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By Quimby Melton
Sunday the International
Sunday School lesson begins a
new series on 'The Bible
Speaks to Issues of Our Time”.
The first lesson, this Sunday, is
"The Bible In Our Changing
i World.” Background Scripture
is Joshua 1:1-9; Isaiah 40:6-9;
Daniel I; John 8:12.
The Memory Selection is,
"The grass withereth, the
flower fadeth; but the word of
our God shall stand for ever.”
, (Isaiah 40:8).
“This is my Father's World’.’
is a hymn many love to sing.
But one must admit “My
Father’s World” is also a
changing world.
Man always has been a
restless, ambitious animal,
searching for a better and
easier way to do things. He has
not been content with a “dead
, center” situation, or with the
“status quo.” He wants
something different, something
new.”
This attitude has done much
to improve the world. For to
stand still results in stagnation
and stagnation is never healthy.
The real problem of today is
how man will handle the present
situation. He can and he should
and he must make the changes
that will improve the world.
There is no better way to find
out how than is found in the
Bible.
However, in spite of the
ambition of mankind and his
desire to find a “better way” of
life, it is quite evident that man
can be a lazy animal.
This layman is of the opinion
, hat the chief trouble with our
Community, our state, our
nation and even of the world is
there is too much “Christian
laziness.” We are content to let
1 others do the job we should do.
Like the driver of a Model T,
driving over a muddy, deep
rutted, red clay road, we delay
“doing anything about it.” We
should get out of that Model T,
survey the situation, get the
chains out of the trunk of the
car, jack up the wheels and put
the chains on the tires, then
ease on out of the ruts and on to
the highway that leads to God’s
Heaven above.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
87, low today 66, high yesterday
85, low yesterday 63, estimated
high tomorrow mid 80s,
estimated low tonight mid 60s;
sunrise tomorrow 7:17, sunset
tomorrow 7:57.
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“Intelligence tells a fellow
what to say — wisdom tells him
what not to say.”
Summit
Talks friendly
By HELEN THOMAS
HONOLULU (UPI) - Pres
ident Nixon and Prime Minister
Kakuei Tanaka conclude their
summit conference today with
a “short term” trade bonus for
the United States and assuran
ces Japan’s friendly relations
with Peking will not jeopardize
America’s Far East securif
interests.
Nixon and Tanaka were to
hold their final talks at 3 p.m.
HST (9 p.m. EDT) today in the
tropical setting of the Kuilima
Hotel overlooking the Pacific.
White House News Secretary
Ronald L. Ziegler said the
discussions so far have been
conducted in a “spirit of
friendship and cooperation’’
with three affirmations that
Japan stands by its neutral
security treaty with the United
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ATLANTA—The District of Columbia’s finalist in the Miss
National Teenager Pageant, September Swann, takes time
out to meet Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit at Six Flags Over
Georgia. (UPI)
Fischer world
chess champion
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI)
—Bobby Fischer won the world
chess championship today when
Russian defender Boris Spassky
telephoned his resignation in
the 21st game of their $250,000
match.
Fischer, 29, thus fulfilled his
lifelong dream of becoming the
first American world chess
champion of modern times—a
dream that had driven him for
20 years.
Fischer’s aide, Fred Cramer,
said the Russian champion
telephoned arbiter Lothar
Schmid to tell him he resigned
the 21st game, giving Fischer
the title.
The 21st game was adjourned
Thursday and Spassky sealed
his 41st move in a brown paper
envelope that was to have been
opened when the game resumed
at 10:30 a.m. EDT today. World
chess experts said then he had
no chance to win.
Fischer becomes the first
official American world chess
champion although Paul Mor
phy of New Orleans held the
unofficial world title in 1858-59,
before the World Chess Federa
tion was formed.
There were some similiarities
States. The defense pact
permits the United States to
use bases in Japan to protect
Taiwan.
Ziegler said Nixon was
satisfied that Tanaka “will not
act in any way adverse to our
interests” when he travels to
Peking in late September or
early October.
The Japanese prime minister
and Chinese Premier Chou En
lai were expected to establish
diplomatic relations at an early
date.
Before departing Hawaii to
night, Nixon will decorate
retiring Adm. John S. McCain
Jr., who is transferring the U.S.
military command in the
Pacific to Adm. Noel Gaylor in
ceremonies at Hickam AFB.
Ziegler said a joint commu
nique to be issued at the
GRIFFIN
Daily Since 1872
between Fischer and Morphy.
Morphy won his first major
victory when he was 12;
Fischer was 14 years old when
he won the U.S. championship.
Morphy was 22 when he
became champion, Fischer 29.
The telephoned resignation
followed a night of analyzing
the adjourned position after 40
moves of the 21st game.
Earlier today, U.S. Grandmast
er Larry Evans said Spassky
might have had a draw if he
sealed the right move.
Apparently Spassky did not.
The victory was Fischer’s
seventh win in the 21 games.
Spassky won three, including
one on a forfeit, and 11 games
ended in draws. Fischer’s final
winning score was 12% points
to 8%.
Spassky had opened the 21st
game with Fischer’s own king
pawn opening. Fischer had
responded by setting up the
Siciliam defense, the seventh
time in the match it had been
used.
By 20 moves Fischer had
maneuvered into a strong
attacking position and grand
masters forecast a new world
champion from the game.
windup of the conference would
spell out details of trade and
economic concessions by Japan.
The White House aides said
Japan has agreed to accelerate
purchases of U.S. goods,
including aircraft, fertilizers
and other agricultural products
to the tune of sl.l billion.
Ziegler made it plain that
negotiations will continue for a
longer range trade commitment
by Japan, but Nixon apparently
has not been able to sell
Tanaka on proposals for a
bigger bite into the American
balance of trade deficit with its
former foe.
Tanaka and Nixon also talked
Thursday on the Vietnam War
and of improved relations
between Japan and the Soviet
Union.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, September 1, 1972
WASHINGTON (UPI)-The
nation’s unemployment rate
edged up slightly to 5.6 per cent
in August after holding at a 20-
month low of 5.5 per cent for
two months, the government
said today.
The Bureau of Labor Statis
tics said the number of persons
with jobs increased by 290,000
to an all-time high of 81.97
million last month. But 390,000
more workers were looking for
jobs, so unemployment went up
by 100,000 to 4,887,000.
The BLS termed the 290,000
growth in employment as
substantial, and said unemploy
ment was “basically un
changed” despite the addition
of the 100,000 workers to the
jobless roles and the increase
in the unemployment rate from
5.5 up to 5.6 per cent.
Average weekly earnings of
rank-and-file workers continued
to keep ahead of inflation
during President Nixon’s econ
omic controls, now more than
one year old, the BLS said.
Average weekly earnings last
month went up $1.12 to $137.23
—6.4 per cent above the
previous August.
Consumer prices went up
about 3 per cent during the 12-
month period.
The report said virtually all
the increase in employment
occurred among adult women
working part time Their
jobless rate declined from 5.7
down to 5.5 per cent.
The employment statistics,
made public just before the
long Labor Day weekend began,
came as George Meany, AFL
CIO president, was again
attacking President Nixon’s
economic policies which he said
had caused a “tragic human
waste” in the form of the
nearly 5 million unemployed.
At the same time, Meany
said: “Wages have been held
down, but prices and profits
have been allowed to skyrocket,
employers, naturally, are only
too happy to police wage
controls—but no effective ma
chinery was ever set up to keep
prices in check.”
Prior to release of the latest
figures, Labor Secretary James
D. Hodgson contended that
American workers had made
“impressive economic and so
cial gains” since Labor Day,
1971, saying the rate of inflation
was down, employment up,
unemployment down, and pro
ductivity and purchasing power
of average wages up.
The Bureau of Labor Statis
tics said jobless rates for most
categories of workers showed
little or no change during
August.
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HONOLULU—President Richard Nixon and Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka of Japan start their
summit meeting at the Kuilima Hotel. (UPI)
Enrollment
reaches
9,207 here
Enrollment today in the
Griffin-Spalding School System
was exactly the same as it was
at this point last year. The
totaled reached 9,207.
Enrollment had gained every
day this week except today.
Projections indicated that the
total within the first two weeks
might go to between 9,300 and
9,400.
Enrollment by schools today
was as follows:
Atkinson 713
Beaverbrook 668
Crescent 639
East Griffin 295
Fourth Ward 540
Jackson Road 424
Moore 478
North Side 258
Orrs 555
Third Ward 275
West Griffin 276
Spalding 111 851
Spalding n 883
Spalding 1 782
Griffin High 1,570.
Total 9,207
| Georgia expects 27 holiday deaths
ATI .ANTA (UPI) — The head of the Georgia State
S: Patrol says an all-out effort is being made by state
officials to keep the Day weekend highway death
S toll below its predicted figure of 27.
Col Ray Pope said the estimate of 27 highway deaths is
eight more than the number of persons to die in traffic
g mishaps on Georgia roads.
Pope said there will be a heavy concentration of the 700
state troopers working this weekend on Interstate 75, par
ticularly outside of metropolitan areas.
Central State
load is down
MILLEDGEVILLE,Ga. (UPI)
—The superintendent of Central
State Hospital at Milledgeville
says the institution has “passed
another milestone” in bringing
the hospital down to “manage
able size.”
Dr. James B. Craig said for
the first time since 1939, the
hospital census has shown a
hospital patient population be
low 7,000. Craig said there are
now 6,999 patients at the mental
health institution.
The hospital, the largest in
the state for treatment of men
tal disorders, now has a popu
lation down by more than 5,000
patients from an all-time high
number of patients in 1964.
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MUNlCH—America’s human dolphin Mark Spitz holds up the five gold medals he has won in the
Olympic games at Munich. Spitz entered two more races and stands a good chance of picking up a
total of seven gold medals.
Mitchell says he didnt have
advance bugging knowledge
By JANE DENISON
WASHINGTON (UPI)-John
N. Mitchell, President Nixon’s
campaign manager at the time
of the break-in of Democratic
headquarters, said today he had
“no advance knowledge” of the
alleged bugging at the party
offices.
Emerging from a brief
session with lawyers for the
Democratic party, Mitchell told
reporters he was “in no way
involved” in the affair.
Mitchell appeared at the
offices of attorney Edward
Bennett Williams, representing
Democrats in a million-dollar
The public safety director said while the Civil Air Patrol £
cannot actually take part in law enforcement, 25 CAP g
planes and 28 mobile units will be used to help spot S
accidents, traffic jams and other problems. S
The patrol also predicted there will be 540 injuries on the •<
highways during the 78-hour holiday period, starting at 6
p.m. today and lasting until midnight Monday. g
Urging drivers to exercise special caution, Pope said,
“If we had 5,000 troopers on the roads, the final g:
responsibility for safety rests with the drivers.” :g
damage suit against the Com
mittee to Re-Elect President
Nixon, to give sworn, secret
testimony about what he knew
about the incident. But new
legal maneuvering cut short his
appearance.
Mitchell told newsmen the
questioning “didn’t get to the
point” of his role in the incident
before the meeting broke up.
“But I can swear now that I
had no advance knowledge,”
Mitchell said.
Mitchell had been scheduled
to make a formal deposition in
connection with the Democrats’
suit. The Democrats also sued
five men arrested June 17 in
the headquarters at the Water
gate Hotel complex. Police said
they had electronic eavesdrop
ping gear in their possession.
Mitchell’s appearance was
abbreviated because lawyers
for the suspects announced
filing of a motion in federal
court to block the taking of
further depositions.
| A working dinner
HONOLULU (UPI) — President Nixon hosted a
working dinner for Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka £
£ Thursday night that included some of Hawaii’s sumptuous
■£ dishes and a Japanese style dessert. ¥:
£ The dinner, around a square table, featured stuffed $
£ mahi mahi, filet of beef, hearts of lettuce with bay shrimp, :*
£ Hawaiian fresh pineapple, macadamia nut ice cream, a
£ Japanese coffee liquer and mamagashi, a Japanese cake.
£ Two red wjnes and champagne were served—and all $
.£ were California vintages. £
£ The dinner was in a suite on the sixth floor of the
£ Kuilima Hotel where both Nixon and Tanaka were staying $
£ for their two-day summit meeting. Tanaka moved to the £
£ Kuilima from another hotel in Honolulu for one night. $
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In response to newsmen’s
questions, Mitchell said he also
had “no knowledge” about how
$114,000 in checks intended for
the Nixon campaign fund
apparently wound up in the
Florida bank account of one of
the suspects, ex-CIA agent
Bernard L. Barker.
“I was not connected with the
Finance Committee (of the re
election committee),” Mitchell
said. “I had nothing whatsoever
to do with that side of it.”
Mitchell said he had no idea
who was behind the break-in.
“If I did, I certainly wouldn’t
be stating it for the press
because criminal proceedings
are going on,” he said.
As he has said before,
Mitchell branded the Democra
tic lawsuit as “demagoguery of
the worst type,” but pledged to
cooperate by making a full
deposition later if it could be
arranged.