chairman of Lockheed
Aircraft Corp, said today his
firm will definitely go bankrupt
—and all levels of government
will inherit a $1 billion problem
—if Congress does not come to
the rescue.
Daniel J. Haughton renewed
his plea for help as the House
Banking Committee opened
hearings into Lockheed’s re
quest for government backing
on $250 million in bank loans it
is seeking.
Without that backing, Haugh
ton said in testimony prepared
for the panel, “we will be
forced to terminate the TriStar
program. If that happens, I
know of absolutely no way to
keep Lockheed out of bankrupt
cy.”
And bankruptcy, he added,
would leave a “S2O billion
monoply market” on the wide
bellied TriStar-type airpines to
its competitor, McDonnell Dou
glas.
In addition, he said, a
Lockheed bankruptcy would
cost the federal, state and local
governments $1 billion in
increased defense business
costs, tax losses, welfare and
unemployment benefit costs,
and would affect 60,000 families
who directly or indirectly
depend on Lockheed for their
livelihoods.
The Senate Banking Commit
tee, which held a month of
Dougherty
Emanuel
Fulton
Greene
Houston
Lamar
Lanier
Laurens
Lowndes
Macon
Mitchell
Muscogee
Newton
Oglethorpe
Peach
ice, largely automated — like-,
wide would not be affected too
much in the beginning.
Operator - assisted long dis
tance calls and local phone in
stallation would be the first
things affected by the strike, the
spokesman said.
“It would definitely slow it
down,” he said of installation
and repair service. “We might
not be able to handle every re
quest. We could handle emergen
cy requirements though.”
The strike is mainly over
wages, but there are other is-
hearings on the matter, is
moving closer to approving a
bill which would give Lockheed
the guarantee it wants-and
provide machinery for up to $2
billion in loan backing for other
financially troubled firms.
But Rep. Wright Patman, D-
Tex., chairman of the House
banking panel, said in remarks
prepared for today’s hearing
that there might be another an
swer.
“The very best solution to the
immediate problem would be
for the commercial banks—
whichhave already loaned Lock
heed S4OO million—to come for
ward and provide the additional
capital without a government
guarantee or subsidy,” he said.
Patman, who said he has an
Coup leaders
are executed
RABAT, Morocco (UPl)—Ten
officers arrested as ringleaders
of Saturday’s unsuccessful coup
against King Hassan II were
executed today by a firing
squad and official sources said
some of them shouted, “Long
live the King! Long live
Hassan; ” before they died.
It was announced officially
that the officers—four generals,
five colonels and a major—
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Terrell
Thomas
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Ware
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sues, including pension improve
ments and shorter hours. There
are some local issues, but none
affect workers in Georgia.
The CWA is demanding a 25
per cent pay increase the first
year. Bell has countered with
an 11 per cent hike the first
year and a three-year package
of 29.4 per cent.
The largest number of em
ployes affected by a strike
would be operators, the spokes
man said. In the event of a
strike they would have to be re
placed by management person
nel.
open mind on the Lockheed loan
guarantee, noted that he has op
posed single shot aid to one cor
poration without recognizing
problems of other businesses,
such as 11,000 to 12,<XX> business
failure last year.
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“You can always find
someone who’ll tell you it is
your duty to do whatever you
aren’t doing.”
were executed at 12:15 h.m.
(7:15 a.m. EDT).
Official sources said that just
before the handcuffed men
were tied to the execution
stakes, their officers’ epaulettes
were torn from their uniforms.
The sources said that just
before the officers were shot,
some of them shouted, “Long
live the King! Long live
Hassan!”