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By Quimby Melton
■ewsfroiii the baseball strike
Kinds one of an old fashioned
Brola. Often the record that
B being played would get
Kg up and would repeat the
Bic over and over again until
■ needle was lifted out of the
B/e in which it had been stuck
B the music started all over
B here continues to be state-
Bits such as “the strike
Btinues but there is hope that
Kill be settled in time to begin
By this weekend.” One story
Bt has come over the wires
Bs that Nikro will be on the
Bund for the Braves in the
Bning game when and if the
■ son starts.
■Ve don’t want to end this
B;k without writing more
But the failure of the baseball
■son to open. But we will have
K space in our column to-
Brrow — Friday. On that day
B run our comment on the
Biday School lesson and we
Bi’t want to break into that
Bumn to discuss baseball.
Bowever, as we write this
Bumn we recall one of the best
Bmons we ever heard the late
Bv. John Yarbrough preach.
B likened life to a baseball
Rne and among other things
Bd “Look out lest you fail to
Bkch one of the bases as you
Bvel towards home plate.”)
Blood Evening is not over
■ perstitutious; but noticing
Bt today is the 13th day of the
Bike has hopes that “Lady
Bek” will take a hand. Re-
Besentatives of the two “sides”
Be to meet again today and it
Buld be that by the time your
■per is delivered the differ-
Bces will be settled and the
■ ason opens this weekend.
■As we have attempted to
Blow toe developments in this
Bffling strike, Good Evening
Bs thought of baseball “in the
Bod old days.”
■He remembers Ty Cobb, “The
Borgia Peach,” and the many
■cords he established. And he
Buld not help but think that
B’s pay was small compared
| ith the fabulous salaries paid
■ me of the “stars” of today.
During his lengthy career as a
g league player Ty Cobb
ipped out 4,191 base hits,
here were other players in his
>y and time who beat him with
me runs. It was Cobb’s daring
id speed on the paths that
iade him a standout star. One
in get an idea of his base
inning ability when they learn
lat time and time again, Cobb
pored on a one base hit of the
itter who followed him. It is 1
tere sting to know Ty stole 892
ises as a big leaguer.
We also thought of that great
!t of all double play infield
Tinkers to Evers to Chance” of
Chicago; and of such stars as
Sonus Wagner and Connie
lack — Mack was a catcher
Lfore he became manager and
|wner of a club. And we also
lought of “Home Run Baker”,
I man who was king of the
luggers with just 11 homers all
eason. Baker, who lived near
Baltimore, had to get an off
eason job to buy his family’s
(roceries.
But enough of this wondering
vhat lhe old timers would think
ff the strike. We just hope that
finished as is the good image
trf baseball, that the season
jegins before long. We’re
Anxious for the umpires to yell
,‘Play Ball”. But we cannot
close this column without
asserting professional baseball
ias received a serious wound
that could prove fatal.
In such case the fans, who
love baseball, will be the losers.
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“Education fails if it teaches
folks how to do things without
determining why.”
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JONESBORO, Ga.—Even though 13-month-old Jeri Lyn
Persons is fenced in. its’s not all that bad. At least she can get
Vote registrar's office
expected to be crowded
Griffin and Spalding County voters not already
registered will have five days to do so to be eligible for the
school board referendum.
Ordinary George Imes, Jr., called the referendum for
May 30.
Joe Burson, Spalding registrar, said the office at the
courthouse would be open today, tomorrow, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday 9 to 5 to handle registration for
the referendum.
He expects his office in the courthouse to be crowded
next week. Before the election was called, Mr. Burson had
scheduled the registration of eligible Griffin High voters
next week.
He did not anticipate the calling of the referendum in
scheduling the student registrations.
Mr. Burson pointed out that the law requires the voter
registration office to be open five days following the call of
a special election for late registrations.
The office will not be open on Saturday and Sunday, Mr.
Burson said.
Voters will be asked to mark ballots for or against a
plan to elect school board members on an at large basis.
At present, the city elects five and the county elects five.
This may be in conflict with the one man, one vote court
rulings. That’s why voters are being asked to change the
method of electing school board members.
Apollo 16 count passes midway
CAPE KENNEDY (UPI)-
Tte Apollo 16 countdown passed
the midway mark today and
forecasters predicted good
weather for Sunday’s flight to
the Highlands of the moon.
The weather and the weekend
launch time were expected to
lure unusually large crowds to
the Kennedy Space Center and
surrounding viewing sites. The
Florida Highway Patrol predict
ed one million persons would
jam die area.
Spaceflight meteorologists
forecast partly cloudy skies
with 15-mile-an-hour winds and
an 80-degree temperature for
the 12:54 p.m. EST Sunday
launch. There was a chance of
widely scattered showers later
Sunday.
“It looks good,” said a space
agency spokesman.
Apollo 16 astronauts John W.
GRIFFIN
Daily Since 1872
Young, Thomas K. Mattingly
and Charles M. Duke scheduled
their last prelaunch briefing
from geologists this afternoon
on what to look for as they
orbit the moon and explore its
surface.
Duke said the most important
part of the country’s next-to
last Apollo moon expedition will
be collecting and bringing back
195 pounds of samples from the
unexplored Highlands.
One gram of Apollo 15 moon
samples was presented to the
Soviet Union today in exchange
for 2.05 grams of material
returned by the unmanned
Russian Luna 20 probe. The
swap took place at a ceremony
at the Soviet Academy of
Sciences in Moscow.
The 104-hour, 30-minute
countdown for America’s fifth
manned moon landing was
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, April 13, 1972
a whisp of air in Jonesboro’s sweltering 80 degree weather.
(UPI)
Beautify drive tops $12,000
Pledges and contributions
toward the downtown
beautification drive total more
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
85, low today 65, high yesterday
80, low yesterday 68, high ex
pected tomorrow in mid 80s, low
expected tonight in mid 60s.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:15, sunset
tomorrow 7:01.
Escape short lived
A prisoner at the Spalding
County jail made a short-lived
break for freedom this morning.
He was captured within 10-
minutes after his escape.
Larry Gilbert, 19, of 510 South
Eighth street, had been picked
up by law officers this morning
for violation of probation. He
was serving a three-year
probated sentence on a theft by
taking charge.
than $12,000.
A report yesterday incorrect
ly listed the total at $2,000.
Felton Rainwater, chairman
of the Chamber of Commerce
committee coordinating the
drive, believes the $50,000 goal
can be reached.
Some 30 committee members
are working on the project.
Chairman Rainwater would
like to get the financial part of
the program completed so the
committee can proceed with
definite plans.
Sheriff’s officials placed
Gilbert in a cell on the first floor
until he could be transferred to
a cell upstairs. Later, around 11
a.m. Jailer Tommy Bridges
was taking him upstairs when
Gilbert broke and ran out the
back door of the jail. Jailer
Bridges was in close pursuit. A
radio alarm was issued and
within minutes the escapee was
cornered hiding under a car on
going smoothly. It passed the
halfway point at 8:45 a.m. and
project officials reported no
difficulties.
At Launch Complex 39,
ground crewmen began prepa
rations for putting liquid
oxygen and liquid hydrogen into
the fuel cells which provide
power to the spacecraft during
flight, and for the tricky job of
bringing aboard super-cooled
helium to pressurize the fuel
tanks of the lunar landing craft,
“Orion.”
Young, 41, and Duke, 36, will
spend a record 73 hours on the
surface of the moon near the
crater Descartes in a hilly area
which is expected to produce
important geological clues to
the early history of the moon.
Mattingly, 36, will wait in lunar
orbit for his companions,
spending the time taking
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DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (UPI)
— A tanker truck loaded with
10,000 gallons of highly volatile
ethylene ran off a road and
turned over in this west Geor
gia town early today. Homes
and businesses in the area were
evacuated for fear of explosion.
The two truckers were pinned
in the wreckage for about an
hour but apparently suffered no
serious injuries.
An area running about a quar
ter-mile in all directions from
the crash scene —a connector
road between U.S. 78 and Inter
state 20 — was sealed off and
traffic rerouted.
Douglas County Sheriff Claude
Abercrombie said the gas comp
any in Bossier, Ark., was send
ing two experts to the scene to
determine whether the gas
should be burned off in an open
field or pumped out.
The tanker, owned by a Ba
ton Rouge, La., firm, ran off
the road and overturned in a
field at a curve which has been
the scene of at least one fatal
ity. A truck hauling concrete
ran off recently and capsized.
The two men in the truck,
Newton L. Elliott, 30, St. Ga
briel, La., and J. Jim Corbel,
30, Baker, La., were pinned
temporarily in the wreckage
while ethelene gas leaked out
onto the road. Both suffered
contusions abrasions and lacer
ations but did not appear to be
seriously hurt after rescuers
rushed them to the Douglas
County Memorial Hospital.
Elliott said they were headed
east when they hit the curve
and “the truck just slipped.”
Officers of the Douglasville
police force, Douglas County
sheriff’s office and state Patrol
units from Atlanta, 20 miles to
the east, and nearby Villa Rica
converged on the scene to direct
traffic away and aid in the
evacuation of residents.
A spokesman for the city fire
department said at 8 a.m. the
situation was “under control”
but they had to wait for some
one to pump the gas out of the
overturned truck.
Central avenue, between
Second and Third streets.
Capt. H. L. Blackmon and
Detective Lt. Wallace Pitts of
the Griffin Police Department
and Public Works Supervisor
John Avery surrounded the
auto. Sheriff’s Deputies Robert
Aaron and Terry Skinner and
Bridges arrived at about the
same time and returned the
prisoner to the jail.
pictures of the moon’s surface
and carrying out other exper
iments.
In an interview before
coming to the launch site for
final preparations, Duke said he
felt the most important part of
the Apollo 16 mission would be
bringing back rock samples
from the moon which will be
“quite unique and will add
considerably to our knowledge.”
“If you can tie in our rocks
to a greater area of the moon,
then it’ll go a long way to, I
think, understanding the evolu
tion of our solar system and the
evolution of a planetary body,
which I think is a stupifying
thought, to really understand
that process,” Duke said.
“Lots of people don’t get very
excited about it, but I’m one
that does.”
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over Charlie Chaplin’s tardily awarded star on Hollywood
Boulevard after the star was defaced within a day after it
was implanted. (UPI)
I Women
I priests
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ATLANTA (UPI) - Roman
Catholic bishops have been
asked to allow women to be
come priests.
The requests were made
Wednesday by eight Catholic
women’s groups, including one
made up of nuns, who also
asked for the bishop’s support
of a constitutional amendment
guaranteeing equal rights for
women.
But Archbishop Leo C. Bryne
of St. Paul and Minneapolis,
vice president of the National
Conference of Catholic Bishops,
said the entire matter of wo
men’s rights would be studied
carefully and a statement
issued later.
However, Bryne voiced oppo
sition to the proposed amend
ment which has now been rati
fied by 10 states.
“THs amendment would give
equal rights to women, but it
also would eliminate safeguards
and privileges of women,” he
said. “Our feeling is that it
should be opposed.”
Acting as spokesman for the
eight organizations, the Na
tional Association of Laity
asked the bishops to actively
campaign in their home par
ishes for the amendment and
to repeal the rule that bars
women priests.
“There is one step you can
take which will unequivocally
document your belief in equal
ity for women in the church,
namely, your emphatic support
of the ordination of women to
the priesthood,” the association
said.
“We feel that the eight groups
joining NAL on this occasion
represent 90 per cent of the ac
tive Catholic groups in the field
of women’s rights,” said Shelia
Fagan of Cleveland.
Miss Fagan handed out copies
of the proposal to the 237 bish-
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ops attending their annual
spring conference here.
The organizations pushing the
requests were the National
Coalition of American Nuns, St.
Joan’s International Alliance,
National Formation Conference,
National Vocations Conference,
National Assembly of Women
Religious, Deaconess Move
ment, Leadership Conference
of Women Religious and the
Ecumenical Task Force on Wo
men in Religion.
Meanwhile, the bishops voted
to reorganize the operational
structure of their church in an
attempt to end deficit spending
and agreed to call for special
offerings to aid black Catholic
parishes.
The reorganization would
save $1 million annually, as
well as being able to operate
more efficiently, according to
Bishop Joseph L. Bernardin,
general secretary of the bish
ops’ conference.
TH
Richard F. Hyatt, a local in
surance agent, will be the guest
speaker at the Friday noon
meeting of Griffin Un
derwriters. The meeting will be
held at the Moose Lodge. Hyatt,
who has an AB degree from
Georgia State University, has
been in the insurance business
for 17 years. He is a past
president and member of the
Griffin Toastmasters Club.