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By Quimby Melton
Some commentators in Wash
ington are recalling a story that
was circulated in Alabama
sometime ago. Alabama is the
home state of Justice Hugo
Black who last week resigned
from the Supreme Court.
The story runs something like
this, "Hugo Black used to go
around in white robes scaring
black people. Now he goes
around in black robes scaring
white people.”
Justice Blade was appointed
to the Supreme Court 34 years
ago by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Following the ap
pointment, Black was associat
ed with the Ku Klux Klan, it
being charged he was a mem
ber. Today there is no stauncher
advocate than he of the First
Amendment and civil rights.
. Black’s announced retire
ment came as a surprise to
many. If he had remained on
the court, and he might have
done so even though sick and in
the hospital, a short time longer
he would have served on the
court longer than any other
Justice. In March he would
have broken Justice Stephens
Field’s longevity record of 34
years, 6 months, and 11 days
from 1863 to 1897.
Regardless of why Justice
Black saw fit to resign his
resignation opens the door to
President Nixon’s appointing
another justice. Already
speculation is that he will ap
point a conservative “strict
constructionist” like his two
previous appointees — Chief
Justice Warren Burger and
Justice Harry A. Blackman.
And filling the vacancy on the
Court by naming Black’s
successor may be the fore
runner of another possible
appointment before long.
Justice John M. Harlan, 72, is
hospitalized with a severe back
ailment and is almost totally
blind.
Whoever is nominated by
President Nixon the Senate
must approve the nomination to
put the man or woman, on the
court. (There are rumors in the
national capital that there will
be those who will suggest a
woman appointee.)
With the Senate the “last
word” on who shall be seated,
and since the Democrats hold
the majority in the Senate there
is speculation that the Demo
crats may stall approval as the
Republicans did in 1968 when
they refused to okey Abe Fortas
as Chief Justice.
“The Hugo Black Story” may
be a headliner in the
newspapers and on the air for
sometime.
House
phone
planned
The Georgia House of Re
presentatives, during its special
session, will again offer a toll
free “information line,” to
answer questions about its
membership and activities.
Citizens anywhere in Georgia
can call with questions about
the House between the hours of
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day that
the House is in session.
The free calling number for
citizens outside the Atlanta
metropolitan area is 1-800-282-
5800. For residents of the
Atlanta dialing area, the
number is 656-5082.
The information line was first
established during the 1971
General Assembly session. An
average of 130 calls per day
were received during the eight
week session.
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MIDDLE EAST—Egyptian troops along the Suez Canal have been put on a “maximum alert,” the
semi-official Middle East News Agency (MEDA) said. A Cairo newspaper said the troops had
orders to retaliate “immediately and violently” to silence any Israel position that opens fire on
them. (UPI)
Senate passes
new draft bill
WASHINGTON (UPI) -The
Senate, after a seven month
struggle, passed and sent to
President Nixon today a draft
extension bill that abolishes
deferments for college students
and gives the military a record
high pay raise.
Passage of the measure—
which will restore draft calls
that have been suspended since
June 30—followed a dose 61 to
30 vote which barred a
threatened filibuster.
The bill is expected to be
Ist grades becoming
less crowded in Ga.
By BRADFORD SILLIMAN
ATLANTA (UPI) — First
grade classrooms in Georgia
are becoming less crowded and
school officials say the major
reason is a dropping birth rate,
not the growth of private
schools.
First grade enrollment in pub
lic schools has fallen at least
6.4 per cent since September
1968 when 110,792 were regis
tered, said Joseph N. Edwards,
assistant state school superin
tendent. Enrollment in 1970 was
103,656 but figures for this year
are not yet available.
“My guess is that the birth
Dog kills
small girl
HEMET, Calif. (UPI)-A 21-
month-old girl died of bites and
gashes received when she was
attacked by a German shep
herd, the county coroner’s
office reported Monday.
The dog attacked Heidi
Sufficool in the yard of her
home Sunday morning. The
child was left by her parents in
a pen with the dog, owned by a
friend, Mike Gorman, authori
ties said.
When they returned 15
minutes later, the baby was
bleeding from a number of
bites and gashes. Gorman shot
the dog.
The baby died two hours later
at Hemet Valley Hospital, the
coroner’s office said.
GRIFFIN
Daily Since 1872
signed by Nixon soon. Induc
tions probably will be resumed
immediately afterwards.
The bill carries the strongest
statement yet written by
Congress on the Vietnam War
urging the President to with
draw all U.S. troops from
Indochina as soon as possible.
But, to the disappointment of
war critics, the measure sets
no deadline for an end to U.S.
involvement.
Since the existing draft
authority expired, a series of
rate has reached its plateau...
that’s the major factor. That
some students have moved to
private schools is the minor
factor,” said Edwards.
“Out of about one million stu
dents in the Georgia system,
we think we lost around 15,000
to private schools last year—a
drop in the bucket.”
Cobb County provides an ex
ample of declining first grade
enrollment. Cobb’s total school
enrollment of 45,832 this year is
about 1,600 more than last year.
However, there are 400 fewer
first graders this year than last
and 400 fewer first graders than
second graders this year.
“This is the most significant
drop in first grade enrollment
we’ve ever had,” said Kermit
Keenun, an administrative as
sistant with the Cobb schools.
“It’s the first time the first
grade has been smaller than
the other grades.”
He agrees with Edwards that
a declining birth rate is the
major cause.
Mrs. Margaret Pierson, chief
of family planning for the Geor
gia Department of Children and
Family Services, said, “Per
sonally, I think family planning
has had some impact in the
last few years.”
She said about 201,000 indi
gent women in Georgia qualify
for the family planning program
involving counseling and birth
control devices and that about
20 per cent participate.
Mrs. Pierson said about 50
per cent of eligible women in
the Metro Atlanta area take
part, for above the national fig
ure of between 15 and 18 per
cent.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, September 21, 1971
controversies had Held up a
final Senate vote on the new
legislation to extend the Selec
tive Service system until June
30, 1973.
Supporters of the extension
succeeded in convincing two
thirds of their colleagues that a
continuation of no inductions
was a hazard to national
security.
In addition to a two year
extension of the draft, the
legislation includes a $2.4 billion
military pay raise and a
compromise version of an end
the-war amendment.
The Senate originally passed
an end-the-war amendment
calling for the withdrawal of all
U.S. troops from Indochina in
nine months. The language was
weakened and the specific
withdrawal timetable deleted in
a Senate-House conference.
Senate Democratic Leader
Mike Mansfield, who introduced
the Vietnam amendment, prom
ised his colleagues they would
have another opportunity to
vote for it later in the session.
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SAVANNAH, Ga.—A 21-year-old soldier from Ft Stewart
managed to escape from the fiery wreckage of an Army
Truck he was driving which was carrying two six-foot tanks
of gasoline after be lost control of the truck and overturned
State may pave
two roads here
Lee Roy Claxton told Cham
ber of Commerce directors
yesterday that the State High
way Department might resur
face Everee road and Airport
road.
The projects would involve 2.7
miles and some $90,000.
Claxton who is president of
the Chamber this year briefed
the directors on the offer. He
asked if they thought it should
be accepted. The directors
indicated they approved and
asked Claxton to proceed.
LEE
He said he had been in contact
with Burton Lee of Macon, this
district’s representative on the
Highway Board, about the offer.
President
urges return
of Okinawa
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Five
days before meeting Emperor
Hirohito, President Nixon urged
the Senate today to approve a
treaty to return Okinawa to
Japan.
Such a move meets U.S.
security needs and places the
nation’s relationship with ja
major Asian ally “on a more
sound and enduring basis,” he
said.
In a special message to
Congress, Nixon transmitted for
ratification an agreement be
tween the United States and
Japan concerning the Ryukyu
Islands and the Daito Islands,
signed at Washington and
Tokyo June 17.
The President is to meet
Hirohito briefly in Alaska
Saturday when the emperor’s
plane makes a refueling stop
there enroute to a European
visit.
In his message, the President
spoke of differences with Japan
but also expressed in extremely
conciliatory terms the need for
maintaining a “close and
cordial” relationship with the
Japanese government.
The treaty will become
effective two months after it is
ratified by the Senate and the
Japanese Diet. The latter is not
in session at this time.
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Both dty and county com
missioners had representatives
at the director’s meeting
yesterday. Mayor Barron
Cumming of the dty and Chair
man David Elder of the county
both agreed that the offers
would be welcomed.
It has not been nailed down,
Mr. Claxton said today.
A highway engineer is expect
ed to come here in a few days
and talk with City Manager Roy
Inman about the project. Mr.
Inman told the Chamber direc
tors that including curbing and
gutter preparation as well as
improving the Airport and
Everee roads was desirable.
INMAN
Drainage problems
may bump some paving
Heavy rains this summer
which at times caused some
sections of the city to reach
flooding stages has caused
officials to shift their attention
from paving to drainage pro-
Hems.
.. At least three sections in the
city are of major concern right
now, according to Roy Inman,
city manager.
They are the Fifth and Taylor
streets area; the West Broad
and West Taylor area, and the
Springer drive section. To be
sure, there are other sections in
the city that have big drainage
problems, the city manager
pointed out But these three
seem to be the most bothersome
at the present.
Correcting these and others
probably will mean shifting
some money marked for street
resurfacing, the city manager
pointed out.
The City Commissioners
accepted paving petitions for
work on Quincy and Collins
streets last February. These
are two pending projects which
the city may get to this fall.
Some $72,000 for materials
cost is set up in the new city
budget for street work. The
labor involved would bring this
outlay to about SIOO,OOO.
The two paving projects
approved by the commissioners
on Interstate Highway 16 near Svannah. The soldier was
listed in critical condition at the Hunter Army Airfield
Hospital. (UPI)
Since Mr. Inman is familiar
with the situation on both roads,
the city and county com
missioners asked him to discuss
the matter with highway engi
neers.
During the briefing, Mr. Clax
ton told the directors that a new
perimeter highway around
Atlanta extending 40 miles in all
directions is in the talking
stages at the State Highway
Office. This would bring Griffin
inside the perimeter.
Mr. Claxton explained the
circle would be on the edge of
Griffin. He said this would put a
partial four-lane circle around
the community and suggested
the circle could be closed, giv-
will run about $24,000. The rest
of the money appropriated for
paving may have to be deliver
ed to the drainage problems,
according to Mr. Inman.
City Commissioners have
discussed the priorities with the
city manager, after hearing
from citizens that something
needs to be done immediately
about the drainage.
During one afternoon this
past summer, rainfall topped
the 3.5 inch mark in the city,
causing extensive flooding and
damage to some streets and
sidewalks.
This prompted the com
missioners to take another look
at priorities and to see what
could be done about the drain
age.
One bright spot in the paving
picture is that the state has let a
contract for resurfacing the
Williamson road beginning in
Pike County at the Meriwether
line and extending into Spalding
County up to Poplar and South
Hill streets.
Highway engineers talking
with Mr. Inman indicate that
work might begin on this by
early November. The paving
will begin in the Pike area and
come towards Griffin.
The City Commissioners long
have been promised the state
would resurface this heavily
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ing Griffin a perimeter four
lane.
FUTURE
The new Atlanta perimeter is
10 to 15 years away, Mr. Claxton
said but he believes now is the
time for Griffin to start con
sidering its effects here.
Mr. Claxton said another long
range highway project in the
talking stages is extension of
Route 16 from Savannah to
Birmingham and Memphis.
Route 16 which comes through
Griffin now would become a
four-lane route, Mr. Claxton
said.
It would give Griffin access to
still another four-lane main
route, he said.
traveled route.
Not much work on resurfac
ing and paving can be expected
until the next city budget is
drawn, officials pointed out.
The city expects to get up to
nearly half a million in state
funds when a new state pro
gram goes into effect. But that
money is not in the 1971-72 bud
get just adopted.
Another new program that is
expected to help the city with its
paving is one permitting
municipal governments to con
tract with the state on paving.
The counties long have had this
program.
Historic
building
is razed
A wooden frame building
which has served as a school
building and later a library at
Fourth street and Memorial
drive has been razed at the
direction of the trustees who are
in charge of the property.
Lon Touchstone, one of the
trustees, said the building had
been condemned by the city and
trust officers given 30 days to
remove it.
He said the trust officers
complied.
The building and property
were willed to the black citizens
of Griffin. The will provides that
the judge of superior court
advise with the trust officers in
any changes in the property.
Mr. Touchstone said the will
stipulates the property could be
sold but that the proceeds must
be reinvested in the name of the
black people of Griffin.
There are no immediate plans
for using the property but the
trust officers hope to work
something out regarding its use
in the future, Mr. Touchstone
said.
“Maybe the church has been
too permissive — I rather think
the world would like to hear It
shout out against our ways.”