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By Quimby Melton
Weekend Notes:
Locally the story that was of
most interest to all was the one
announcing that “Ex
tendicare”, a national business
firm whose stock is listed cn the
New York stock exchange, was
interested in either buying the
city-county hospital or building
a new hospital here. It was
reported that representatives of
the firm had met with local
doctors and with some of the
hospital administration and let
their interest in Griffin be
known.
The question is being studied.
Both the Authority and the
doctors are interested in
providing what they think would
be best for the community.
“Final plans were made for
the 1972-73 school year.” That
was the way we would have
written it a few years ago. But
today we use “finalized” in
saying the schools will open this
week. “Final plans were made”
implied “here’s what we will do,
there will be no changes in rules
or regulations.” “Finalized”
implies changes may be made
but we hope none will be
necessary.
There are many differences
between the “school days” of
Gus Edwards and Sassy Little
of vaudeville fame who sang a
song with that title and which
summed up the school
curriculum as one of “ ’read
ing’, ’riting and ’rithmetic.’ ”
Local candidates stepped up
the tempo of their campaigns
preparing for the runoff
primary tomorrow.
Sixteen youths were picked up
by police on charges of
“loitering and abetting.” There
were some charged with
violating the Georgia drug
abuse control laws.
Nationally:
The Nixon-Agnew team
following the Miami convention
went into action. The President
was reported confident of
victory and the GOP portrayed
his opponent, Senator
McGovern as a “naive,
dangerous radical.”
Senator McGovern described
the Miami convention which
nominated Nixon-Agnew as “a
slick and cynical spectacle.”
Former Peace Corps Director
Shriver visited Georgia. He
spoke at a rally but was not
introduced by Governor Carter.
The governor and the vice
presidential candidate met in
the governor’s office. The
“atmosphere was cordial” it
was reported. Shriver predicted
Carter would be on his side by
general election time. The
governor’s mother was an
active Peace Corps volunteer.
Candidate Shriver called
President Nixon “the greatest
deficit maker in the history of
deficits.”
It was announced the last of
the Apollo moon shots that are
scheduled would blast off Dec. 6
for a 12 day orbit.
The Summer Olympics
opened at Munich with America
picked to win many gold
medals.
Fighting and strikes con
tinued in Indochina, in Ireland,
in the Near East.
Don’t forget to vote
tomorrow. Vote as you please,
but Please Vote.
“A reasonable fellow will
want to be fair— and to decide
what’s fair.”
Lively local races spark
runoff elections tomorrow
Spalding County Democrats
will go to the polls tomorrow to
help decide state and local
races in a runoff election.
The polls will open at 7 a.m.
arxi close at 7 p.m.
Voting machines will be used
in the runoff.
Sen. David Gambrell and
challenger Sam Nunn who have
been battling each other during
the past three weeks are can-
Top labor men
split on ticket
By DONALD FINLEY
CHICAGO (UPl)—President
George Meany and other top
AFL-CIO officials opened their
summer Executive Council
meeting today still badly split
over whether labor should
support Democratic presidential
nominee George S. McGovern.
Under Meany’s prodding, the
council voted 27-3 last month to
remain neutral between Mc-
Govern and President Nixon,
but since then at least 10 of the
council members and unions
representing more than half the
13.6 million members in the
AFL-CIO have come out in
support of McGovern.
Union sources said the
McGovern supporters on the
council, led by Communications
Workers President Joseph
Beirne, may try to get the
council to reverse itself this
week and endorse McGovern.
Or as an alternative, the
council may be urged to allow
its state and local AFL-CIO
councils to endorse McGovern.
Meany has already ordered a
hearing into the action of the
Colorado Labor Council in
endorsing McGovern and defy
ing Meany’s order to rescind
the endorsement.
Meany said individual unions
are free to go their own way in
endorsing McGovern or Nixon,
but the state and local central
bodies are required to follow
the policy set down by the
national council.
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CHICAGO —Mrs. Janice Spangler carries her three-year-old
son, Kurt, as she wades through deep water that flooded the
trailer court where they live in suburban Elk Grove.
Torrential rain lashed Chicago and its surburbs, flooding
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didates for the U. S. Senate.
Both are seeking to fill the
unexpired term of the late Sen.
Richard Russell and a full six
year term. For that reason,
Democrats will have an op
portunity to vote twice in the
separate elections for senator.
The winner will face Republi
can Fletcher Thompson in
November.
Sen. Robert Smalley is pitted
Union sources said the
McGovern supporters probably
would not make a serious effort
or push for a formal vote by
the council without getting
assurance beforehand that Mea
ny would support a McGovern
endorsement or at least not
oppose it as he did last month.
There did not appear to be
any chance for Meany to
change his mind. His aides said
they did not expect the subject
of a McGovern endorsement to
even come up at the council
meeting, expected to last two
days.
Griffin girl shot
in Atlanta attack
A young Griffin nurse was
beaten and shot last night at the
rear of her apartment across
from Georgia Baptist Hospital
in Atlanta.
Cindy Jones, 21, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Jones of
West Poplar street, was shot
three times and was listed in
good condition today at Georgia
Baptist.
Members of her family said
that Cindy, who graduated from
Georgia Baptist Nursing School
in July, parked her car at the
rear of her apartment building
and was walking toward the
hospital to work the night shift,
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, August 28, 1972
against challenger Claude
Whaley of the Lake Spivey area
in a battle for the 28th district
post in the State Senate.
John Carlisle and Don Jack
son are the runover candidates
for Post One, in House District
67.
P. W. Hamil and Bobby Dunn
were the runover survivors in a
race for the Spalding County
Commissioner nomination. The
winner tomorrow will face Ivan
Taylor in the November elec
tion. Taylor, chairman of the
Spalding Republican Party,
was unopposed in the Republi
can primary three weeks ago.
The winner of the Carlisle-
Jackson race will face Alton
Norris in the November general
election. He was the unopposed
candidate for Post One, 67th
House District, in the Republi
can primary.
As a general rule, voter turn
outs in runoff elections are less
than in the original elections.
However, some spirited local
races may draw more Spalding
voters to the polls in the runoff
tomorrow.
Only those voters who cast
ballots in the Democratic
primary three weeks ago are
eligible to cast ballots in the
runoff tomorrow.
There were no runoff races in
the Republican primary.
when a man came from around
the building and started hitting
her with his fists. He tried to
pull her purse away and when
she resisted, he pulled out a gun
and shot four times. One of the
bullets missed, but the others
hit her shoulder, leg and grazed
her ear. She said while he was
shooting, she was screaming
and rolling on the ground to
avoid being hit.
The culprit grabbed her bag
and fled. No one came to her
rescue and she walked to the
emergency room and was
admitted to the hospital.
thousands of homes and causing heavy damage. Storm was
the worst rainstorm to hit the Chicago area in five years.
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Open house tonight
Schools open tomorrow
Parents with students in the
Griffin-Spalding System will
have a chance to visit schools
during open house this, evening
from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Teachers will be at their
stations in all schools to greet
parents and show them where
their children will be assigned
when classes begin tomorrow.
Supt. D. B. Christie joined
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other school officials in inviting
parents to visit the schools
during the open house.
The superintendent expects
enrollment in the system here to
reach 9,400 during the first two
weeks of school.
It usually takes that long for
enrollment figures to crystalize
and give an accurate picture.
School will open tomorrow in
all schools. Students should be
prepared to spend a full day at
their schools. A few exceptions
will be for some first grade
students who get out a little
earlier.
School buses will make their
Gambrell, Nunn battle
down to wire for Senate
By United Press International
Sen. David Gambrell and
State Rep. Sam Nunn were hit
ting the campaign trail today in
a final quest for votes before
the Democratic runoff in the
U. S. Senate race Tuesday.
As the lackluster contest
drifted toward its conclusion,
the candidates faced each other
for the last in a series of tele
vision debates Sunday.
The incumbent Gambrell,
seeking his first elected term in
office after being appointed 18
months ago, was scheduled to
seek votes in LaGrange,
Thomaston, Griffin and Zebu
lon. Nunn, a farmer, lawyer and
tusinessman from Perry, was
campaigning in Atlanta.
The only new issue injected
into the race over the weekend
was an attack by Nunn on re-
first runs of the new season over
route drawn by Herman Nelson,
administrative assistant.
Some changes have been
made to meet new demands
over last year’s enrollment. Mr.
Nelson said all routes had been
checked to make sure bridges
and routes buses travel are in a
safe condition.
Some adjustments are
usually made in the opening
days of school to iron out minor
kinks in the bus scheduling.
Cafeterias will be operating
during the first day of school.
The system will operate
through Friday on a full day
marks reportedly made by
black radical Angela Davis in
Atlanta on Friday.
In a statement issued before
the TV debate, and then again
on the air, Nunn said Miss
Davis’ remarks reveal “the
most dangerous concept ever
expressed toward crime and
law enforcement I have ever
encountered.”
In the debate, the two candi
dates once again found more
they agreed upon than points to
argue about.
“I think I’ve done a good
job,” Gambrell said. “I’ve
made a promise to the people
of Georgia that I am going back
up there and do the same job
I’ve been doing.”
As the senator alluded to his
record, Nunn answered ques
tions with references to his nlat-
Accident
A gasoline truck burst into
flames at Highways 16 and 85
near Senoia this afternoon.
Firemen brought the blaze
under control quickly. One
report said a cattle truck with
some animals aboard was in
volved. Some of the animals
were reported killed and others
had to be shot.
schedule each day. There will
be a Monday holiday for the
traditional Labor Day ob
servance. Then students will
return on Tuesday, Sept. 5, to
resume schedules.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY 91,
low today 63, high yesterday 92,
low yesterday 92; predicted
high tomorrow upper 80s,
predicted low tonight mid 60s;
sunrise tomorrow 7:15, sunset
tomorrow 8:03.
form, declaring “I made up my
mind not just to identify prob
lems but to come up with con
structive solutions.”
Both men said they were aim
ing their campaigns at “all
Georgians,” and dodged ques
tions about what they have to
offer liberals or blacks.
While Nunn said he hadn’t
thought much about the Repub
lican candidate in the race for
the Senate, U. S. Rep. Fletcher
Thompson, Gambrell accused
the congressman of not having
“the faith and optimism in the
future of Georgia that I do. If
you look at Mr. Thompson’s
record he seems to feel Georgia
and the South are different
from the rest of the country
and ought to be set apart.”