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By Quimby Melton
Veekend Notes:
’ossibility that Apollo 16
ght be stopped on its way to
moon and ordered to return
ne was the big news with
ich the week started. Then
atever it was that had failed
function perfect was correct
and the three astronauts
nt merrily on their way,
ided two of them on the moon
d as this is being written were
their way home.
There was another “Will it, or
m’t it?” type of news last
«k. The courts ordered the
jorgia General Assembly to
ce again reapportion its
jislative districts. To do so
juired a special session. The
ddle of the week it was in
:ated the session would meet,
en it was positively an
unced it would meet at 10
n. on April 24 — today. By
turday the advance guard of
e legislators began gathering
Atlanta; when here came
ws that State Attorney
•neral Arthur Bolton had been
ccessful in his plea to the U. S.
preme Court to reverse the
idings of a U. S. Court of
jpeals and Gov. Jimmy
irter announced there would
no need for the special
ssion. It was cancelled and
e law makers were told they
uld go home.
Two Riverdale men were kill
-1 when their semi-cabin
uiser went over the dam at
•arby Lake Jackson.
Dick Hyatt, Griffin insurance
an, announced he would be a
indidate for the House. In
unbent Clayton Brown
k-eady had announced he
ould seek reelection. As the
tne for qualifying for the posts
•ared, there was talk of others
ho might run. (This morning
eorge Gaissert confirmed he
as seriously considering not
laking the race for a House
>st. He announced earlier he
ould be a candidate.)
Continuing on the subject of
ate politics: An attempt to
•feat Cason (Bo) Calloway as
eorgia rational committee
lan of the Republican party
died. He was challenged by
liver Bateman of Macon. The
epublican convention held in
[aeon named four additional
•legates to the national con
rntion. One of them was Hal
lit, former TV executive who
as defeated for Governor two
•ars ago by Jimmy Carter.
Dr. Jerry Williamson, elected
•esident of Gordon Junior
ollege, called on Griffinites to
elp their city of
arnesville make the college a
recess. Griffin had a chance to
>t a Junior College last year
it lost the chance when voters
efeated a bond issue to finance
re college. Dr. Williamson and
nr neighbors in Lamar County
an count on support and
ooperation from Spalding,
here will be no “sour grapes”
ttitude here.
The steppea up assaults in
r ietnam endangered many key
oints. Uncle Sam increased its
ir support and bombings,
’ossibility of an early settle
nent of issues over there semed
essened.
Here in America anti-war
emonstrations continued,
attempts were made to block
ne New Jersey seaport in an
ffort to stop vessels bound
‘over there.” They were said to
lave included ammunition for
xir troops in their cargos.
To this layman, who regrets
that we ever got involved in such
i war, these people are “giving
lid to the enemy.” They are not
lelping bring any peaceful
lettlement, for why should the
lations supporting North Viet
lam make any move to end the
war when they know America is
iiarply and bitterly divided.
Why “pull your punches when
you have your opponent up
against the ropes?” is their atti
tude.
Pessimistic? No. Still hopeful
that an authority higher and
mightier than we will step in
and bring peace which the
world so badly needs.
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Three killed
in wrecks
Three persons were killed and
several others injured in traffic
accidents in the Griffin area
yesterday.
Randy E. Phillips, 19, of 443
East Mclntosh road, died of
injuries he suffered in a rear
end collision on Ga. 85, four
miles north of Fayetteville. The
accident happened around 11:50
a.m.
Patrolmen at the Newnan
State Patrol Post said Phillips
was driving an auto which
collided with the rear of a
vehicle driven by Royce Shanks
Leazins, 28, of Mountain View.
Leazins and three passengers
in Phillips car were injured.
They were Dorothy P. Williams,
21, of Route Two, Stockbridge,
who suffered face lacerations;
William T. Cook, 19, of Griffin,
who suffered face lacerations
and chest injuries; Mark
Myers, 20, of Riverdale, who
suffered face and hand injuries.
Troopers said the car driven
by Leazins had stopped to make
a left turn and was hit from
behind by the Phillips vehicle.
Phillips was a member of the
Palace Street Church of God
and a former student at Griffin
High. He was employed as a
meat cutter.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gene
Phillips; two sisters, Deborah
Phillips and Beverly Phillips,
both of Griffin; a brother,
Michael Phillips; grand
mothers, Mrs. Connie Young of
Griffin, and Mrs. Beulah
Phillips of Greenville, S.C.
Funeral services will be
Tuesday at 2 p.m. in McDonald
Funeral Chapel. The Rev. W. A.
Robison, the Rev. Jim Brown
and the Rev. Robert Sorrows
will officiate. Burial will be in
Griffin Memorial Gardens. The
body will remain at the funeral
home until the funeral.
Two McDonough brothers
were killed and a third injured
early yesterday afternoon when
their dune buggy collided with a
pickup truck on a Henry County
road some three miles west of
McDonough.
Dead on arrival at the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital were Timo
thy Allan Rose, 11, and Bryan
Matthew Rose, two, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin E. Rose of
Route Three, Ga. 155, Mc-
Donough. Nine-year-old Jack
Lee Rose suffered a possible
fractured leg and head injuries.
He was admitted to the hospital
and listed in fair condition this
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morning.
A fourth occupant of the dune
buggy, Wayne R. Selman of
McDonough, 15, was treated in
the emergency room for shock
and cuts and abrasions. He was
not addmited.
The accident happened
around 12:30 p.m. Other details
were not available.
Carmichael Funeral Home of
McDonough was in charge of
arrangements.
Six-year-old Debra Bigilo of
Butts street was treated at the
Griffin-Spalding Hospital
Saturday afternoon for lacera
tions about the head she suf
fered when she ran into the side
of a moving car. The accident
happened on Searcy avenue
near Parrish street.
Patrolmen at the Griffin Post
said Lisa Dale Shackleford, 18,
of Route Two, was the driver of
the car. The accident was term
ed unavoidable.
Griffin Police said Edna Earl
Price of Route Three, Stock
bridge, complained of back
injuries yesterday in a collision
at East Taylor and Sixth
streets. Rose Marie Zeigler, 33,
of Route Two, was listed as the
driver of the second car in
volved.
Another accident at the
Griffin By-Pass and Zebulon
road caused injuries to a
Barnesville man Friday after
noon.
Patrolmen said William
David Stewart, 24, of 200 Poplar
street, Barnesville, suffered
face and nose lacerations. His
car collided with an auto driven
by Hazard H. Stay, 70, of
Athens.
An Atlanta resident was
treated at the Griffin-Spalding
Hospital yesterday when the
car in which he was riding left
the road and overturned three
miles north of Griffin on the
Expressway.
Patrolmen said Barney
Patrick, 29, of Atlanta, was
treated for nose injuries. Harry
Thomas Johnson, 22, also of
Atlanta, was listed as the driver
of the car.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
86, low today 51, high yesterday
80, low yesterday 50, low tonight
in mid 40s, high tomorrow in
mid 60s. Sunrise tomorrow 6
a.m., sunset tomorrow 7:10.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, April 24, 1972
Sanitation
workers strike
COLUMBUS, Ga. (UPI) - A
group of sanitation workers,
seeking union recognition and
pay raises from the city, failed
to show up for work today.
A spokesman for the Musco
gee County Public Works De
partment, Dan Culpepper, said
about 20 garbage trucks which
cover half of the collection
routes, were not operating.
Culpapper estimated 60 of the
metro government’s 151 sanita
tion workers were out, but other
estimates ranged up to 100.
Organizers for the Interna
tional Molders and Allied Work
ers Union, Local 67, AFL-CIO,
have been in Columbus for sev-
Gaissert
may not
seek post
George Gaissert confirmed a
report today that he seriously
was considering not running for
a House seat in the General
Assembly.
He had announced earlier he
would.
Mr. Gaissert said he had not
made a final decision on the
matter today and that he did not
take himself out of the ranks of
potential candidates.
He indicated he would make a
statement about the matter
soon, possibly tomorrow.
Mr. Gaissert served a term in
the general Assembly as a
Spalding County representative
on the Republican ticket.
He announced he would run
earlier as a Democrat earlier
this year after Rep. Quimby
Melton, Jr., announced he
would not be a candidate to
succeed himself.
“The trouble with death is
that it comes before we’ve had
time to accomplish what we
intended.”
NEWS
eral months and have reported
ly signed up 50 members. Un
ion leaders would not say how
much in pay raises they are
seeking.
The metro council has al
ready refused to recognize the
union, contending state law pro
hibits it. The council warned
several weeks ago during a
one - day work stoppage that
public employes who failed to
return to work the next day
would be fired. All of them did.
There was no immediate in
dication what action would be
taken by the council this time.
Culpapper did not say what
effect today’s walkout would
have on collections, but he did
say any amount of time lost
would hurt collections.
Sanitation workers in Albany,
also seeking union recognition,
are in the sixth day of a strike
and the city’s garbage is con
tinuing to pile up. The city said
it is making collections on six
of 13 routes.
Methodists
delete plan
on revamp
ATLANTA (UPI) - A con
troversial plan to vest the lead
ership of the United Methodist
Church in a 33-member com
mittee was deleted today as
the denomination’s general con
ference went into a second
week.
The plan, attacked by some
delegates as a potential “dic
tatorship” for the 11 million
member church, was part of a
vast reorganization to be taken
up tonight.
As rewritten by a commit
tee, the proposal leaves up to
the Council on Ministries the
discretion to establish any com
mittee it- wishes, erasing any
specific reference to an execu
tive board.
While the structure proposal
was expected to generate con
siderable debate from the 1,000
delegates, the big floor fight of
the quadrennial session likely
will come on Wednesday when
the new statement on social
principles is introduced.
The potentially explosive doc
ument, product of four years
work, underwent considerable
facelifting in a week of study
by the Social Concerns Com
mittee but a spokesman said
“the general thrust” remains.
Vol. 100 No. 96
Supreme Court changes
mind on confession
WASHINGTON (UPI) -With
out explanation, the Supreme
Court changed its mind today
and decided against reconsider
ing the controversial 1966
Miranda confession ruling.
The action reversed a Court
order on March 20 that it would
hear arguments in a Philadel
phia case which might have
resulted in modification at least
of the Miranda decision that
confessions may not be used
against a suspect who has not
been advised of his right to
remain silent.
The appeal involving the
Miranda rule had been brought
by Philadelphia authorities
from a state supreme court
finding in favor of Paul D.
Ware who was accused of four
robbery-murders.
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Griffin High School DCT students Eddie Munday and Pam Pursley have been elected state
officers for Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA). During a weekend state-wide
convention at an Atlanta hotel, Eddie was elected state president and Pam was elected state
secretary. Both are juniors.
Griffin Dog Catcher Clyde Hicks checks dogs held in a dog
pound over-flow pen during the city’s annual license check
and round up of unlicensed animals. More than 75 to 100 dogs
may be held in pound cages each day from now until June.
Hicks tries to find good homes for as many of the animals as
possible, but points out that it is almost impossible to “adopt
out” a sick dog, even a puppy. After a week, or sometimes
slightly longer, if the dogs are not licensed by their owners or
adopted by Griffinites, they are destroyed. Hicks is in his
office between 8-9 a.m. and 3-4 p.m. daily.
In today’s reversal, the Court
merely denied a request for a
hearing and said the state court
decision in Ware’s case “rests
upon an adequate state
ground.”
The Court took these other
actions:
—Agreed to hear Vermont’s
complaint that New York state
and the International Paper
Co., are polluting Lake Cham
plain. The justices however
instructed lower federal courts
to hear pollution suits brought
against a group of Wisconsin
cities for contaminating Lake
Michigan and a third case
charging the nation’s Big Four
automakers of conspiring to
delay production of a pollution
free engine.
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—Refused to speed up con
sideration of an appeal by
Norfolk, Va., school authorities
from a lower federal court
ruling that the city institute a
massive school bus program.
It had been widely believed
that when the Court decided
last month to hear the Ware
case, it meant that four justices
appointed by President Nixon
could join with opponents of the
original 5-4 Miranda ruling and
perhaps overturn it.
The Miranda ruling was one
of the most controversial of the
Court under former Chief
Justice Earl Warren. It was
blamed by “law and order”
advocates for handcuffing the
police and allowing criminals to
go free.