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By Quimby Melton
More than 2,000 American
Have sought
permission to visit Red China
during the trip there of Presi
dent Nixon for a conference
with Red China officials.
But only 80 will be there to
report for newspapers, radio
and television. What happens at
Pricing may be the most “news
worthy” event since World War
Two.
President Nixon’s Press
Secretary Ronald Ziegler, who
has returned after a visit to
China to make arrangements
for the visit, reports that China
had thought ten journalists
would be enough to “cover” the
events; but that the Chinese
finally agreed to “up” the num
ber to 80.
The 80 that will be permitted
to make the trip will be divided
about 30 to TV networks; 20 for
'wire services and national
magazines. The remaining 30
will be allotted to daily news
papers.
Press Secretary Ziegler will
have to display the wisdom of
King Solomon in working out a
list of who will and who will not
make the trip. He is trying to
arrange “pools” in each of the
three categories.
Washington reports that he
may have a hard time
“satisfying all.”
In an effort to reduce
criticism he is suggesting to
daily newspapers that operate
under “common ownership”
that they send but one person
for their “chain.” There are
many chains — running all the
way from the Scaipps-Howerd
multi paper group to cities
where morning and evening
papers are operated by the
same ownership. In the state of
Georgia there are several such.
Reports from other nations
are that many of them will send
only “token” representation,
relying chiefly on United Press
International, Associated
Press, Reuters (Reuters is a
European press agency that
“covers” all Europe and is
especially strong in South
America.
Because of the many events
that must be “covered” therei
win no “easy job” for any. But
the Nixon administration will
cooperate with them to the
fullest extent. An advance
American party will be sent to
Peking to set up a satellite
ground station at Peking airport
to provide full teletype, tele
phone, wire-photo and televis
ion transmission facilities. The
newsmen will arrive Feb. 20, a
day ahead of the President.
Ziegler promised interviews
with Chinese, tours of schools
and communes, comfortable
hotel rooms and invitations to
state banquets —a rosy picture
for the news people fortunate
enough to make the trip.
The Griffin Daily News will
not have any of its staff present
in Peking but it will be well
represented. UPI reports, UPI
Telephotos — Newspaper
Enterprise Association reports
and reports of other feature
services will give our readers
quick and authentic news and
pictures of what is going on at
this newsworthy event.
Essay contest
The Pulaski Chapter of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution is sponsoring an
essay contest in the elementary
and junior high schools of the
Griffin-Spalding School System.
The best essay in each school
will be selected by the local
teachers. These in turn will be
judged and the winner will be
given a medal by the local
chapter in May. The local
winner’s essay will be sent on
for national judging. The
winner will be announced.
All entries must be in by Feb.
1.
Local regent is Mrs. Henry S.
Raven and historian in charge
of the contest is Mrs. Louis
Brewer.
Nixon prods Demo congress
for prosperity without war
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Schools officials and parents at Om check new air conditioning unit installed in the library by the
PTO. Shown are (1-r) Frank Gregory, principal; Mrs. Eugenia Sorrels, librarian; Mrs. Bobby
Hart, past president of the PTO, and Mrs. Louis Stemberger, the current president. The PTO
spent some SI,OOO on the project They also had a school marker erected in front of the building.
Personal income
jumps $9-bill ion
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Per
sonal income of all Americans
jumped $9 billion in December,
the first full month following
the wage-price freeze, the
government said today.
The rise was about triple the
monthly gain of the past three
months when the wage-price
freeze held down the size of
workers’ paychecks, dividends
and other income payments.
The Commerce Department
said it represented the second
largest monthly gain of 1971.
The only bigger monthly
increase in personal income
during 1971 was recorded in
June when income was up S2O
Boys’ Club plans
building drive
The Boys’ Club of Griffin-
Spalding County has set Feb. 1
as the kick-off day for the
building fund drive to raise
$8,500, according to Don
Wilkinson, executive director.
At the club’s annual dinner
“A fellow ought to have a
better reason for wanting
something than the simple fact
*.ha‘. everybody else has it”
GRIFFIN
Daily Since 1872
billion.
Higher wages and salaries
were the biggest factors in the
December rise, the department
said. Paychecks increased $9.8
billion in December compared
to $3.5 billion in the previous
month.
Government payrolls were up
$2.5 billion, about half that
figure due to the military pay
raise. State and local govern
ment wages increased $1.5
billion, as teachers collected
salary increases held up during
the freeze.
Manufacturing payrolls rose
2.8 billion for the month with
gains reported in most sectors.
meeting Friday, Boys’ Club
board of directors president
John Herbert congratulated the
group on achieving their twin
goals for 1970-71 of obtaining a
site and remaining in con
tinuous operation.
Looking to the future, the club
announced the addition of
another facility as well as
improvements on the present
building and equipment as their
goals for 1972.
More than 100 volunteers will
be needed to participate in the
campaign to raise building
funds, according to drive
coordinator Dr. Kirby Starr.
Anyone interested in working
with Boys’ Club backers should
attend the Feb. 1 meeting at 7
p.m. to gain orientation and
pick up contact cards.
The meeting, at the clubhouse
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, Jan. 20, 1972
State of the Union
In private nonmanufacturing
industries, mining payrolls
were up $1 billion following the
settlement of the two-month
coal strike.
Transportation and public
utility paychecks rose $1 billion
as some of the nation’s
longshoremen returned to work
and trade disbursements rose
by $1.5 billion.
Organized labor, which has
been highly critical of the
government’s wage controls,
has criticized the government’s
decision to lift price and rent
controls from small stores and
some apartments.
in East Griffin, will feature
discussion of methods of raising
the building capital.
Building fund collections are
not a part of the club’s
operating budget, provided by
United Fund contributions, but
will be used exclusively to
construct addition Boys’ Club
facilities in Griffin.
Griffin Boys’ Club already
has begun negotiations with
state and city officials to obtain
a facility at Leo street and
Slayton alley which formerly
was used as a State Highway
Department maintenance
garage.
The garage would be
renovated to be used as a
second Boys’ Club building.
East Griffin’s dub ended its
first year of operation with
more than 225 members.
WASHINGTON (UPI(-Pres
ident Nixon prodded a Demo
cratic Congress in an election
year State of the Union
message today to act on a
stalled backlog of his legislative
measures aimed at achieveing
“a new prosperity without
war.”
Frankly acknowledging that
1972 is a political year, and
even noting that he was
speaking to numerous Demo
cratic Presidential hopefuls,
Nixon urged the newly con
vened members of the House
and Senate to make it “a year
of action” in which American
scientific know-how can be
directed to solving everyday
problems afflicting the people,
such as snarled dty transporta
tion and better health care.
He also served notice he
would ask for greater defense
pending this year.
In a personal appearance
before a joint session of
Congress which was nationally
televised, Nixon declared: “In
reaching the moon, we saw
what mircales American tech
nology is capable of achieving.
Now the time has come to
move more deliberately toward
making full use of that
technology here on earth, in
harnessing the wonders of
science to the service of man.”
Sees Economic Progress
He announced he would
submit in the near future a new
program of federal partnership
in technical research and
development which would in
clude government incentives to
achieve new breakthroughs in
day-to-day living.
Os the laggard economy, the
President told the assembled
legislators: “Here at home, we
are making progress toward
our goal of a new prosperity
without war.
“Industrial production, consu
mer spending, retail sales and
personal income all have been
rising. Total employment and
real income are the highest in
history. New home-building
starts this past year reached
the highest level ever. Business
and consumer confident have
both been rising. Interest rates
are down and the rate of
inflation is down. We can look
with confidence to 1972 as the
year when the back of inflation
will finally be broken.”
Nixon acknowledged that
joblessness remained high but
noted that “if the more than
two million men released from
the armed forces and defense
related industries were still on
their wartime jobs, unem
mployment would be far
lower.”
The President called attention
to the political setting of his
annual address early in his
speech.
Time Is Precious
He said: “I know the political
pressures in this session of the
Congress will be great. There
are more candidates for the
presidency in this chamber
today than there probably have
been at any one time in the
whole history of the republic.
There is an honest division of
opinion, not only between the
parties but within the parties
on some issues of foreign policy
and domestic policy as well.”
Nixon did not enunciate a
shopping list of legislative
demands but he noted the
election-year session “already
has before it more than 90
major administration proposals
which still await action.”
“1972 is before us,” he said.
“It holds precious time in
which to accomplish good for
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this nation. We must not waste
it.”
The President assayed the
state of the union in these
words:
“Surveying the certainty of
rapid change, we can be like a
fallen rider caught in the
stirrups—or we can sit high in
the saddle, the masters of
change, directing it in the
course we choose.”
Few Details Provided
The President supplemented
his half hour address with a
15,000-word written message
that contained additional detail,
particularly about what he
termed “the unfinished agen
da.”
Nixon provided few details of
his new program either in the
speech or written message, but
he stressed it was intended to
create jobs and to help
American industry compete in
world markets.
He said of his new special
program on technology:
“Among these proposals will
be an increase next year of S7OO
million in civilian research and
development spending, a 15 per
cent increase over last year’s
level and a 65 per cent increase
over 1969.”
Without revealing the exact
total, Nixon said the budget he
will send to Congress Monday
will increase the $78.8 billion
spending for defense although
the military budget as a
percentage of the gross national
product will continue to decline.
“Strong military defenses are
not the enemy of peace,” he
asserted. “They are the guar
dian of peace.”
Renews Call For Programs
The President announced also
te will spell out later a new
method of financing the public
schools to relieve some of the
burden of the hard-pressed
property taxpayer. But he said
that program would not be
ready for submission to Con
gress until later in the year.
He renewed his call for
welfare reform, revenue shar
ing, health care, environmental
protection, government reorga
nization and a host of other
programs which stalled in the
legislative machinery last year.
“1971 was a year of
consideration of these mea
sures,” Nixon said. “Now let us
join in making 1972 a year of
action of them—action by the
Congress, for the nation and for
the people of America.”
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Vietnam peace talks, speaks to newsmen before taking part
in the 141st session. (UPI)
U.S. asks info
on prisoners
PARIS (UPl)—The U.S. dele
gation to the Vietnam peace
talks appealed to the Commu
nists on the third anniversary
of the deadlocked negotiations
today for information on the
fate of 14 U.S. pilots believed to
prisoners of war.
Heyward Isham, deputy chief
of the U.S. delegation, said the
pilots were “known to have
been alive on the ground in
North Vietnam” but none of the
appeared on the Communists’
list of American prisoners,
issued more than a year ago.
“Little over a year ago, you
made available a list of
Americans captured in North
Vietnam. You called this list
‘complete and final’ despite
clear evidence that you have
further information which you
could provide, Isham said.
Communist statements re
leased at today’s 141st session
made no reference to the U.S.
delegation’s appeal.
Isham said, “Today we have
given you a document providing
details on cases involving 14
other downed airmen who were
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known to have been alive on the
ground in North Vietnam, or who
were at one time actually
identified by you as having
been captured. None of these
men appear on your so-called
complete list.”
“Please provide the informa
tion you have on these 14 men
and on any others of our
missing men throughout Indoch
ina,” Isham said.
The airmen listed were all
officers of the U.S. Air Force
and Navy.
The Air Force officers
included Capt. William R.
Andrews, Capt. John M. Bruch
er, Maj. Elwyn R. Capling,
Maj. Joseph C Morrison, Capt.
S.D. Francisco, Capt. Arthur L.
Warren, Capt. Frederick M.
Mellor and Capt. Samuel E.
Waters.
The Naval pilots were listed
as Lt. Cmdr. Randolph W.
Ford, Lt. James K. Patterson,
Lt. Cmdr. Vincent D. Monroe,
Lt. Cmdr. Milton D. Vescelius,
LtM (jg) Walter O. Estes, and
Lt. (jg) James E. Teague.