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By Quimby Melton
Saturday, Feb. 12th, is the
birthday anniversary of Abra
ham Lincoln, 17th President of
the United States. It is also the
birthday of the State of Georgia.
Lincoln was elected to the
Presidency at a time when a
split in the Union was threaten
ed and lived long enough to lead
those states remaining in the
Union to vistory. There are
those students of American
history who believe that the
assassination of President
Lincoln was one of the greatest
tragedies of American history.
They believe that had Lincoln
not been assassinated there
would have been no cruel “Re
construction Era”. They
believe this because they feel
that Lincoln loved every state
and their people.
In fact, some have expressed
the opinion that the man who
assassinated President Lincoln
was actually “the tool” of some
leaders of the Lincoln ad
ministration and of the Lincoln
Congress who encouraged him
to kill the President, because
they wanted to take their
“pound of flesh” from the
defeated South. They wanted to
exploit the ravaged South and
“feather their own nests.”
Saturday, Feb. 12th, is also
the birthday of many Ameri
cans. There are tw’o, dear to
Good Evening whose birthday it
is. May they, and all others who
share their birthday with Lin
coln and with Georgia, always
have the great love for America
that Lincoln had, and the high
principles that brought General
Oglethorpe to Georgia to
establish our state.
As time runs on, it seems
Good Evening loses, one after
another, old friends of long
standing.
Yesterday one such friend
“passed”. He was Col. J. 0.
Futral, Griffin attorney and
civic leader. He has been an
asset to our community and we
with many others will miss him.
Were it not for younger
friends, whose friendship we
value this would be a mighty
lonesome world for this old
codger.
Jean Dixon
here tonight
Jeane Dixon who has a
national reputation for predict
ing future events will speak to
the Rotary Club’s ladies night
program tonight. It will begin at
7 o’clock at the welks Club.
Sammy Murray is in charge
of the program. Dr. Jim Dun
away is Rotary president this
year.
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ORLANDO, Fla.—The Robert Tauscheck family of
Kingsford, Mich., have the vacation of their lifetime as they
tour Disney World with their six children, four of them have
Tried to crash office
Carter offers help
for youth on drugs
He’s about 96
Jim Smith, 604 East Broad street, apparently has not
reached the age of 100.
Adelle Dewberry, 514 East Slaton avenue, thought her
great grandfather, might have passed the century mark.
She began a search for records on his age after the Griffin
Daily News announced it was looking for persons 100
years old or older.
The newspaper is celebrating its 100th year of
publication and wants to recognize those 100 or over and
place them in the Griffin Daily News Century Club.
Mrs. Dewberry said an old insurance policy dated Aug.
2,1936 listed Mr. Smith’s age as 60 at that time. This would
establish his age at 96. A check of Scoial Security records
for Mr. Smith confirmed that he had not reached the 100
year mark.
So the search goes on.
The Griffin Daily News will give SIOO to the oldest
person it can find in its circuation area by March 1. The
circulation are includes Spalding, Fayette, Henry, Pike,
Lamar and Butts Counties.
On their way
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
Calif. (UPl)—The swallows
which return to San Juan
Capistrano every year have
begun their migration north
ward from their winter home in
Argentina.
The mission at San Juan
Capistrano said Wednesday it
had received the following
cable:
“Swallows left Feb. 1 from
Goya, Argentina. Hope on
schedule.
Tornado danger season
is near in Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) - The
National Weather Service, or
ganizing its annual SKYWARN
project, says the most danger
ous time of the year for tor
nadoes in Georgia is approach
ing.
State Climatologist Horace S.
Carter released figures showing
19 of the 46 twisters which
struck Georgia last year hit
during that danger period —
March through April.
Tornadoes during 1971 caused
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DAI LY NEWS
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“Folks are more inclined to
get worked up about polluted
food and air than polluted
thinking — which is at least as
deadly.”
two deaths, 48 injuries and $3
million in property damage in
Georgia, but the statistics indi
cate SKYWARN, an effort by
the weather service and its par
ent organization, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad
ministration, to protect lives
from twisters is working.
Carter said during the past
20 years, tlie average yearly
fatalities from tornadoes have
decreased while the number of
tornadoes reported and the pop-
muscular dystrophy. Their trip was sponsored by Tampa
firemen and civic groups in Tampa as well as Orlando
millionaire Glen Turner. (UPI)
Griffin, Ga. 30223 Thurs., Feb. 10, 1972
ATLANTA (UPI)-Gov. Jim
my Carter said today he would
do all he could to help a young
man who, apparently high on
drugs, tried to force his way
into Carter’s office.
Carter said he would not
press charges of striking an of
ficer against James Hull 111,
about 20, of Augusta, but that
he would face a drug charge.
The governor said Hull hit
State Patrol Sgt. Stock Cole
man, Carter’s bodyguard, but
was wrestled to the ground by
Coleman and arrested.
Hull was held overnight at
Grady Hospital for observation.
Carter said he would ask Dr.
Peter Bourne, a noted psychia
trist and director of the Geor
gia narcotics treatment pro
gram, to see if he could help
Hull's apparent drug problem.
The governor said Hull’s
grandfather was a close friend
of his and his father was a for
mer legislator.
“I regret the incident very
much,” Carter said. “We
thought at first he was inebriat
ed but found he was on drugs. I
don’t know why he wanted to
see me but I presume it was
about employment.”
Carter said that Hull had
been discharged from the Sen
ate Economy, Reorganization
and Efficiency in Government
Committee earlier in the day
and apparently was looking for
a new job.
He said that had he not been
so busy, he would have talked
with Hull but he was tied up in
a conference with two senators.
ulation have increased.
year a tow truck driver
was killed in Sumter County
when a mobile home was
flipped over on his truck by a
tornado Jan. 15, and another
person was killed April 23 when
a twister demolished a Macon
County home.
The worst year for tornadoes
in Georgia was 1936 when 240
Georgians were killed, includ
ing 203 at Gainesville on April
6.
Food
agents
suspected
WASHINGTON (UPI) - A
wine preservative and two
meat curing agents came under
fire today on grounds they may
combine with other chemicals
to form cancer-causing substan
ces.
The Food and Drug Adminis
tration (FDA) proposed a ban
on diethyl pyrocarbonate
(DEPC), used as a fermenta
tion inhibitor and preservative
in some still wines and
noncarbonated soft drinks.
An associate of Ralph Nader,
meantime, urged the Agricul
ture Department to bar most
uses of sodium nitrite and
sodium nitrate, which are used
in curing ham, corned beef,
frankfurters, cold cuts, bacon
and some baby foods to prevent
deadly botulism, and also to
color the cured meats red.
Neither DEPC nor the meat
curing chemicals are new, and
die government agencies said
they had no evidence of harm
to humans from their use.
Suspicion of both results from
recent scientific research. The
FDA cited studies concluding
that DEPC may combine with
other ingredients to form
urethan, a known carcinogen. A
carcinogen is something that
causes cancer.
“This possibility has not been
shown at the levels of use
permitted, or in any marketed
product,” tlie FDA said. The
agency said it was proposing
tlie ban “as a precautionary
measure." Use of DEPC can
continue during a 60-day period
for public comments on the
proposal.
Harrison Wellford of Nader’s
Center for the Study of
Responsive Law cited a scien
tist’s statement before a House
subcommittee last March that
nitrite and nitrate may combine
in the human stomach with
other chemicals to form nitro
samines, a potent class of
carcinogen.
First Federal
expansion
is planned
The Griffin City Commission
ers have agreed to work with
Joe Cumming, head of First
Federal Savings and Loan
Association, in its expansion
program.
Mr. Cumming asked the com
missioners this week about
working with him in getting the
sidewalk lowered on Sixth
street on which First Federal
fronts.
Plans call for the building to
be expanded and traffic
rerouted to the building.
Vehicles will enter the First
Federal facility from the Sixth
street side and exit on Poplar
street.
The Commissioners asked
Mr. Cumming to work with City
Manager Roy Inman and
engineers in the program. Mr.
Cumming said First Federal
would expect to bear the ex
pense of the sidewalk changes.
Weather
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53, low today 31, high yesterday
51, low yesterday 28. Sunrise
tomorrow 7:30, sunset
tomorrow 6:13.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Weaving her way into the hearts of nurses at St. Francis General Hospital
like Mary Ann Romanns, is week old “Valerie Frances.” The infant was taken to the hospital after
being found on a doorstep in the Bloomfield section of the city. (UPI)
Witness places
Partin in meets
ATLANTA (UPI) — A gov
ernment witness in testimony
Wednesday placed Teamster
boss Edward Partin at meet
ings where a Baton Rouge, La.,
concrete producer discussed
sabotage of a competing firm.
The witness, Billy R. Rogers,
said Ted F. Dunham Jr., once
asked him in Partin’s presence
to sabotage a rival’s concrete
pipe plant.
Dunham was convicted last
year of conspiracy with Partin
to gain control of the Baton
Rouge concrete trade.
Partin is being tried in fed
eral court here on criminal con
spiracy and extortion charges.
The indictment accuses him of
using Teamster labor stoppages,
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Soviet scientist brings
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old organs back to life
MOSCOW (UPI)—A Soviet geochemist
| has brought back to life organisms that
| flourished 250 million years ago, the
ft official Tass news agency says.
He was only trying to find the origin of
g the red color of some potassium ore. Tass
g said “the paleozoic visitors (which) came
| to life, grew and even multiplied” were a
g surprise.
S: Tass said Wednesday that an article in
g the current issue of the monthly magazine
ft “Soviet Union” detailed the work of
geochemist N. Chudinov of the Berezniki
■$ potassium combine near Perm, 800 miles
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g “The discovery of the organic nature of
g the coloring in Perm’s potassium salts also
;:• became the discovery of the ability of
?: organisms to remain in a state of
ij: anobiosis, or deep lethargy, and, under
violence and property damage
to give Dunham a concrete
monopoly in exchange for finan
cial kickbacks.
Rogers, a former employe of
Dunham, testified concerning a
series of meetings at which
Partin, Dunham and others
were present. At one such meet
ing, he said, toe group was talk
ing and laughing about deliber
ate damage to concrete pipe de
livered by the rival firm to a
job site.
Rogers said he once was
asked to sabotage the Stevens
Concrete Pipe Products firm
but that he refused to do it. He
testified that the next day a
employe of toe Dunham firm
took him out and bought him a
new car.
certain conditions, to return to active life,” :$
Tass said. £
According to Tass, Chudinov discovered :g
organisms “which flourished 250 million •:•:
years ago, during the Paleozoic era, in the :$
Great Perm Sea, the waves of which once ■:•:
rolled from the north Urals to Kharkov.” $
Tass did not explain how the age of the S:
organisms was determined. $
“But Chudinov didn’t merely discover i-:
this ancient and mysterious world—he •:•
revived it in his laboratory,” Tass said. :•:
“The paleozoic visitors came to life, grew •:;
and even multiplied.” :•:
Tass quoted an otherwise unidentified •:•
professor, B. Perfilyev, as saying: :•:
“This is a discovery of world ft
significance and may enable us to
penetrate into nature’s holy of holies—the •:•
evolution of life on earth.” ijf
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Mobile home
registration
being taken
Al Hill of the Spalding Tax
Assessors office today remind
ed mobile home owners of a new
state law that became effective
this year.
It requires mobile home
owners to register them with
county tax assessors by April 1.
Persons moving mobile homes
also must register for a permit.
Mr. Hill said the law was
passed last year by the General
Assembly.
Violators will face court
prosecution in misdeameanor
cases, he said.
He said that only a few mobile
home registrations have been
received in Spalding County.