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By Quimby Melton
Weekend Notes:
Monday night Griffin Tech
held commencement exercises
in the Junior High auditorium.
A total of 206 students were
given certificates of graduation.
Long time City Commissioner
0. M. Snider Jr. announced he
would not seek reelection.
Preston Bunn, Griffin business
man, announced he would run.
Tuesday night the city com
mission approved purchase of
supplies and equipment totaling
a quarter of a million dollars.
Kiwanis Club’s clothing drive
was called “best one in years.”
The clothing given will be
cleaned and distributed to
school children.
Daylin opened its
headquarters here. This
company operates Elliott’s
Drugs, Stripe Discount Stores
and Diana Shops throughout the
nation. Nineteen company
executives will make their
homes in Griffin and 140 per
sons will be employed. The
company has located its head
quarters here in the Kell build
ing.
The Griffin Historical and
Preservation Society an
nounced it would buy the old
John Blakely Mills home at
North Hill and East Tinsley.
They will pay $30,000 for the
property.
Five black citizens announced
for the five posts on the City-
County Board of Education that
will be filled this year. The
election is on Nov. 7. The other
five posts will be held by
present members.
Dewitt Simonton, executive
vice president of the Chamber
of Commerce, resigned and will
return to radio station WKEU
as news director.
Clayton Brown, who will have
a high seniority rating in the
House, announced he was a
candidate for “whip” of the
House.
Griffin High’s Bears defeated
the North Clayton Eagles 32-8.
Next Friday they will play
LaGrange there. The Grangers
have a 2 won-2 lost-0 tie record
compared with the Bears 3
wins-0 loss-one tie. The Bears
next home game will be the
following week with Rockdale
County.
Three prisoners of war,
released by North Vietnam,
arrived home and negotiations
continued seeking release of all
other prisoners.
Secretary of State William
Rogers urged United Nations to
“act at once to meet the
challenge of international
terrorism.
A total of 22 people, including
12 children were injured near
Sacramento, Calif., when a
privately owned Saber jet plane
crashed.
U. S. Senate passed a $l.B
billion foreign aid bill. An at
tempt to amend the measure
with a “stop the war” resolution
failed. President Nixon, who
spent the weekend at the
California “White House”,
asked when he would begin
campaigning for reelection,
said he would do so “oily when I
conclude it will not interfere
with my doing the job the people
elected me to do.”
Sen. McGovern continued his
campaigning and polls showed
him gaining on Nixon. One, the
Harris poll, said McGovern had
gained six points since the
September poll was taken.
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“Too much good advice can
keep you from learning what
only experience can teach you.”
Judge Whalen
briefs new
grand jurors
Pressman dies
after being
stricken ill
Edwin (Bulldog) Imes,
pressman for the Griffin Daily
News, died at the Griffin-Spald
ing Hospital late this morning.
He was striken ill while at work
and rushed by ambulance to the
hospital.
Mr. Imes, 42, had suffered a
heart attack about three years
ago but had recovered and
returned to work.
A native of Griffin, he grew up
here and attended the public
school system.
He had been employed at the
Griffin Daily News about 10
years.
Mr. Imes attended Searcy
Memorial United Methodist
Church.
Among his survivors are his
wife and son, Jeff Imes; four
brothers, Ralph Imes of
Atlanta, Bobby Imes, Dane
Imes and Jack Imes, all of
Griffin; and his mother, Mrs.
Opal Imes.
Funeral plans will be an
nounced.
Congress
Debt ceiling only block
to adjournment by Oct. 14
WASHINGTON! UPl)—House
Speaker Carl Albert believes
President Nixon’s request for a
controversial $250 billion
government spending ceiling is
the only issue which stands in
the path of final congressional
adjournment by Oct. 14.
Albert’s prediction was made
as Congress began wading
through a heavy agenda of bills
this week.
The Senate must still settle
tests on welfare reform,
defense spending, consumer
protection, another end-the-war
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Navy Lt. Markham L. Gartley, one
of three POWs freed two weeks ago by the North Vietnamese,
talks with Mrs. Byron Fuller, a local POW wife, on his arrival
here. Gartley, accompanied by his mother, Minnie (1), flew
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The majority of the 23 persons
reporting this morning for
October Superior Court Grand
Jury duty have never served on
the Grand Jury before.
Judge Andrew Whalen spent
some time explaining their
duties and how they were
selected.
He explained that the jury
lists have been revised recently
and that several hundred names
were added both to the Grand
Jury and trial jury boxes. This
means that in the future, per
sons will serve less frequently
and more persons will be called
on for jury duty.
Homer Grissom was elected
foreman.
In his charge to the jury,
Judge Whalen instructed them
to appoint three members and
three alternates to the County
Board of Equalization, a new
board which will hear appeals
on property tax assessments.
This board was set up during
the last session of the General
Assembly and replaces the old
arbitration board.
The jury also will appoint a
notary public and ex officio
justice for the Cabin district.
This is an elective position and
has been held by H. O. Perry
who did not run, as he was
hospitalized during the
amendment, and a possible
filibuster on a House-passed
antibusing bill.
Albert has told newsmen he
has received assurances that if
Congress adjourns—rather than
recesses to return after the
November election—Nixon will
not call the lawmakers back to
Washington.
The House scheduled debate
today on proposed restrictions
involving Americans wishing to
travel to North Vietnam as well
as on a antihijacking plan and
expansion of emergency medi-
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Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, October 2, 1972
qualification period. Judge
Whalen said Mr. Perry had
written a letter asking for the
appointment. The jurors may
appoint Mr. Perry or any
person who is a resident of the
district, he said.
The jurors also were in
structed to fix compensation
for the upcoming year for all
jurors and bailiffs of both State
and Superior courts. This shall
not be less than five dollars or
more than $25 per day.
This session of the Grant Jury
will inspect all county
properties, offices, and records
and will report their findings in
presentments.
Judge Whalen reminded the
jurors that they are obligated to
keep secret all reasons and
evidence for bills of indictment
and other Grand Jury
proceedings unless they are
called upon to testify in court.
Weather
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69, low yesterday 45, high
tomorrow in mid 70s, low
tonight near 50. Sunrise
tomorrow 7:28, sunset
tomorrow 7:16.
cal services.
Both houses, however, must
deal with Nixon’s request for a
congressional directive to limit
spending during this fiscal year
to $250 billion, a figure several
billion dollars below probable
outlays unless more cuts are
made.
The trill concerning travel
restrictions to North Vietnam is
sponsored by the House Inter
nal Security Committee. It
would require Americans to
have presidential approval be
fore traveling to Hanoi.
here from New York City for a continued medical
examination and debriefing on his four years as a captive.
Mrs. Fuller was one of three POW wives to meet him at
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House near vote
on Hanoi trip bans
WASHINGTON (UPI)-The
House moved today toward a
showdown vote on a bill to
prohibit U.S. citizens from
making unauthorized trips to
North Vietnam amid protests
the bill would jeopardize
prisoner of war releases by
Hanoi.
Supporters of the measure
claimed it was needed to
The measure has drawn the
fire of House liberals, backed
by some members of families
of American prisoners of war.
Four antiwar activists went to
Hanoi last month to negotiate
the release of three captured
American pilots. The men,
accompanied by the activists,
returned to the United States
last Thursday. Criticism of
travel to the North Vietnamese
capitol has been mounting since
the visits of actress Jane Fonda
and former attorney general
Ramsey Clark.
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curtail travel by antiwar
activists, such as actress Jane
Fonda, to Hanoi where they
interfere with official efforts to
win release of POWs and to
settle the war.
But the Democratic Study
Group (DSG) said in a letter to
liberal House members that the
bill was approved by the House
Internal Security Committee
without adequate congressional
review.
The measure “puts harsh
restraint on the right to travel
without providing the substan
tive and procedural due process
required by the Constitution,”
according to the DSG letter
signed by Reps. Don Edwards
and Phillip Burton of California
and Rep. Robert F. Drinan of
Massachusetts.
Under the bill, U.S. citizens—
including reporters — cannot
travel to nations in armed
conflict with the United States
unless authorized by the
President after a determination
of whether the trip was in the
national interest.
Some opponents fear only
those who support administra
tion policy on Vietnam could be
cleared for travel to Hanoi,
thus curtailing efforts to shuttle
mail to and from the POWs and
preventing release of prisoners
to antiwar spokesmen.
The bill provides that viola
tors would be subject to 10
years in prison, SIO,OOO fine, or
both.
Backers of the measure, led
by Rep. Richard H. Ichord, D-
Mo., chairman of the Internal
Security Committee, contend
the amendment to the 1950
Internal Security Act is long
overdue.
Nixon eyes move to cut
U.S. troops in Europe
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Pres
ident Nixon was expected today
to tell the Soviet Union the
United States is ready to start'
preliminary negotiations on
troop reductions in Europe.
Nixon scheduled a morning
meeting at the White House
with Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei A. Gromyko.
U.S. sources said Nixon was
likely to give Gromyko informal
word that the United States
was ready to talk about troop
reductions and a Soviet propo
sal for a “European security
conference.” The word would
not be formal, the sources said,
because the United States and
its western allies have not
completed consultations on the
proposal to reduce the U.S.
troop commitment in Europe.
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State ambulance
rules softened
The Georgia Department of
Human Resources has drawn
up a list of “softened” proposed
regulations for ambulance
service, according to State Rep.
Clayton Brown.
The new regulations, drafted
on Sept. 27, are considered to be
more realistic, according to
State Department of Human
Resources spokesmen.
Original proposals would
have required that both the
driver and attendant of each
ambulance receive equal first
aid training. However, under
the new proposal, only the at
tendant would be required to
undertake the extensive study.
Griffin funeral home direc
tors objected to the original
rules as being “impossible” to
Robber
didn’t
pay fare
A Greenville, S.C., cab driver
told police here yesterday that a 1
man he brought to Griffin not
only did not pay his fare, but
pulled a gun and robbed him of
$lO6.
The driver, James Karr, said
a white male around 45-years
old hired the taxi in Greenville
for $95. When he arrived in
Griffin about 3:30 a.m.
yesterday, he said, the man
held a gun on him and took his
money.
He described the robber as
having gray hair, weighing
about 170 pounds and being
about 5-8 tail.
Gromyko is in the United
States attending the United
Nations General Assembly
meeting in New York. His
consultations with Nixon, offi
cials said, also was aimed at
making agreements in two
commercial areas:
— Soviet-American negotia
tions on settling the Soviet
World War n debt to the
United States. The debt origin
ally was estimated at $2.6
trillion. Both sides now appear
ready to settle for about SSOO
million with repayment over a
30-year period at low interest.
—Talks on a maritime
agreement under which ships of
the Soviet Union, the United
States and third countries
would be able to transport
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meet. They will end ambulance
service here at the end of this
year.
A person wanting to open an
ambulance service would have
to receive a state and, possible
local, license good for two
years, be willing to provide ser
vice 24-hours a day, seven days
a week, and function within the
guidelines set down by the
Department of Human
Resources, under the revised
rules. They have been approved
by the U. S. Department of
TYansportation.
Aside from providing for the
medical equipment, the
proposed rules require that
ambulance attendants em
ployed prior to 1973, must
complete the standard Ameri
can Red Cross Advanced First
Aid Course before Jan. 1, 1973,
and must complete the Depart
ment of Transportation’s
“Basic Ambulance Training
Program for Emergency Medi
cal Technician-Ambulance” or
its equivalent.
Attendants employed after
Jan. 1, 1973, must have com
pleted the Red Cross course
before employment, and the
Department of Transportation’s
course within nine months.
Additional training may be
required of ambulance at
tendants.
Except under certain condi
tions, all ambulances must be
equipped with a short wave two
way radio to provide com
munication with hospitals
within their service areas.
An existing ambulance
service may be issued a state
provisional license which will
allow the company 12 months to
comply with the new rules.
large amounts of American
grain to the Soviet Union.
Groundwork for the meeting
was carried out by presidential
adviser Henry A. Kissinger,
who went to Moscow last
month; and by Secretary of
State William P. Rogers, who
met the Soviet foreign minister
in New York last week.
State Department officials
said the United States was
prepared to meet in Helsinki
starting Nov. 22 for exploratory
talks on the Soviet-sponsored
European security conference.
About 30 nations would partici
pate in the meeting, which
would try to improve the
political climate, increase
trade, and bring about further
scientific exchanges.