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By Quimby Melton
“He who lives in a glass house
should not throw stones.”
That’s an old saying that jump
ed into our mind when we read
that Dean Acheson, President
Harry Truman’s secretary of
state, had criticized President
John F. Kennedy, saying that in
his opinion he (Kennedy) did
not seem “in any sense to be a
great man. I did not think that
he knew a great deal about any
of the matters which is desir
able that a chief of state or a
president of the United States
should know about. He was not
decisive.”
In the same article Acheson
“paid his respects” to the
President’s brother, Robert,
attorney general, classing both
as ‘‘having high school
It is interesting that both the
President and his brother are
dead and cannot, if they would
wish, answer Acheson. It’s a
wonder the onetime secretary
of state, now an attorney in
Washington, did not also “pay
his respects” to Joseph P. Ken
nedy, onetime Ambassador to
the Court of St. James
(England) father of the Presi
dent and the attorney general.
The ambassador, like his two
sons, is dead.
There seems to have develop
ed since the beginning of the
present century a tendency on
the part of some, seeking to re
main in the national linelight, to
criticize men of national impor
tance — especially men who
have served as President. Such
tends to destroy the confidence
American people have in this
high office.
One example was during the
fight to approve Woodrow Wil
son’s proposed League of
Nations. The fight led to destroy
ing the health of the President
who believed World War One
had been fought to “end all
wars.” The then Senator, Henry
Cabot Lodge, who literally
“hated Wilson’s guts” was
largely responsible for the
assumption that Wilson was a
crazy man when he proposed
the league.
Thus the memory of Wilson as
a great President was destroy
ed in the minds of some.
The very next President,
Warren G. Harding, thought he
was far from being one of the
ablest Presidents, was the next
victim. He died suddenly on a
visit to the west coast and there
were those who spread the
rumor he was killed by his wife
or “girl friend”.
Harry S Truman, whose
secretary of state was none
other than Acheson came in for
criticism — some of it no doubt
brought on by following Ache
son’s advice —though we have
our doubts for Harry S Truman
was an independent thinker.
Maybe it was Truman’s refusal
to let Acheson “run the show”,
that embittered him to the
extent that many years later he
opened fire on the Kennedy
brothers.
As we read about the
“disclosures” in the Acheson
article we wondered if he has
become so “intemationalistic”
that he chose a foreign base
from which to launch his attack,
rather than make his attack in
the Kennedy’s native land.
And how much of the “dirty
linen” he hung up on an English
clothesline was “dirtied”, be
cause in his own mind he har
bored resentment that the Ken
nedy's had not turned over the
government to him.
Dean Acheson might remem
ber that old saying about throw
ing stones. Someone may know
some things about Acheson’s
record as secretary of state that
will not reflect credit on him.
He, though a learned graduate
of several universities, may at
times have displayed “high
school” reaction to some pro
iblem, as he charges the Ken
‘nedy “boys” did.
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HIRATSUKA, Japan—When the Japanese have a parade they really go all out. This gaily
decorated street is in celebration of the Star Festival (Tanabata Matsuri) which originated in this
city, 35-miles south of Tokyo. During the festival, the people pray for a good harvest and present
fruit offerings to the stars. The ceremony tests five days and is believed to have originated in
China in 755 A.D. (UPI)
Six are injured
in rain wrecks
Six people including a Henry
County Sheriff’s official were
injured in area traffic accidents
yesterday afternoon as a heavy
rainstorm swept over this
section of the state.
Troopers from the Griffin
State Patrol Post investigated
the accidents.
A pickup truck driven by
Robert F. Hicks, 24, of 427
Hammond drive, Griffin, and a
2 women,
3 children
murdered
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (UPI)-
Two widows and three young
sons of one of the women were
found shot to death in their
homes less than a block apart
in this Lake Michigan shoreside
city Monday. Police would say
little about the slayings as the
investigation continued through
the night.
From sketchy details re
leased by police late Monday, it
appeared that the deaths of all
five persons may have been
related, although police refused
to speculate.
Police said the bodies of Mrs.
Warren Dean and Mrs. R.
Rammer and Mrs. Rammer’s
three sons were found in their
beds in the two homes.
Both widows were believed to
be in their 50s. The dead boys
were aged 10,13 and 16.
The neighborhood the bodies
were found in recently was
developed and was made up of
new homes, police said.
Sheboygan County District
Attorney Lance B. Jones said a
rifle, apparently the weapon
used in the slayings, was found
at the entrance to the Rammer
home.
However, police would offer
no motives for the killings,
which apparently happened
Sunday night or Monday
morning.
GRIFFIN
Daily Since 1872
car driven by Winfred Laster
Connell, Sr., 53, of Route Two,
McDonough, collided 2.8 miles
east of Griffin on Georgia 16
about 4:50 p.m. yesterday.
Both vehicles were
demolished.
Bobby Thomas Williams of
629 Moody street, Griffin, a
passenger in the truck, suffered
cuts, abrasions, and possible
back injuries, troopers said.
The driver of the truck and
the car also were injured. All
three were taken to the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital for treat
ment;
The truck was going west on
Highway 16 and the auto east on
the same route. Troopers said
the collision occurred during a
heavy rain and visibility was
almost zero.
Robert Stanford Moore, 18, of
639 Maple drive, Griffin, was
driving a Coca-Cola pickup
truck on West Mclntosh road
when it ran out of control at the
Vaughn road intersection.
He suffered cuts on the head
and a concussion and was taken
to the Griffin-Spalding Hospital
for treatment.
The driver told investigators
Test centers
announced
Diabetes tests will be given to
Griffin and Spalding County
citizens Monday, August 2.
Testing centers will be set up in
the Stuckey auditorium at the
Georgia Experiment Station
and the Rural Urban Center at
the Spalding Courthouse.
Testing hours will be between
9:00 and 11:00 a.m.; 2:00 and
4:30 p.m. and 7:00 and 8:30 p.m.
The testing is the results of an
all out program by the Spalding
County Home Economics Clubs
and the Spalding County Health
Department to find persons in
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, July 20, 1971
he forgot the truck was loaded
and that he was unable to stop
at the Vaughn intersection. The
truck ran off the road and into a
ditch then across Vaughn road
before coming to a halt,
troopers said.
Deputy Wyman Phillips of
Henry County was in Crawford
Long Hospital in Atlanta today
being treated for spine and
other injuries suffered in an
accident.
Griffin troopers said he was
slowing on Georgia 351 near the
Clayton County line to assist a
wrecker which had stopped to
help another motorist.
The deputy had his red light
blinking on the patrol car,
troopers said.
The said a car driven by
Robert Jackson Exum, 43, of
Route Two, Box 127 Mc-
Donough, collided with the rear
of the patrol car.
Exum suffered bruises and
was treated at a physician’s
office in McDonough.
Mr. Exum told a trooper that
ordinarily he would have been
able to bring his car to a halt but
he could not because of the wet
asphalt highway.
the community who are suffer
ing with diabetes and don’t
know it.
The goal of the program is the
discovery of the estimated 350
“unknown diabetics” in Spald
ing County.
Those most likely to have
diabetes and not know it are
persons past 40; persons who
are overweight; persons who
are blood relatives of diabetics;
and women who have given
birth to big babies (nine pounds
or more). These persons are
especially sought out as the high
risk groups.
Local CWA workers
to return to jobs
Picketing of Southern Bell
facilities in Griffin apparently
will end tonight when CWA
workers end their strike and
begin returning to work.
Southern Bell officials and
union negotiators reached
agreement yesterday afternoon
on a Contract to settle their
dispute.
However, Griffin remained
caught in the squeeze of a rail
strike and there was no glim
mer of hope on the horizon seen
for ending it.
Otis Weaver, Sr., Griffin
commercial traffic manager,
said he thought the situation
would get worse then Congress
would be forced to step in and
take some action to get the
trains moving again.
One Griffin concern with a
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The state 4-H horse show was held at the University of Georgia at Athens Saturday where three
Spalding County youths participated. They are (1-r) Kathy Fulton, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
David Fulton, Dawn Babb, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Babb, and Debra Cox, 14, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cox. Competition included riding events as well as a written test. Total
scores from both events were used in selecting state winners. All girls were winners with Kathy
placing second in Western Pleasure Pony, Debra placing second in Junior Reining, and Dawn
placing seventh in Senior Western Horsemanship and ninth in Senior Western pleasure.
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feed processing plant in Ft.
Valley faces the possibility of a
work stoppage because the
plant can’t move its feed out of
the mill.
Some freight cars with bills
already processed was in the
process of being moved from
the Griffin area today but Mr.
Weaver said this was only a
stop-gap measure.
Bell officials said the set
tlement affected some 50,000
telephone employes in four
Home building
at 20 year high
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Com
merce Secretary Maurice H.
Stans sees the fastest pace of
home building in 20 years as
solid evidence President Nix
on’s economic policies are
working.
The Commerce Department
announced Monday that private
housing starts in June edged up
to a seasonally adjusted annual
rate of 1.98 million units,
slightly more than the 1.96
million pace in May but
substantially above the 1.39
million rate one year ago.
“This is a powerful and
sustained expansion in home
building,” Stans said in a
statement. —
“With this evidence it seems
to me that it is time for the
skeptics to concede that the
economy is moving forward
strongly and that the Nixon
economic plan is proving out,”
he added.
southeastern states.
The settlement included wage
increases averaging about 13
percent for the first year. Three
per cent increases in the second
and third years with cost of
living adjustments are included
in the contract. Bell officials
said that improvements were
made in pensions, vacation,
holidays and other fringe
benefits.
Bell officials said the com
pany cost in the first year would
The report showed that for
the first six months of this
year, housing starts were at a
seasonally adjusted annual rate
of 1.88 million units, the fastest
pace since 1951 and within
range of eclipsing the record
1.95 million units built that
year.
Home building in the first six
months of this year was up 14
per cent over the last half of
last year and 48 per cent over
the first half of 1970.
The Nixon administration has
been counting on the housing
spurt to help pull the economy
out of its slump. Despite the
fast pace in home construction,
however, unemployment re
mains near the highest level in
a decade.
The housing boom in the first
half of this year has been
fueled in part by steadily
declining mortgage interest
rates. Those rates have recent
ly turned upward again.
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be about $17.4-million in
Georgia and about $59-million
overall.
Bell officials indicated in
Atlanta that telephone rate
increases are a possibility as
the result of the settlement.
Leaders of the Communica
tions Workers of America
(CWA) Monday ordered 500,000
telephone employes to end their
week-old strike against the Bell
System at midnight tonight.
CWA President Joseph A.
Beirne said the union had
agreed to a settlement that
would bring an increase of
wages and benefits of 33.5 per
Cent over three years.
There was some question,
however, whether all of the
locals involved would comply
with the back-to-work order. A
spokesman for the 23 New York
State locals said his group had
unanimously voted against the
agreement.
The Executive Board of New
York City’s 15,000-man local
originally had decided to let the
men decide for themselves
whether to return to work but
later reversed itself and
ordered the men back to
“protect the membership ...
from fines, court injunctions
and receivership.”
In another labor development,
the U.S. Postal Service and a
coalition of seven unions
representing 750,000 employes
announced they had agreed
tentatively on contract terms.
No details were revealed
pending a vote by the full union
negotiating committee.
The postal contract was
worked out in 36 hours of
continuous negotiations.
Negotiators for the railroad
industry and the United Trans
portation Union (UTU) sche
duled another bargaining ses
sion in Washington at 2 p.m.
EDT today in an effort to
resolve their complicated dis
pute over work rules changes.
Last week the union struck
the Union Pacific and the
Southern Railway.
Rail talks Monday failed to
make headway, and UTU
President Charles Luna pledged
that if there is no progress the
UTU will strike three more
lines Friday and six additional
lines July 30. About 9,000 UTU
members have struck the Union
Pacific and Southern.
In stall another major labor
dispute, the 500-member Non
ferrous Conference has sche
duled a meeting in Salt Lake
City Saturday to consider
ratification of a contract
agreement between striking
unions and Magma Copper Co.
United Steelworkers spokesmen
said they hoped the Magma
agreement would serve as a
pattern setter for possible
future settlements in the 20-
day-old national copper strike
which has idled 39,000 workers.
More talks were planned
today between union officials
and Kennecott’s Utah Copper
Division in Salt Lake City and
Anaconda Copper Corp, in
Helena, Mont.
Beirne said the communica
tions workers would strike
again Aug. 19 if workers
rejected the proposed telephone
settlement. The rank and file
will be polled by mail ballot.
The CWA president said the
settlement would cost the Bell
System about $4 billion over
three years. He urged approval
of the pact, saying it “does not
provide everything we sought
(but) it is the biggest package
ever gotten from the Bell
System.”
The strike has caused no
widespread difficulties for tele
phone users, largely because
the industry has become so
heavily automated. Some prob
lems were encountered, howev
er, by persons seeking to have
telephones installed or repaired
and by those wanted special
long distance services.