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By Quimby Melton
Weekend Notes:
Relief for Spalding County tax
• payers: The State of Georgia on
July 1 took the responsibility of
financing the welfare program.
, From that date Georgia will pay
for child welfare, foster care,
and the work incentive
program. This means that
• Spalding County will be saved
$95,399.04. This savings will be
used to finance other essential
t programs of improvement.
Strikes of workers in
telephone and railways got
underway here and over the
• nation.
Governor Jimmy Carter
announced the state faced a $57
million deficit for the fiscal year
• and said he would order cuts in
“specific programs, rather than
a general, overall percentage
t cut by all departments.
The Georgia Municipal
Association, meeting at Jekyll
Island voted in favor of a
» statewide sales tax increase to
be allocated to local govern
ments. The County group also
endorsed President Nixon’s
• plan for revenue sharing.
A fight between Governor
Carter and Lt. Governor
, Maddox seemed in the making.
State Senator Al Holloway is in
the center of the fight. Some
Maddox forces maintain
• Hdloway should not hold the
dual posts of Democratic
majority leader and as
Governor Carter’s Senate floor
• leader.
By far the most far reaching
development of the week was
• announcement that President
Nixon will pay Communistic
China a visit. The an
nouncement came as a great
• surprise not only to America but
to the world.
It was known that
presidential advisor Henry
' Kissinger was on a visit to the
Orient but nc one knew that his
itinerary included a trip to
« Pricing where he was to be
given an invitation by Premier
Chou En-Lai to President Nixon
to visit Red China. First public
• announcement of the trip was
made in public address on
Thursday. President Nixon said
t “I deeply hope this will be a
journey for peace.”
Reaction both here and
abroad was mostly “favorable”
• but there were some who op
posed. Chief protests came
from Free China and from
Russia. Otherwise most
governments seemed to feel
“give him a chance to see if he
cannot bring peace to the
« troubled world.”
One development late in
the week indicated the
President might include a
" trip to Formosa and to
Moscow before returning
from his trip.
Possibility that America
might now approve admission
of Red China into United
Nations brought comment.
Here was the reaction of one
Griffin business man:
Admission of Red China to
U.N. should not mean that Free
• China should lose its mem
bership. Os course that would
mean two Chinas in the
, organization.
But in the past we have seen
two Korean governments, two
Vietnam governments, two (in
• fact three) German govern
ments approved by America
and her allies — The American
zone, the French zone, and the
• Russian zone.
“We cannot afford to ignore
the strength and possible threat
l( of a nation of nearly a billion
people such as is Red China.
If admission to United
Nations will help solve the
• problem, then I’m for it.”
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CAPE KENNEDY—The Apollo 15 Luna landing mission will
take America’s first moon car into space. The lunar rover is
shown with other equipment in this portrait of the three
Apollo astronauts. The men are (1-r) James Irwin, the lunar
Border dispute
Tennessee will fight
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) -
State Atty. Gen. David Pack
said today he thought Tennes
see could successfully fight any
attempt by Georgia to take over
a disputed section of land that
includes most of Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Such a boundary dispute
would have to be handled by
the U. S. Supreme Court, Pack
said, and “my offhand opinion
is that if such a suit were
brought it could be successfully
defended.”
Pack was asked by UPI if
Tennessee was taking seriously
the claim of a Georgia state
legislator that about 200 square
miles of land now claimed by
Tennessee and North Carolina
actually is in Georgia.
“Nothing has come to our at
tention officially,” Pack said.
“The only thing I know about
it is what I’ve read in the
Bond taxes
going down
in Pike
ZEBULON—The Pike County
Board of Education has adopted
a 1971-72 school budget of
11,314,271.67. This amount in
cludes 1114,040.57 of state
building funds, a non-recurring
item which will be used up
during the 1971-72 school year.
The board’s balance for the
1970-71 school year was $2,919.46
and it anticipates a balance at
the end of the 1971-72 school
year of $4,914.89.
Pike County tax payers will
receive a break in school bond
millage in a decrease from 2%
mills to 1% mills. This amount
will be sufficient to retire the
bond indebtedness during the
fiscal year. Maintenance
millage of 18 mills will remain
the same as in 1970-71.
The 1954 school bond issue
will be paid up in 1973. Less
millage will be required in
future years though the 1964
issue will not expire until 1984.
Girl babies
outnumber boys
Nine babies were bom at
Griffin-Spalding Hospital over
the weekend. Eight of them
were girls; one was a boy. They
are listed in the “Stork Club” on
the local page today.
GRIFFIN
Daily Since 1872
press.
“Obviously, if such a suit were
filed, we would take it serious
ly regardless of the merits of
the case. However, there has
been no indication that such a
suit will be filed.”
Pack said it is customary in
boundary disputes of this nature
for officials of the claiming
state to give some sort of warn
ing to officials of the state
against which the claim is filed.
Rep. Larry Thomason of De-
Kalb County, Ga., said today he
had found proof that the dis
puted land actually is in Geor
gia.
Thomason returned from a
weekend journey into “some of
the wildest country in the South
east” during which he said he
found two border markers
which were not on the 35th
Parallel—the legal line separat
ing Tennessee, North Carolina
Slap at Proxmire
Georgia boycotts Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPI) -
A Georgia aerospace group, in
an open letter to Wisconsin cit
izens, said Sunday it will boy
cott Wisconsin products be
cause of Sen. William Prox
mire’s position against the SST.
The letter criticizing the Wis
consin Democrat appeared in
the Milwaukee Journal. It was
written by the National As
sociation for Preservation of
American Aerospace Industry,
headquartered in Marietta, Ga.
“You the good citizens of
Wisconsin have seen fit to elect
Senator Proxmire as your rep
resentative. When you did, you
started a chain of events that
took food from our mouths and
Water bonds
validated
Bonds of $650,000 for expan
sion of water lines in Spalding
County have been validated and
bids are being sought, accord
ing to County Commission
Chairman David Elder.
July 29 at 11 a.m. is the target
date for opening bids on the
bond issue.
The chairman said that work
on financing the water expan
sion program is moving along
cm schedule.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, July 19, 1971
module pilot; -David Scott, the commander; and Alfred
Worden, the command module pilot. The mission is slated to
blast off next Monday.
and Geogia.
One landmark, known as El
licott’s Rock, was found in the
middle of the Chattooga River,
and the other, called Commis
sioner’s Rock, was located “in
a hole on the side of an old
road, covered with water and
thick briars and weeds,” he
said.
Commissioner’s Rock, Thom
ason said, still bore an inscrip
tion saying it marked the 35th
parallel.
“After seeing this evidence
there is no doubt in my mind
that the 35th parallel is from
one and three-quarters miles
north to one-half mile north of
the current Georgia border,” he
said.
“That means we own about
200 square miles of land Ten
nessee and North Carolina now
claim, including much of the
Chattanooga business district,
money from our pockets,” the
letter said.
“Senator Proxmire has been
instrumental in leading a move
ment against the industry, mak
ing the United States second to
Europe and Russia in the pro
duction of international sale
able products (aircraft) and
has placed the entire aerspace
industry in jeopardy across the
United States.
“ ... we know of only one
method of making you realize
the seriousness of putting such
a man in office and that is to
have the citizens of Wisconsin
share some of the effects of his
action, that is, to reduce your
income, because of the dog-
ft
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“Happy folks are those who
have made themselves worthy
of someone’s love.”
most of its residential area, all
of Copper Hill and at least
three-fourths of Lookout Moun
tain,” Thorfiasonsaid. ~
While Thomason was making
his safari in a serious attempt
to settle the 165-year-old bound
ary dispute, North Carolina and
Tennessee officials treated the
matter as a joke.
Thomason said a Georgia for
est ranger and a staff member
accompanied him on the rugged
trip, during which he talked
with border residents and went
“as far as we could” by jeep,
then set out on foot to find El
licott’s Rock, which history has
as the original meeting point of
the three states.
“It’s a huge rock, larger than
an automobile and I’m sure it
weighs several tons,” he said.
Part of it, he said, “appeared
to have been dynamited or
chiseled off.”
matic position taken by Sena
tor Proxmire,” the letter said.
"There is now underway an
active campaign throughout the
aerospace industry in the va
rious states to be selective in
the items purchased by aero
space workers. Wisconsin prod
ucts are being identified and
to the degree possible, these
products will remain on the
shelves unsold ... we are an
estimated 1,000,000 persons
strong and we intend to pursue
this course until such a time
as Senator Proxmire is either
removed from office or has
changed his position regarding
the aerospace industry.”
IRELAND FAZES COCKNEY
SOUTHSE A,England (UPI)—
Cockney Brian Mansfield, 29, is
giving up his Irish hot potato
bar because he could not
master an Irish brogue.
After Mansfield opened Pad*
dy Murphy’s Potato Bar, which
sells hot baked potatoes, he
advertised for someone to teach
him an Irish brogue.
“I’ve had lessons—but no one
can make an Irishman out of a
Jewish boy from the east end,”
he said.
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Vol. 99 No. 169
Highway Dept.
offers signal
at By-Pass
The State Highway Depart
ment has offered to install a
traffic signal controller at the
Griffin By-Pass and U.S. 19,
provided Spalding County will
maintain the signal.
This was disclosed today in a
letter to Chairman David Elder
of the Spalding Commissioners.
The letter was from W. S.
Derrick, State Highway Traffic
and Safety Engineer.
Mr. Elder said he would
consult with Commissioners
Jack Moss and Sandy Morgan
about the proposal.
He said the county had
requested that a conventional
red, amber and green traffic
light be installed at the in
tersection. The intersection has
been the scene of fatal accidents
as well as numerous others.
State Highway Director Burt
Lance made an on-site in
spection of the intersection in a
recent visit to Griffin and said
he would see what else could be
done to improve the safety
there.
Mr. Derrick in his letter to
Mr. Elder said that recent
modifications to highway policy
made it possible to consider the
purchase and erection of signal
traffic devices in locations
where conditions exist similar
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GHS senior Keith Huckaby begins to pick “Baby Gold” Clingstone peaches which have been
developed over the past 10 years at the Georgia Experiment Station by Dr. E. F. Savage. The
peaches, which are superior to California fruit in texture, color, and flavor according to station
Food Scientist Tom Boggess, will be canned commercially for the first time this season. More
than 100,000 of the Clingstone trees have been introduced into the state.
to U.S. 19 and the Griffin By-
Pass.
He asked the Spalding
Commissioners to consider
application for a permit for
such a control device.
Mr. Derrick said that erection
of signal equipment can be
financed by contract or force
account agreement with the
county and the Department.
Mr. Elder said he was not
™*~*Henry frolics
Bill Pitts, chairman of the
Men’s Participation Division of
the Henry County Sesquicenten
nial Celebration, today an
nounced the scheduled frolics
for the Henry County Brothers
of the Brush and Celebration
Belles.
July 24 will be Soul Brothers’
Day in McDonough, with J. W.
Lemon as chairman. There will
be a fashion show, a Kangaroo
Kourt, and a free street dance
at 8:45 p.m.
On July 31 Charles McCarter
will lead a promenade and a
country style supper in Locust
Grove, followed by a Kangaroo
Kourt at 7:45 p.m. and a free
street dance.
On August 7 caravans from
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sure what type signal Mr.
Derrick was talking about in the
letter. But he said he had
written the department asking
for a light that could control
traffic with red, amber and
green signals.
Mr. Elder said he and the
other two commissioners would
take up the matter with the
Highway Department to see
what can be worked out.
all four corners of Henry County
will visit neighboring counties
and cities, from Forsyth to
Forest Park, from Fayetteville
to Jackson and then join in
McDonough for a chicken
barbecue at 6:00 p.m., a
Kangaroo Kourt, and a street
dance, arranged by Hugh Car
michael.
Hampton will be the site of the
promenade, Kangaroo Kourt,
and street dance on August 14,
led by Billy Dan Gibbs, with
Stockbridge hosting all of the
county on August 25, during the
Celebration, with a Kangaroo
Kourt, Dan McGarity as chief,
and a free street dance, the
Country Music Express playing
and Blanton Knight calling.