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VENIN VT
By Quimby Melton
“Sharing Through Witness”
is the topic of the International
Sunday School lesson for the
last Sunday in August. Back
ground Scripture is Acts 4:13-
21; 8:26-40.
The Memory Selection is:
“We cannot but speak the things
which we have seen and heard.”
(Acts 4:20).
A witness is one who can
testify; and when a person is on
the witness stand and starts to
tell “what I heard” he is
stopped and told to just tell what
he knows and what he has seen.
An “eyewitness” is considered
the best type witness.
The Book of Acts was written
by St. Luke and in the first
chapter of Luke he stresses the
importance of “eyewitnesses.”
Today when one is arrested,
police are required to inform
the man arrested that he "has the
right to counsel before he
makes any statement or an
swers any questions. This was
not the case that day our lesson
tells us of Peter’s arrest.
But Peter was so positive that
Jesus Christ was the hope of the
world that he spoke boldly and
eloquently. We are told that his
testimony was so interesting
and so convincing that a crowd
gathered to hear him and St.
Luke tells us (Acts 4:4) “about
four thousand” were converted.
We imagine there had never
been such a “revival” with such
results before. And we imagine
the rulers of the church of those
days wished they had not
arrested Peter but had ignored
him and not given him all the
publicity he got as a result of his
arrest.
Probably a few days after the
incident told of in this lesson,
they realized they had played
right into his hands in providing
a large audience for him to tell
the story of the man he (Peter)
believed in so fully that he did
not fear arrest or even death.
Every professing Christian
frequently has a chance to
witness for his Savior. When
such an occasion comes, may he
possess all the devotion and
enthusiasm of a Peter and
witness effectively.
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WILMINGTON, Del. — Sue Ann is feeling a little left out as she sits on a park bench in Wilmington while others are preoccupied.
Doctors believe
they can handle
two hospitals
Doctors in the Griffin area
would be able to staff two
hospitals should a private in
stitution be added here.
That is the view of Dr. H. A.
Foster who is chief of staff of
the Griffin-Spalding Hospital.
He said it probably would
mean longer hours for the
medical men here but they
believe they can do it.
Tte possibility of another
hospital here arose after some
18 to 20 doctors met with Ex
tendicare representatives to
discuss the matter.
The doctors expressed an
interest in a private hospital
and went into the matter with
Extendicare people during a
meeting at Holiday Inn.
The doctors present answered
survey questions from Extendi
care. The nationally known
business concern which
operates hospitals all over the
country compiled the informa
tion from the survey.
From that, the concern in-
Leaving Russia costly
By HENRY SHAPIRO
MOSCOW (UPI) - You’re a
Soviet citizen who wants to
emigrate. You’re a doctor of
science and a Moscow Diversi
ty graduate.
Leaving will cost you nearly
s2s,ooo—if Soviet officials will
let you go.
Precise emigration fees for
all Soviet citizens, based on a
new education tax law, were
outlined Thursday by semioffi
cial sources.
The law, apparently designed
to stem a brain drain to the
West, has yet to be made
public. It requires emigrants to
reimburse the state for their
free higher education.
The sources listed 11 catego
ries of citizens who received a
state-provided higher education
and who, if not otherwise
barred, can expatriate them
selves by paying proportional
education fees.
The fees are additional to the
Million dollar ransom is returned
GRIFFIN
DAILY#NEWS
Daily Since 1872
dicated doctors here felt they
could supply a private hospital
with an average of 115 patients
per day. Based on this, Extendi
care people projected a need for
a 140-bed private hospital.
Extendicare is expected to
offer to buy the present Griffin-
Spalding Hospital and operate it
as a private institution. If this
cannot be worked out, then
Extendicare plans to consider
building a second hospital.
Dr. Foster pointed out that a
second hospital would be an
entirely private enterprise busi
ness and would not require any
taxpayer money. He said the
institution would be a tax
paying institution as any other
business.
Carl Richardson, chairman of
the Griffin-Spalding Hospital
Authority, said yesterday that
the lawyer for the board is
checking to see if the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital could be sold.
He expressed some doubts
that it could be sold because
basic payment of the equivalent
of S6OO penalty for renouncing
Soviet citizenship plus S4BO for
an exit visa.
All potential Soviet emigrees
are affected by the new tax but
Jews will feel it most. A
proportionately higher number
of Jews than others apply and
are allowed to emigrate and
Jews are more largely repre
sented in Soviet academic
professions than some 100 or so
other nationalities.
The categories:
—Moscow University gra
duates: $14,640.
—Other university graduates:
$7,200. The lower figure is
because Moscow University, the
premier university, gets the
lion’s share of funds.
—High technological institute
graduates: $9,240.
—Agricultural and forestry
specialists: $6,720.
—Teacher graduates: $5,545.
—lnstitute for foreign lan-
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, August 25, 1972
federal Hill-Burton money and
state and local taxes are in
volved in the present hospital.
Mr. Richardson, too,
questioned whether the people
of this community would want
to give up their health care
facility.
Dr. Foster expressed the
opinion that some people in this
area didn’t want to be admitted
to the Griffin-Spalding Hospital
and preferred instead to go to
Atlanta hospitals.
He said a private hospital
here could fill this need in the
community.
Dr. Foster believes that a
decision will be made within a
few weeks on whether Griffin
will have one or two hospitals
after officials meet next Thurs
day to discuss the matter.
The Hospital Authority, along
with city and county com
missioners have been invited to
attend the meeting. Extendi
care officials will be there, too.
The meeting will be at 10 a.m. at
Holiday Inn.
guage graduates: $8,160.
—Graduates of conservato
ries, theater and cinema
schools: $11,520.
Three categories of persons
must pay these additonal fees:
—Doctors of science: $8,640.
—Holders of “candidate of
science” degrees, roughly equal
to an American doctorate:
$6,480.
—Those who finished gra
duate studies without a gra
duate degree: $2,040.
“Your best friends are not
likely somebody else’s
enemies.”
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Griffin Police and state narcotics agents took into custody
16-year-old Griffin boy last night and seized suspected
marijuana and other pills at his home. They were
executing a search warrant when they found the
materials. The youth who cannot be identified under
Georgia law because he is a juvenile has been placed in
custody of the Juvenile Probation office here. Lawmen
seized the suspected marijuana stalks, six ounces of
bagged suspected marijuana, two ounces taken from the
youth’s person, an electric blender, some black and pink
Griffinite impressed with Shriver
Mrs. Norma Taylor, member
of the Spalding County
Democratic executive com
mittee, visited with R. Sargent
Shriver in Atlanta Wednesday
and came away sold on the
Democratic vice presidential
nominee. She is convinced he is
the best thing that could happen
to the nation and especially to
the South.
“I’ve met a lot of politicians
but he was one of the warmest,
most down to earth, gracious
and honest people I’ve met in a
long time,” she said.
The two met at the State
Farmers Market in Forest Park
during Shriver’s listening tour
there. She said Shriver, once a
corn farmer himself, listened to
the Georgia farmers talk about
their problems and made
himself right at home by sitting
down in one of the market stalls
| Woman friend nailed him to cross
BUCKEYE, Ariz. (UPI)— Eugene Austin talked a
woman friend into crucifying him in hopes it would bring
his family back, the sheriffs office said today.
Austill, 45, was found Thursday nailed to a cross erected
against a fence five miles east of here, sheriff’s Sgt. Ed
Calles reported.
Calles said Austill, who was taken to the Maricopa
County Hospital with nail holes in both hands and his right
foot, told them he did it because “maybe his wife and his
kids would come back to him.” Austin’s wife and two sons
left him earlier this week.
CaUes said Austill fastened a 12-foot-high upright to the
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and shelling peas. He is quite
adept at pea shelling, she noted.
He praised the Rural Develop
ment Bill introduced by Sen.
Herman Talmadge which would
greatly aid the farmer, she
added.
The former Peace Corps
director brought two of his
children with him and both
resembled the Kennedy side of
the family. The younger boy,
Mrs. Taylor said, had his t-shirt
filled with campaign buttons of
Georgia Democrat politicians
and distributed McGovern-
Shriver buttons to the crowd.
Mrs. Taylor said she was
“just a face in the crowd”, but
Shriver kept referring to her by
ter first name and called her
name several times after they
were introduced. He did not
make a speech, but listened and
urged those present to vote for
capsules, a set of scales, $lO3 in cash and other equipment.
Officers said it appeared to be a complete drug operation.
They made the search after obtaining information which
caused them to believe the suspect carrying on the drug
business. Looking over some of the material at the city
jail are (1-r) Senior Agent Bill Darsey of the Department
of Investigation, Agent Mike Carothers and Det. Maj.
Ronnie Irvin of the Griffin Police Department. Agent P.
D. Rakestraw assisted in the search.
the local and state Democrats.
He assured the crowd that the
McGovern-Shriver ticket will
never write off the South and
said that in the past he has been
a frequent visitor here and that
he will be in the south and in
Georgia again before the
election.
He got a warm welcome, she
added, and said a number of
tourists, who were traveling on
the Interstate, heard Shriver
was there and stopped to meet
him. Ste said his sincerity
generated trust and won the
hearts of everybody there. He
did not say anything ugly about
his opposition but knew how to
chide them in a nice way, she
noted.
Mrs. Taylor is no newcomer
to politics herself. She cut her
teeth on politics as her mother,
the late Mrs. Ira W. Greer Sr.,
fence, nailed on a crossbar and footrest, and strapped a
ladder to it. He mounted the ladder, and asked a woman
friend to stand on his pickup truck and naU him on.
The woman, who was not identified, reported the
incident to the sheriffs office. She told officers that as she
pounded in nails, Austin “screamed like a son of a gun.”
Calles said the woman probably would not be charged
with any crime.
Austill was on the cross about two hours but did not
bleed much because he put most of his weight on the
ladder, CaUes said.
was keenly interested in the
subject and served on the same
Spalding County Democratic
Committee of which Mrs.
Taylor is a member. Mrs. Greer
was the first woman appointed
justice of the peace in Spalding
County.
During the 1964 Johnson-
Humphrey campaign, Mrs.
Taylor was vice chairman of the
local Democrat committee, the
last year Spalding County went
overwhelmingly Democrat. She
plans to work hard this year and
hopes local voters will come
back into the fold. Sick of
apathy, she wishes that every
body will vote in the run off
Tuesday and become interested
in good government.
Mrs. Taylor and her husband,
Wallace, live on the Etheridge
Mill road.