Newspaper Page Text
[ Full color comic section, magazine inside j
———————___—■■■■■■■■■■■I™ _ a —
VENIN VJ
By Quimby Melton
For some time our Saturday
column has been devoted to the
discussion of hymns.
Here is an article about
hymns that appeared recently
in an out of town church bulle
tin. It is interesting, to say the
least. Here it is, what is your
reaction?
We sing “Onward Christian
Soldiers” and wait to be drafted
into His service.
We sing “Sweet Hour of
Prayer” and are content with 15
seconds a day.
We sing “O For a Thousand
Tongues to Sing” and don’t use
the one we have.
We sing “There Shall Be
Showers of Blessing” but do not
come to Church when it is rain
ing.
We sing “Blest Be The Tie
That Binds” and let the least
little offense sever it.
We sing “Serve the Lord With
Gladness” and grip about all we
have to do.
We sing “We’re Marching To
Zion” but fail to march to Sun
day School or to Church.
We sing “I Love To Tell The
Story" and never mention it at
all.
We sing “Cast Thy Burden
Upon The Lord” and worry
ourselves sick.
We sing “The Whole Wide
World For Jesus” and never
invite our next door neighbors
to church.
We sing “O Day Os Rest And
Gladness” and wear ourselves
out traveling, cutting the grass,
or playing golf on Sunday.
Do we really believe what we
are singing as we lift our voices
in song? In one of our better
known hymns, we sing with
great enthusiasm: “Take my
silver and my gold, Not a mite
would I withhold.” Yet we have
people in our church who do not
give a dime. How many of us
would sing some of the hymns
we do, if we took time to read
through the text to see what it
has to say. We might be shocked
at some of the things we sing;
both good and bad.
lIMM ■£>****»!
t<w —-i®w
' ' B : fSP* >
f hmhh ** - *? " ’ * J®' *s* ;
OF ■
< ■* .’ ,4. |s £./ "?■!.'*
- A *" *9MI
L * • C? L
' .’’ _** - «.*>■.' . *• ,„• cl »»«WO^KSiiljffi l
~ * £*'' «r ***'“' ' 7 V r- W
• ■«*¥■ 7 • ”• - »!/d
■ ,
■• -wt. -.♦• * BFw Zwß' , •
. ir .< ■mwSklßmkßkWß *' v
*** ? < •* ■ ■ v WMHHE«SIMHB£39m* ■ * \.
~
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Yards and everything in them became
submerged as thunderstorms dumped more than three
inches of rain on the city and metropolitan area in a two-hour
Western part of city
Big power outage
scheduled Sunday
The scheduled power outage
here tomorrow morning will be
Clouds
hamper
sky show
Georgia stargazers who
stayed up past nidnight to catch
a glimpse of a meteor shower
spraying streaks of light across
the sky—were in for a disap
pointment at many places early
today.
Cloudy skies hampered view
ing of the shower in parts of the
state. A second chance to see
the meteor display will occur
just after midnight tonight.
This weekend’s display is
called the Perseid Shower, be
cause the meteors seem to
come from the direction of the
constellation Perseus.
Jim Summers of the Fern
bank Science Center in DeKalb
County, said the shower is
caused when the earth passes
through debris left in space
along the tails of passing com
ets.
School
contract
SAVANNAH, Ga. (UPI) -
Agreement has been reached
between negotiators of the Chat
ham-Savannah Board of Educa
tion and the Chatham Associa
tion of Educators. It is the first
such contract negotiated for
teachers in the Southeast.
Details of Friday’s agreement
were not immediately an
nounced, and the full school
board, scheduled to meet Tues
day, must give its approval.
5-Star Weekend Edition
GRIFFIN
DAI E WS
Daily Since 1872
one of the biggest in the city’s
electrical system in many
years, according to a
spokesman at the Light and
Water Department.
The outage will involve a
large portion of the western half
of the city’s system.
Georgia Power Co. scheduled
the outage in order to increase
the capacity of the circuit
feeding one of the city’s substa
tions. It will start at 6 a.m. and
-a.
iF. r\
y*r ...,, 1^ v
\ \ r;T--t-4 - -**■
<, t i j
ATLANTA—Georgia’s outstanding student, Alan Williamson
(1) of Marietta, leaves for a two-week tour of Italy, Greece
and Yugoslavia. Williamson won the honor in the Student
Teacher Achievement Recognition Program in the annual
competition sponsored by the State Chamber of Commerce.
Ed Hiles, representing the Georgia Savings and Loan
Associations, presents tickents to Williamson and Mrs.
Mozelle Christian (c), who coordinates the STAR program.
(UPI)
period. Many homes were flooded and one fatality has been
attributed to the violent storm. (UPI)
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Saturday, August 12, 1972
it is expected that all serve will
be restored by 7 a.m.
The affected area lies west of
a line as follows:
Beginning at a point north of
Griffin on the Central of
Georgia Railway line, thence
running south along the railroad
to a point opposite Ellis road,
thence easterly across Quilley
street and along the city limit
line to a point where North 12th
street extended would intersect
the city limit line, thence south
along 12th street to Quilley
street, thence eastward along
Quilley to North 9th street,
thence south along North 9th
street to West Broadway,
thence west on West Broadway
to Palace street, thence south
westwardly across the Railroad
right-of-way to the intersection
of West Broad and North 10th
streets, thence south on 10th
street to West Taylor street,
thence east on Taylor street to
Bth street, thence south on Sth
street to West Poplar, thence
west on West Poplar to Meri
wether, thence southwest on
Meriwether to Pimiento
avenue, thence south on
Pimiento avenue to Beck street,
thence west on Beck street to
Ann street, thence south on Ann
street and along the western
boundary of the airport
property to the Airport road,
thence east on Airport road to
the Zebulon road, thence south
west and south along the
Zebulon road to the end of the
city lines.
The spokesman stated that
both the city and the Georgia
Power Co. appreciate the un
derstanding of the city
customers, and that the outage
time is required only by the
purpose of installing increased
capacity for the use of these
customers.
Goldwater
will speak
in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. (UPI) -
Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz.,
will speak here Sept. 9 to boost
the House and Senate can
didacies of Georgia Republi
cans.
In announcing Goldwater’s
visit, Bruce Beatty, an official
in Rep. Fletcher Thompson’s
campaign for the Senate, said
“republicans are courting the
South.”
In addition to Thompson, Re
publicans making congressional
bids include William L. Gowan
of Springfield in the Ist con
gressional District, Rep. Ben
Blackburn running for re-elec
tion in the 4th District, State
Rep. Rodney Cook in the sth
District and Macon Mayor Ron
nie Thompson in the Bth.
Husband
rescued
ROME (UPl)—Mrs. Cesare
Fiorentini needed no liberation.
Her husband did, though.
Police said they had to rescue
Fiorentini, 58, from three days
of imprisonment and beatings
by his wife.
They said Fiorentini managed
to slip a message under the
door which said “Come and
rescue me. lam held prisoner
by my wife.”
The 51-year-old woman was
arrested for kidnaping and
assault.
Vol. 100 No. 188
V 'Ok
T'lKWw
WT r< 7 \
WT j- n
K. 9 3 rn
■ <^TY ».
it \
t liid F
WASHINGTON—CoI. Norma E. Brown took command of the 6970th Air Base Group at nearby Ft
George C. Meade, Md. Col. Brown, 46, a native of Valdosta, Ga., is the first woman colonel to hold
a command position of this kind in the Air Force, or in any of the U.S. Armed Forces, said Brig.
Gen. Jeanne Holm, director of Women in the Air Force. The unit is composed of about 2,000 Air
Force personnel working for the top secret National Security Administration. Here, Col. Brown
confers with Chief Master Sgt. Felix Johnson during her first day of command. (UPI)
Paid SI,OOO to under cover man
Man accused in plot
to kill President
By ROBERT EVANS
NEW YORK (UPI)—An “ex
treme rightist” Army veteran
whose wife committed suicide
last month was charged Friday
with paying SI,OOO to an
undercover Secret Service
agent to assassinate President
Nixon.
Andrew B. Topping, 27, New
York, was being held on
$500,000 bail today following his
arraignment Friday in federal
court on charges of threatening
and attempting to kill the
President.
Police who investigated the
suicide of Topping’s wife,
Abigail, 24, on July 6 said he
was “extreme rightist and pro
war.” Federal authorities said
Topping was an investment
financier who appeared to be
well off, though a New York
detective said he “seemed
unemployed.”
The detective said an Ameri
can flag was draped over the
crib of the baby born five days
before Mrs. Topping’s suicide, a
large picture of Custer’s last
stand hung on the wall and
several guns were hidden in a
| Lioness swats little girl
| in California safari drive
g LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (UPI)-Two
;•: year-old Michelle Whitelock wanted to get
g a closer look at the “big kitty” Friday so
she rolled down the window of her parents’
•:•: car touring Lion Country Safari and stuck
g her head out.
$: An eight-month-old lioness reached
•:• inside and took a swipe at the girl,
:? : inflicting “extensive multiple
:■:• lacerations.”
•:•: The girl’s father, Paul, jumped out of the
:•:• car to chase the lioness off but other lions
•:•: began converging on the vehicle and
S armed rangers surrounded the car with
g their jeeps.
S When the danger cleared, Michelle was
closet. One of the guns was a
loaded .45 caliber Webley
revolver, the type of gun Mrs.
Topping used to shoot herself,
the detective said.
U.S. Attorney William B.
Gray said an acquaintance of
Topping’s had tipped off
government agents that Top
ping was looking for someone
“who could be hired to
assassinate the President.”
Secret Service agent Stewart
J. Henry met with Topping in
Central Park, Gray said. When
he convinced Topping that he
could do the job, Topping gave
him SI,OOO Thursday as a down
payment to kill the President
next week, Gray said.
The New York detective said
Topping spent his time writing
“a book about hand-to-hand
combat which he was trying to
sell to the government or some
publisher.”
Neighbors in the Manhattan
high-rise where Topping lived
with his widowed mother and 5-
week-old son described him as
“brilliant and articulate.”
“He was always talking about
a fantastic deal going some-
taken to Mission Community Hospital :S
where she was reported in satisfactory
condition after her wounds were stitched. *
A park spokesman said the attack was $
the first such incident in the five-year :g
history of the preserve, made famous last
year by the antics of Frasier, the aging S
lion who fathered dozens of cubs. :•:■
v!
Whitelock praised the park’s staff for ;:•:
handling the situation in a “highly :•:•
professional manner” and for taking “all •:•:
adequate precautions.” •:•:
He said his family has visited the park $:
several times, and “we intend to finish the
trip started Friday.”
where that never seemed to
come through,” said Mrs.
Lillian Stevens. “He was
always very friendly to me
personally but there were
always strange things going on
in the apartment lately—men
coming and going late at
night.”
Topping, a 1964 graduate
from the University of Pennsyl
vania, spent two years in the
Army and took graduate
courses at Columbia University
in 1967.
*’6
"■x in T
-
“Old friends are folks who’ve
seen us at our worst — and
remember us at our best.”