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VENIN VT
By Quimby Melton
The first round of the Battle
for the Ballots is over, and those
who failed to win in the first
round already are training for
the second which will be staged
Tuesday, Aug. 29.
There are some smiles, some
frowns and a lot of disappointed
candidates asking “What
happened?”
Here in Spalding County more
than 7,000 persons voted. Had
less than 600 others seen fit to
vote this would have been a 50
percent turnout, a little more
than the state average.
Locally first round winners
were:
Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert who
won over former deputy Ralph
Steele;
Rep. Clayton Brown who had
no opposition.
Congressman John J. (Jack)
Flynt, Jr., who won the
Democratic nomination and
will have no Republican opposi
tion in the general election.
As this was written complete
returns from other counties that
vote for the House and State
Senate were not in and there is a
possibility there could be
runoffs.
And as this was written early
this morning there was doubt as
to who other than Palmer Hamil
would be in the runoff for county
commissioner.
State wide runoffs will see
David Gambrell and Sam Nunn
squared off for the battle for the
U. S. Senate seat.
If past political history holds
true, there will be an even
smaller vote cast over the state
in the runoff. Let’s hope this will
not be true, for every post, local
and state wide, is of such impor
tance everyone should want to
vote.
Power outage set Sunday
The Griffin Light and Water
Department announced today
that it will be necessary to in
terrupt service Sunday,
weather permitting, to allow
Georgia Power Co. to increase
capacity in the circuit feeding
Shopping center planned
The Naredel organization of
Los Angeles announced plans to
develop a shopping center at the
North Expressway and
Mclntosh road intersection.
The 30-acre site is the south
west corner of U.S. 19-41 and
Highway 92.
The Los Angeles firm has
developed several shopping
centers in the Atlanta area and
said it would develop more in
Georgia.
Work is expected to begin on
the development within 90 days.
It will be developed in three
phases with parking space for
550 vehicles in the first phase.
Two runoffs develop in Spalding
John Carlisle and Don
Jackson are headed for a runoff
election for the Democratic
nomination to the Post One
House seat in the 67th District of
Georgia.
Democrat Palmer Hamil is
also headed for a runoff for a
seat on the Spalding County
Commission. The runoff
probably will be against Bobby
Dunn.
The runoff elections will be
held Tuesday, Aug. 29. Spalding
County voters went to the polls
yesterday and reelected Sheriff
Dwayne Gilbert and gave state
Gambrell, N
winner battles Thompson
By JACK WILKINSON
ATLANTA (UPI )-Sen. David
Gambrell, surviving his first
test before Georgia voters, and
youthful State Rep. Sam Nunn,
in his first try for statewide of
fice, will meet in an Aug. 29
runoff to see who faces Re
publican Fletcher Thompson in
the fall.
Gambrell led an overcrowded
field of 14 challengers in Tues
day’s Democratic primary, the
largest field Georgians ever had
to cope with and the first
wide-open Senate race in this
state in 36 years. Nunn earned
a runoff berth against him after
winning a personal duel with
former Gov. Ernest Vandiver.
With half the state’s 2,107
precincts reported, Gambrell
had 32.5 per cent of the vote.
Nunn collared 23.4 per cent,
with Vandiver polling 18.8 per
cent.
The Rev. Hosea Williams, a
black civil rights activist, was
a distant fourth and J. B.
Stoner, an avowed racist whose
ethnic sentiments aroused ire
in blacks and Jewish leaders,
was fifth. All the others, in
cluding State Treasurer Bill
Burson, were far back.
“We felt like we were fairly
certain we would make the run
off and probably lead,” Gam
brell said. “Now we can con
centrate on a full-scale runoff,
based on the issues and not
personal attacks, smears and
innuendoes. I look forward to
meeting Sam Nunn, now that
there won’t be competition from
one of the city’s substations.
A spokesman for the
department said the outage will
last approximately one hour
Sunday morning beginning at 6
o’clock.
A wide area of the city will be
Plans call for 33 stores in
addition to two service stations
and two slots for either banks or
restaurants.
The first phase development
will cover more than 11 acres.
The second will cover more
than 10 acres and the final
phase some seven acres.
Naredel already has
developed- a center at Forest
Park. One is planned at Newnan
and another at LaFayette. The
development organization said
it planned to invest heavily in
Georgia developments.
senator Bob Smalley and
Congressman John J. Flynt, Jr.
substantial victories here.
The House runoff is needed
since neither of three can
didates polled a majority of the
votes.
Carlisle was the leader with
over 4,300 votes. Jackson was
second with over 3,500. Dick
Hyatt finished third with over
1,700.
Although the voting results
are incomplete from Spalding,
Fayette and part of Coweta
County, they aren’t expected to
change enough to give either
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14 others.”
As a climax to a heated 7th
District Congressional race, in
cumbent John Davis appeared
to have defeated Dr. Larry Mc-
Donald, a Marietta physician
and member of the John Birch
Society, but the outcome was
still uncertain early today.
Davis had 51.9 per cent of the
vote with 108 of 170 precincts
reported.
Nunn, a 33-year-old lawmaker
winding up his second term in
the House, came from relative
political obscurity to make the
runoff.
He said his coming in second
to Gambrell did not discourage
him a bit—“lt only shows that
thousands of Georgians went
into the voting booths having
never heard of Sam Nunn.” He
said his head-to-head fight with
Gambrell will take care of that.
“We knew we had to get
known,” he said.
“We had thousands of per
sons working for us all over
the state and our momentum
got us where we are. I had the
record, we just had to tell the
people about it. I’ve never been
very spectacular.”
Nunn challenged Gambrell to
a series of debates “every place
they’ll put us on the air or in
the field. We’ll see if a Georgia
educated boy can compete with
all that Harvard education.”
Gambrell, who was appointed
last year by Gov. Jimmy Carter
to succeed the late Sen. Richard
B. Russell until the next elec
tion, said he “would be happy
affected. Generally, the area
lies in the western half of the
city system.
More detailed boundaries are
being worked out by the city and
will be announced.
“A fellow who aims to be
truthful had better avoid talking
much about himself.”
Inside today
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, August 9, 1972
to debate.”
“The trouble up to now,”
Gambrell said of the apparent
apathy among Georgia voters
regarding the Senate race, “is
that no one has dealt with sub
stantial issues in the campaign.
They’ve relied on personal at
tacks, Sam Nunn being one of
the main ones using that tac
tic.”
Thompson, who gave up his
sth District Congressional seat,
won the GOP nomination in a
walk, amassing well over 90
per cent of the vote against
three unknowns.
The Rev. Andrew Young,
bidding to become the first
black man to represent Georgia
in Washington in modern times,
won the Democratic nomination
for the sth District congres
sional seat for the second time.
Young, who has formidable
opposition in State Rep. Rodney
Cook in the general election,
pulled in more than 60 per
cent of the vote after trailing
Atlanta Aiderman Wyche Fow
ler in the early going.
Incumbent G. Elliott Hagan
ran into trouble as expected in
his Ist District battle with for
mer aide Bo Ginn, who forced
him into a runoff.
The other incumbents had an
easier time. John Flynt de
feated Ray Gurley in the 6th;
Bill Stuckey downed Rep. Mitch
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ATLANTA—The Nunn family seems to be in a mood for celebration here after State Rep. Sam
Nunn of Perry, Ga., edged out rival Ernest Vandiver for second place in the Democratic primary
race for the U.S. Senate post now held by incumbent David Gambrell. The members of Nunn’s
family are (1-r) his wife Colleen, sonßrian,3, andNichelle, 5, and Sam Nunn. (UPI)
candidate a clear cut victory
without a runoff.
Carlisle led in votes here with
over 3,200. Jackson polled over
2,400 and Hyatt finished third
with near 1,500.
Carlisle also carried the part
of Coweta County in the 67th
district with 134 votes to
Jackson’s 107. Hyatt polled 35.
Fayette County results also
showed Carlisle leading with 986
votes to Jackson’s 938. Hyatt
had 270.
The Democratic nominee will
face Republican Al Norris in the
general election.
unn
Miller and Harry Powell with
ease in the Bth; and Robert G.
Stephens took Charles Ruark in
the 10th.
In a Democratic primary to
find a challenger for Republi
can incumbent Ben Blackbum
in the 4th, Odell Welborn edged
Dennis Bade. And in the GOP
7th District primary, Charlie
Sherrill beat Gene McMichen.
Incumbent Public Service
Commissioner Ford Spinks, an
other Carter appointee, beat
State Rep. Larry Thomason,
who had unleashed a bitter
campaign against him, while
Mac Barber, a former house
member, whipped Douglas
Smith easily for the seat va
cated by Crawford Pilcher.
Neither Spinks nor Barber has
Republican opposition.
Both Gambrell and Nunn pre
dicted they would win the run
off and take on Thompson,
whom they described as a tough
opponent.
“Thompson is a good cam
paigner and he’ll have the
streamroller of the incumbent
Republican administration be
hind him and he’ll try to ride
the coat tails of Nixon’s cam
paign,” Gambrell said.
“Thompson will be a hard
man to beat and I think the
people realize I’ll have a much
better chance of meeting that
challenge,” Nunn said.
Palmer Hamil led the field of
four candidates seeking the
Democratic nomination to the
Board of Spalding County
Commissioners.
Unofficial returns gave him
over 2,300 votes.
Bobby Dunn appeared to be
the runner-up with slightly over
2,000. Glenn Conkle polled just
under 2,000 and George Farrar
finished fourth with over 840.
The winner of the runoff will
face Republican Ivan Taylor in
the general election.
Sheriff Gilbert won reelection
by a sizeable margin, beating
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ATLANTA—lncumbent Sen. David Gambrell and his wife Luck share elated smiles as it became
increasingly obvious that Gambrell had clinched a Democratic primary run-off. (UPI)
his only opponent, Ralph Steele,
by 4,545 votes to 2,777.
Steele made a good showing
in some county precincts but
Sheriff Gilbert won over
whelmingly in the city.
Congressman John J. Flynt,
Jr. won easily over Ray Gurley
in Spalding County and around
the Sixth Congressional
District.
Flynt polled over 5,700 votes
here to Gurley’s 979.
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City removes
its football fee
City Commissioners last night
struck down the proposed $5
participation fee in the Griffin
Youth Football Program.
The $5 had been recommend
ed by the Recreation Advisory
Board, approved by City Com
missioners and announced
recently by the Griffin Recrea
tion Department.
The fee was to be used to help
defray expenses of operating
the youth football program.
The Griffin Recreation De
partment yesterday explained
reasons for the $5 fee.
Recreation officials said:
“With the growing number of
boys and rising cost of football
A resolution
The City Commission last
night passed a resolution
requesting reconsideration of
discontinuance of the Univer
sity of Georgia, Griffin Ex
tension Center classes held at
Griffin High.
Gordon Junior College at
Barnesville is taking over the
junior courses previously of
fered at the Griffin Center.
equipment, it has become ex
tremely expensive to conduct a
program such as we have in
Griffin. To help offset this, we
must charge a $5 fee. Each set
of football equipment issued to
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tomorrow 8:24.
each boy costs approximately
$35 as of last year. Parents are
only responsible for insurance
coverage of their boys, and foot
wear. The Recreation Depart
ment must outfit each boy with
good equipment to prevent
injuries. In the past, we have
had very few serious injuries,
requiring hospitalization be
cause of good equipment.
“Parents financially unable
to pay this registration fee are
asked to register their boys for
the program and contact Direc
tor Larry Neill, and something
will be worked out.”
The Recreation Department
already had registered 34 boys.
All had paid the $5 registration
fee. A recreation official said
there were no grips from any of
them.
Last night at a board meeting,
commissioners decided
unanimously to abandon the $5
participation fee “with the view
of furnishing the funds by other
means.”
One of the ways suggested
was to charge admission to
watch the games. Another was
to collect a percentage off
concession stands.
The Recreation Advisory
Board was asked to suggest
ways and means to raise the
funds.
Commissioners did not an
nounce reasons for reconsider
ing the fee. It was learned that
the action was taken after a few
people objected to paying the $5
participation fee.
In other action last night the
board:
—Heard a nusiance complaint
involving a dog. The owner of
the dog agreed to keep it pinned
up.
—Approved an ordinance
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