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VENIN VT
By Quimby Melton
Did you forget to send a
Valentine to someone Monday?
That was Valentine Day.
If you did, you’ll have to wait
until next year to “remember”
that person. And we would
suggest that you don’t try to
make excuses. You just forgot,
or were too busy, that's all there
is about it.
Sending Valentines on Feb.
14th is a custom followed all
round the globe. Here in
America it is most popular and
Valentine cards are sent by the
millions. Factories work
overtime to supply the millions
of boxes of sweets that are in
demand; and florists are kept
busy arranging appropriate
floral arrangements.
The origin of Valentine Day
never has been fully
established. One encyclopedia
says the word Valentine first
recorded in history is the name
of two Saint Valentines who
were executed on the same day,
| Feb. 14th, A.D. 271.
This same encyclopedia says
i that their execution brought on
a deluge of critical letters to
Roman officials from those who
loved the two; and comic, fun
making notes from those who
I approved of the executions.
However, in spite of this
! unusual beginning, the practice
of sending Valentines ex
pressing love and admiration
became popular centuries ago
and today the day is an im
i portant one.
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Os course, there still are those
who send comic Valentines but
by and far these are sent, not in
a spirit of hatred, but in hope of
bringing a smile to the face of
the receiver.
It is interesting that Valentine
Day this year comes before Ash
Wednesday. And Ash Wed
nesday is the first day of the
Lenten Season that begins
Easter.
And Easter, all Christians
know,marks the anniversary of
the day the greatest Valentine
of all history was delivered. For
that Day was the day of the
glorious resurrection. No one
can think of Easter without
remembering John 3:16 “For
God so loved the world that He
sent” — the greatest Valentine
ever sent to mankind.
Good Evening was the
recipient of many Valentines
that he appreciated. We have
found people are most kind to
old timers. Every year there
are Valentines from friends who
take the place of old friends who
are here no more.
Some of these Valentines
come as a surprise. There was
one such this year. It was from
the GHS class of Mrs. Carole
Marshall. They had invited
Good Evening to talk to them
about our paper’s 100th an
niversary. It was a pleasure to
do so, especially since there
were so many members of the
class whom we either knew or
whose parents and grand
parents we knew. But we didn’t
expect a Valentine signed by all
the members of the class. Their
signing it made it very per
sonal.
We hope all our readers had
as happy a Valentine Day as we.
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Griffin woman
shot in hip
during robbery
Mrs. Calvin Davis was shot in
the hip during a holdup this
morning at the grocery store
she and her husband operate at
219 East Chappell street. She
was admitted to the Griffin-
Russian arrested
on espionage charge
NEW YORK (UPI)-A Rus
sian national employed at the
United Nations was arrested
and detained Monday night by
the FBI for allegedly soliciting
and obtaining classified infor
mation about a new U.S. Navy
plane.
The Soviet citizen, Valeriy I.
Markelov, was picked up near a
restaurant in Patchogue. N.Y.,
on Ixing Island, and taken to
the federal House of Detention
in Manhattan for the night
pending arraignment today.
At the time of his arrest,
Markelov, a translator at the
United Nations, had in his
possession secret documents
obtained from an engineer at
the Grumman Aerospace Cor
poration, Bethpage, N.Y., also
on Long Island, authorities
said.
The FBI emphasized that the
engineer for Grumman, develo
pers and builders of the new
FI4A jet fighter, had cooperat
ed fully with the federal
agency.
11 Meetings Held
The arrest of Markelov, 32,
culminated an investigation of
the suspected espionage which
began in the fall of 1970. The
FBI said Markelov had held 11
meetings with the engineer at
various places in the metropoli
tan area and the FBI had
witnessed all of them.
As he was led out of FBI
headquarters headed for over
night internment, Markelov
remained impassive. He kept
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NEW YORK—Valeriy I. Markelov (c), a Russian who works as a U.N. translator is escorted from
FBI headquarters here late yesterday following his arrest on espionage charges involving a new
U.S. Navy fighter plane. Markelov allegedly solicited and received classified documents on the
FI4A aircraft, now under development according to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. (UPI)
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Spalding Hospital for treat
ment.
Investigators said the wound
appeared not to be serious.
Police posted a lookout for the
bandit. He was described as
his eyes towai d the floor as he
walked past newsmen and
photographers.
The U.S. attorney for the
Eastern District, Robert A.
Morse, will represent the
government personally when
the Russian appears in court
today, a spokesman for Morse’s
office said.
In Washington, FBI Director
J. Edgar Hoover said the
investigation began in 1970
when Markelov made the
acquaintance of the Grumman
employe at an engineering
conference.
Markelov Arrested
Markelov supplied a portable
copying machine and a 35mm
camera to the engineer to
reproduce the classified mater
ial, according to the FBI.
Authorities did not say what the
engineer was to have received
for his espionage work. Marke
lov was arrested in Patchogue
after he took possession of the
secret material.
A native-born Russian, Mark
elov came here in November,
1967 to work at the U.N.
Secretariat.
He lived with his wife and
daughter on the West Side of
Manhattan, the FBI said.
The maximum penalty under
the charges is 10 years in
prison and a SIO,OOO fine.
Diplomatic immunity does not
apply in his case since he is not
a member of the Soviet Mission
to the United Nations.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1972
being a black male in his teens
or early 20s, dressed in blue
jeans and a plaid shirt. He was
described as having short
cropped hair.
Investigators said Mrs. Davis
was alone in the store filling an
order that had been telephoned.
She told law officers the robber
came and asked where her
husband was. When she told
him he was out, the youth pulled
a small pistol and handed her a
note, officers said.
Mrs. Davis told investigators
the robber said it was a holdup.
She gave him about $l5O in five
and ten dollar bills, leaving the
one dollar bills in the cash
register, officers said.
Mrs. Davis related she told
the robber that since he had the
money, he didn’t have to shoot
her. She said that he made a
statement something to the
effect “let this be a lesson to
you,” then fired the pistol and
fled.
Mr. Davis is serving as a
juror in Spalding Superior Court
this week.
The robbery occurred about
9:28 a.m. this morning.
Det. Lt. Wallace Pitts stopped
at Hill’s Tire Store at East
Solomon and Sixth streets to
have a tire changed. It was
down.
•—His patrol car had been put on
a jack when the robbery call
came. The car was quickly
lowered to the pavement and
the officer speed to the scene on
the nearly flat tire.
Lt. Paul Short and Lt. Pitts
were amtxig the policemen
heading up the investigation.
Mitchell resigns
WASHINGTON (UPI )-Attor
ney General John N. Mitchell
resigned today to become
President Nixon’s re-election
campaign manager—the same
job he held in Nixon’s
victorious 1968 race.
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WASHINGTON—President Nixon’s trip to China is dramatic
evidence of policy changes in both China and the U.S. that
could influence the course of history .for generations. During
his stay in China Feb. 21-28 he is expected to confer with
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Georgia
Ist again
WASHINGTON (UPI) - In
ternal Revenue Service agents
shut down more illegal stills in
Georgia in December than in
any other state — the 11th
straight month Georgia has had
that honor. it
The agents closed 59 moon
shine operations and confiscated
28,000 gallons of mash and near
ly 1,600 gallons of whisky in
Georgia during December.
North Carolina, with 51 stills
closed, was second for the third
straight month.
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Earl Ray
bungles
escape try
PETROS, Tenn. (UPI) -
James Earl Ray, the slayer of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has
bungled another attempt to
escape from prison, authorities
said Monday.
State Corrections Commis
sioner Mark Luttrell said the
attempt occurred Feb. 5 and
resulted in Ray being put back
in a disciplinary cell for 30 days
at the maximum security
Brushy Mountain State Prison.
He was found crawling to or
from a place where he could
work and not be seen,” Luttrell
said.
Warden Robert Moore said
Ray had acquired a makeshift
handsaw and was attempting to
saw a hole through the ceiling
of a room adjoining an
auditorium where inmates
watched movies.
The lights came on too soon,
Moore said, and the guards saw
Ray slipping out of his secluded
work area.
Last May, Ray concocted an
elaborate plan to escape that
would have led him through a
maze of steam tunnels to
freedom.
Diabetic clinic
to test Thursday
The Spalding Health
Department will have another
in a series of diabetic testing
clinics Thursday. The clinic will
be at the Health Center from 2
p.m. till 4 p.m.
They are free. Persons
planning to be tested were
urged to eat a good lunch and be
tested two hours after eating.
Jim Morgan is in charge of
the clinics.
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Nixons will hit the
tourist trail in China
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Pres
ident and Mrs. Nixon will hit
the tourist trail during part of
their stay in China, including a
visit to the fabled Forbidden
City in Peking and a boat ride
on a picturesque lake.
Those details and a few
others emerged from the White
House, which released a
sketchy itinerary for the trip.
Among other things, it said that
Premier Chou En-lai will
welcome the Nixon party in
Peking, and indicated Chou will
fly with the President to
Hangchow and Shanghai are
on the final legs of the trip.
Press Secretary Ronald Zie
gler said Nixon would fly from
Guam Feb. 21, landing in
Shanghai at 9 a.m. local time.
After a short rest on the
ground, the party will fly to
Peking for the arrival ceremo
nies at 10:30 p.m. EST Sunday.
State Banquet Scheduled
That will be Monday morning
Peking time, and the President
is expected to have his first
talk with Chou later that day.
Man, 92, survives
5-days without food
COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI)-
George Page, 92, awakened,
rose feebly from his bed,
dressed and shoved against his
bedroom door. It was stuck.
He pushed, and pushed
harder. The door would not
budge. He cried to his nephew
for help, but there was no
answer.
Hours passed, then days. He
must have tried repeatedly to
budge the door, without suc
cess.
Blocking the door was the
body of his nephew—the one
that never answered his pleas
for help. Carlton Brown, 64, had
suffered a fatal heart attack.
For five days Page was
trapped in the small bedroom
without food or water. There
was no telephone to summon
help.
Finally, some time during his
ordeal, he gave up and lay on
the bed, awaiting death.
“I suppose he just decided to
lay down and die,” said Page’s
minister, the Rev. Calvin
Thomas.
Thomas was with police when
they found Page Friday evening
after a neighbor, sensing
something was wrong, tele
phoned him.
Premier Chou En-Lai and Chairman Mao Tse-Tung.
Following his stay in Peking, President Nixon will visit the
Cities of Shanghai and Hangchow. (UPI)
Chou will throw a state banquet
that night for the presidential
party and the press contingent
following the trip.
Over the course of the five
days in Peking, Nixon and the
First will visit the
Forbidden City—a walled sec
tion of the imperial city built in
the 15th century and containing
the palace and other buildings
of the Chinese Empire—and
also will tour the Ming tombs
where 13 of China’s emperors
are buried.
They also will travel 40 miles
north of Peking to see a section
of the 2,500-year-old Great Wall.
Other events on the agenda in
Peking include a cultural
performance of an unspecified
nature and a gymnastic demon
stration. Mrs. Nixon will be on
her own for visits to a
children’s hospital, a commune,
schools, a glass factory and
petroleum installations.
The night before they leave
Peking, the Nixons will honor
their hosts with a banquet
featuring food prepared by
“We found Brown’s body in a
crouched position against the
outside of Page’s bedroom
door," Thomas said. “We
looked inside the room and
there was Page on his bed. We
thought he was dead. Then we
78 percent sign
for annex plan
Ben Brown, Jr., who is at
tempting to get a rapidly
developing residential section
in the Maddox-Ethridge Mill
road area annexed to the city
says about 78 percent of the
property owners involved have
signed the petitions to annex.
City Commissioners told Mr.
Brown he would need 60 per
cent of the property owners who
are registered voters to sign the
petitions before it could be
considered.
Mr. Brown owns a section of
the land in the area. It faces the
Griffin-Spalding Airport and
has the Brown dairy on it. Mr.
Brown said he has talked with a
couple of parties about a
shopping center in that area but
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Chinese cooks. None of the
White House kitchen staff is
making the trip.
One-Day Visit
On Feb. 26, the Nixons will fly
to Hangchow for a one-day visit
to what has been described as
one of China’s most beautiful
cities. The same evening they
also will be honored at a
banquet hosted by the provi
sional revolutionary committee
of Chekiang Province.
On Feb. 27, the party will fly
to Shanghai, China’s most
populous industrial city, where
they will see the Shanghai
industrial exhibition.
The Nixons will stay at a
guest house in Shanghai and on
their final night the Shanghai
municipal revolutionary com
mittee will give them a
banquet. Mrs. Nixon also hopes
to attend an opera and a ballet
in Shanghai.
The trip will end Feb. 28
when the party flies from
Shanghai to Washington—a 15-
hour hop with a refueling stop
in Anchorage, Alaska.
saw him move.”
Police took Page to Universi
ty Hospital, in critical condition
from malnutrition. But the old
man fought death.
On Monday, doctors took him
off the critical list.
he said nothing definite can be
developed until the city makes a
decision on annexation.
Part of the property in the
annexation proposal would be
zoned for commercial and the
remainder would be residential.
Mr. Brown said he did not
have in mind any apartment
complex developments.
He said if a shopping center
does materialize on his
property, it would be something
nice. He said he would not be
party to developing anything
that was not.
Mr. Brown has been
restricted in the use of his land
because it is in the air right of
way which the city and county
must keep open for the airport.