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Weekend Notes:
There were tense moments
Saturday afternoon when Apollo
15 came back to earth for a
landing. One of the three
parachutes that was supposed
to open and make the landing
easier on both the men and the
space ship as well, failed to
open, and though one could see
the landing there was no news
from the men inside.
No doubt some, remembering
what happened to the last
Russian astronauts, wondered
if Uncle Sam’s daring
spacement had suffered a
similar fate.
From the Houston Center
came comment from top men
there assuring the public that
everything was okey, but one
could sense worry on their part.
Finally after frogmen and
others had landed in the waters
near the space ship, and circled
it with “life preservers” to
keep it afloat, the hatch opened
and out came the threee men
who had made a most suc
cessful round trip to the moon, a
trip that saw two of them
remaining on the moon and
exploring it longer than any of
their predecessors and one of
them walking around outside
the ship with nothing between
him and mother earth but air.
Once the three men had come
out of the space ship they were
carried to the rescue ship and
for the first time were
welcomed aboard without being
isolated. They actually had
discarded their space unifarms
to be more comfortable.
After they had been
welcomed aboard ship, off to
Hawaii they went. There
welcoming ceremonies
awaited. Sunday they were
flown to Houston control center.
They were not quarantined this
time and before long should be
with their families enjoying a
vacation.
The ceremonies at Honolulu
included a prayer of thanks for
their safety. It was short con
sisting of less than 50 words. But
hours before this official
thanksgiving prayer, a shorter
prayer had been sent in orLit to
heaven, a prayer of
thanksgiving that consisted of
just two words, “Thank God.”
This was the prayer of millions.
It was announced Uncle Sam
would vote for Red China’s
admission to U.N. but will
oppose dropping Formosa.
However, it was said by some
high officials, Formosa would
be voted out.
President Nixon warned
against expecting a quick
solution to the tensions in Indo-
China.
A report from Sweden that
arrangements to fly POWs
there from Vietnam was found
to be just a rumor.
Governor Carter announced
the special session of the
General Assembly, tentatively
called for September, might not
be held until October.
Heavy rains continued to hit
the Griffin area—not steady
downpours but rain that would
last an hour or so, rain pouring
like “cats and dogs” during that
period. Wednesday night, about
midnight saw such a rain. The
city’s Public Works Depart
ment was busy two days
cleaning up the mud and fallen
limbs. Saturday night and again
Sunday night once again “the
rains came down.” The one
Sunday night was accompanied
by lightening that flashed like a
fireworks display.
It was announced the
sheltered workshop for
retarded children would be open
Sept. 30; and on Saturday Prof.
J. R. Berry celebrated his 90th
birthday. Prof. Berry, though
retired, continues to teach as a
volunteer helper at the classes
for exceptional children at
Crescent School.
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C. A. Knowles
Knowles
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C. A. Knowles, president of
the First National Bank of
Griffin, has been appointed by
Gov. Jimmy Carter as a
member of the Board of
Commissioners of the Depart
ment of Industry and Trade,
representing the Sixth
Congressional District, for a
term beginning Aug. 3,1971. and
ending April 1, 1972, to succeed
the John R. Hines.
Mr. Knowles will be sworn in
as a member of the board at the
Governor’s office in Atlanta
tomorrow at 11:30 a.m.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
96, low today 69, high yesterday
91, low yesterday 69. Total
rainfall .82 of an inch. Sunrise
tomorrow 7:01, sunset
tomorrow 8:24.
Solons on world junkets
By FRANK ELEAZER
WASHINGTON (UPI) -The
Senate had not even rung its
final bell last Friday when an
Air Force plane loaded with
House members and their
wives, headed by Speaker Carl
Albert, took off on a tour of
Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and
Manila —and such popular
waypoints as Honolulu, going
and coming.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-
Mass., has his bags packed for
a visit to India and Pakistan.
Sen. Adlai E. Stevenson IH,
DpID., had tickets for Hong
Kong, Japan, Thailand, Viet
nam and Russia.
They and other lawmakers
today were scattered around
US dollar plunges
By HARRY HOBBS
LONDON (UPI) - Fears
about possible devaluation of
the U.S. dollar sent the dollar
plunging to its lowest level in 22
years on the Frankfurt money
market today. Gold climbed
sharply higher on European
markets, rising 90 cents an
ounce in Zurich over the Friday
rate.
The rate in Frankfurt of
3.4242 marks to the dollar was
the lowest since 1949 when West
Germany revalued the mark
upwards for the first time after
World War H.
Reflecting the uneasiness in
world money markets, the gold
“Today’s work seldom tires
you as much as contemplating
tomorrow’s.”
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Deluge soaks
Griffin again
Investigators
charge petty
corruption
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Con
gressional investigators today
accused some Marine Corps
officials, mostly civilians, of
petty corruption involving de
fense contractors.
In one case, said a House
armed services subcommittee,
the situation resulted in the
purchase of faulty generators
which may have added to
Marine casualties in Vietnam.
The report called the situation
a “tangled web of contractor
influence over Marine Corps
personnel.”
Specifically the subcommittee
said:
—The Marines bought about
7,000 faculty generators from
Consolidated Diesel Electric Co.
(CONDEC) of Old Greenwich,
Conn., for more than 127
million. It said the 300 sets sent'
to Vietnam broke down so often
all had to be pulled out of
service and the situation “may
have contributed to combat
casualties.”
(CONDEC issued a statement
denying any wrongdoing and
saying the generators were in
good shape when they were
delivered.)
the globe, and back across their
home districts, in a congres
sional recess that will last until
Sept. 8. They left behind key
legislation in various states of
incompletion with little pros
pect for any quick action when
they come back.
It appeared that various
antiwar debates would keep
Congress working until Christ
mas, even though the official
schedule is geared for a late
fall adjournment.
The month-long vacation —
for practical purposes stretched
to five since the first
post-recess week in the House
and Senate faced heavy absen
teeism —was the first of its
kind decreed under a reform
price shot upwards on the
Zurich market to $43.50 buy and
$43.70 sell for an ounce of gold,
90 cents up from Friday. The
artificially pegged U.S. price of
gold is $35 an ounce.
The British pound sterling
also climbed against the dollar.
Financial experts blamed this
series of developments on the
dollar’s weaker position:
The report on dollar devalua
tion by a U.S. subcommittee
and the Treasury’s counter
statement; fears that this
week’s gold stock figures will
spell out another drain on U.S.
reserves, and the U.S. need to
borrow from the International
Monetary Fund / IMF).
Dealers in Frankfurt, Germa
ny, fixed the rate for today at
3.4242 marks to the dollar. This
was below the previous record
low of 3.4470 quoted Thursday
and was the lowest reached by
the dollar since the West
German government floated the
mark May 10 to let it find its
own level on money markets.
The official rate before that
date was 3.66 marks to the
dollar.
The new flareup demolished
Friday’s steadier conditions
when the dollar had regained a
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Rain last night washed out this section of sidewalk at Forest
avenue and Springer drive.
law Congress passed for itself
last year.
Leaders split along party
lines as to how much had been
done since the 92nd Congress
convened on Jan. 20. They all
agreed that plenty had not, and
that some of the stickest
problems remained to be
solved.
Among them was a two-year
draft extension including an
amendment expressing Con
gress’ desire to negotiate peace
in Indochina and bring home
the troops in return for an
exchange of war prisoners.
The real fight will still be
ahead —on two other key
pieces of military legislation: a
S2O billion defense procurement
little strength and the interest
in gold subsided in advance of
the weekend.
WRONG IMAGE
RUGBY, England (UPI) -
Policeman Tom Boyland has
been advised by his superiors
that establishing beer-drinking
records does not give the police
a suitable image.
Boylan, who has downed a
pint of beer in one and a half
seconds, therefore called off his
plan to meet challengers in a
drinking charity fund raising
event.
A PLAN THAT FAILED
HARROGATE, England
(UPI) -Peter Kuttner, a 29-
year-old artist, was sure his
multi-colored feast would dim
the appetities of 300 persons at
the town festival.
He laid on a $240 meal that
included blue rolls, pink eggs,
green pies and red sandwiches,
part of food-color research he is
conducting at Queen Elizabeth
College, London.
But the picnic goers took no
notice and cleared everhting off
the tables in 15 minutes.
“I was shattered," Kuttner,
said later. “It made a mockery
of my experiment.”
authorization and the annual
defense money bill of some S7O
billion, the first of which has
passed the House unamended
and awaits Senate action and
the second of which has not yet
cleared its first hurdle, the
House Appropriations Commit
tee.
Senate doves will use both
bills as vehicles for attempted
amendments to order an end to
the war or to bar spending in
Indochina by a specified date.
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This twin-engine Beechcraft airplane was damaged during
an emergency landing yesterday afternoon at the Griffin-
Spalding Airport The nose landing gear would not lock in
place and the pilot, Calton Williams, set the craft down gently
on its two main body wheels then let the nose go forward as
the craft was near its normal stop. The propellers and other
parts of the plane were damaged. There were no injuries.
Flying with Williams were three student pilots. Williams is
an instructor. He circled the field some two hours to use all
but five minutes of his fuel to lessen the danger in landing. A
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Rain drenched streets and
overflowing drains were the
order of the evening last night
as the second heavy thun
derstorm struck the city in the
last week.
Horace Westbrooks, National
Weather Observer at Sunny
Side, measured .82 of an inch of
rainfall. The WKEU radio
weather station on Memorial
Drive measured a total of 3.60
inches in the cloudburst with
2.95 inches being recorded in an
hour’s time.
John Avery of the Griffin
Public Works Department has
been on the job continuously
since 11:30 last night when
flooding was first noticed.
Last night’s storm was about
five times worse than last
week’s according to Mr. Avery.
He estimated at least $5,000 in
damages and expects to be
working for the next week or so
just getting to the emergencies.
A street off Springer Drive
caved in and washouts are
reported all over the city. His
crews and their whole outfits
will work around the clock with
all of the emergencies first.
Mr. Avery explained that the
drainage system of the. city is
just overworked with the kinds
of floods as the city suffered last
night. The construction of
parking lots and the numerous
paved streets in the downtown
area cause a buildup of
drainage long before the water
in the residential areas takes
effect, he explained.
Griffin Sales and Service on
East Solomon street reported a
flooded basement from the
storm with some 12 to 14 inches
of water. Gene McConnel, store
manager, had no estimates of
the damage which apparently
was caused by a backup of
water from overworked drains.
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Lightening damaged this tree at the home of Jim Kinkead on
Maple drive last night
Bolt kills guardsman
FT. STEWART, Ga. (UPI)-
Lightning killed one North Ca
rolina National Guardsman and
injured seven others Sunday
night only hours after several
thousand Guardsmen from the
two Carolinas arrived here for
their annual two-week summer
field training.
Names of the victims, mem
bers of the 30th Infantry Divi
sion, were withheld until their
families could be notified.
light Based on his instrument panel indicating the front gear
would not lock in place. He circled the field low several
times and ground observers saw the nose wheel dangling
loose. A rescue team including Gene Scott, Byron Howard,
Marcellous Aiken and others stood by with fire extinguishing
equipment and pounced on the plane as it came to a rest
There was no fire. Lance Toland, a Griffin High student
photographer was with the rescue team and made this
photograph of the wrecked plane.
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A violent thunderstorm devel
oped a few hours after the
Guardsmen arrived here in
their convoys and set up field
encampments.
All the victims were in the
same tent which was hit by the
lightning bolt.
Three of the injured were
treated in the field and re
leased, and the four others
were taken to the base hospital
for treatment and later re
leased.