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By Quimby Melton
Weekend Notes:
Last week, the 197th birthday
of the U.S.A., was an eventful
week in many regards. It was a
happy week for most people, ex
ept for those with sickness and
deaths in their families; and for
those pessimists who can see no
good in anything and live with
no faith in and hope for the
future.
Fortunately, locally there
were no tragedies to mar the
week. There were community
celebrations, there were beauty
contests, there were fireworks
and enjoyable family reunions,
picnics galore and good
cooperation on the part of the
weatherman.
Fourth of July orators .and
some communities still have
them,-told of the past with
pride, expressed confidence in
Uncle Sam to solve his
problems, and faith in the
future of our nation.
Spalding Superior Court,
Judge Andrew Whalen Jr.,
presiding, held a one day
session.
Today, July 9, a special
session has been called, new
jurors drawn, to dispose of
some unfinished business.
Friday afternoon, Wynne’s
Jewelry store, one of if not the
oldest mercantile establish
ments in Griffin, located in the
heart of the downtown district,
was robbed by two armed men.
Fortunately, neither Taylor
Wynne nor his wife, and others
in the store at the time, were not
harmed.
All in all locally, last week
was truly a “Glorious Fourth.”
Other things that happened
state wise, nationally and in
ternationally, included:
An estimated 70,000 Shriners
came to Atlanta for a national
convention and paraded down
famed Peachtree street three
consecutive days, including the
Fourth of July.
The United States Army
Forces Command officially took
over at Atlanta’s Ft. Mc-
Pherson and the famed Third
Army stacked arms. The new
unit, to be known as FORSCOM,
will be responsible for the
readiness of all combat and
support units in the Army.
Howard (Bo) Callaway, a
Georgian who has been named
Secretary of the Army, was on
hand for the ceremonies at Ft.
McPherson.
Alabama Governor George
Wallace and Sen. Ted Kennedy
appeared together on a
program in Decatur, Ala. Sen.
Kennedy denounced the Nixon
administration on the
Watergate issue. Gov. Wallace
was presented a patriotism
award.
Betty Grable, Joe E. Brown
and Veronica Lake, Hollywood
personalities, died of various
illnesses.
The White House announced
that Henry A. Kissinger would
go to Peking soon for a meeting
with Chinese Premier Chou En-
Lai. Indications were that he
would seek an end to the war in
Cambodia.
A 35-nation European
Security Conference opened in
Helsinki.
And, Alice, the first hurricane
of the 1973 season, knocked
down some trees in Bermuda
but did not cause any injuries.
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Bill but no baby
RICHARDSON, Tex. (UPI) -
Barbara Bower got a $350
maternity bill from a doctor
last week and she did not even
know she had been pregnant.
According to the doctor’s
secretary, an 18-year-old
woman registered there several
weeks ago giving Mrs. Bower’s
name and address. She told the
doctor her husband worked at
Texas Instruments in the
Dallas suburb.
The woman eventually gave
birth to a child and left the
hospital with her baby.
Mrs. Bower, 29, said she
would be happy to pay the bill
if the doctor would “send us a
baby girl.”
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Peace Corps
volunteers
are cleared
They saw the Queen
Mrs. Joel Harrison of Williamson and her
granddaughter Lynn Harrison, have returned to their
homes after seeing Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in
Canada.
Mrs. Harrison has a long time friend who lives in
Canada and she and her granddaughter visited her during
the visit of the Queen and her Prince to Canada.
Mrs. Harrison’s friend secured invitations to two
special events at which the Queen appeared.
Lynn Harrison attended an invitation only garden party
during which she personally met the Queen of England
and spoke with her briefly.
She and her grandmother, Mrs. Harrison, both attended
a tea at the government house where the Queen spoke
briefly. This, too, was an invitation only affair.
The Georgians also were among the thousands of people
who attended a Sunday worship and dedication service
during which Prince Philip read from the Bible.
The events took place in Charlottetown on Prince
Edward Island.
Mrs. Harrison has visited in Canada several times. She
and her late husband became acquainted with their
Canada friends during one of their visits to the nation
north of America.
Lynn Harrison will be a sophomore at Berry College in
Rome, Ga. this fall. She is a graduate of Flint River
Academy.
Doctor’s trial
under way here
The trial of Dr. Marvin
Marchman of the Atlanta area,
accused of stealing an airplane
radio at the Griffin-Spalding
Airport, began today with the
selection of a jury.
This is the second time he has
Copter pilot
rescues
25 people
NEW BRAUNFELS, Tex.
(UPI) — A young Army
helicopter pilot rescued 25
persons before dawn today
from an isolated hunting lodge
threatened by a flooding creek.
Attached to the 507th Air
Ambulance Company at Ft.
Sam Houston in San Antonio,
CWO Satterfield, 24, who
refused to give his first name,
said he noticed the stranded
group as he flew over the
stricken area along Cibolo
Creek.
Terry sending grits
to girl in Minnesota
Incoming GHSI973-74 student
body president Terry Walton
was one of nine Georgians to
attend a special National
Association of Student Councils
workshop recently.
Drawing on the knowledge of
other student council members
as well as adult advisors and
leaders, Terry spent the five
day session in Colorado Springs,
Colo., making plans for the
coming school year.
“I would like to arrange to use
voting machines for this year’s
student council elections to
increase student participation,”
Terry said.
Even though some effort
would be involved in securing
the use of the machines, he
added that voting with
machines would prepare young
people to fulfill their adult
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been tried for the offense. An
appeals court overturned his
first conviction on the grounds
that the name of the radio was
misspelled on the original
indictment.
Dr. Marchman’s attorneys
questioned prospective jurors
this morning as to whether they
had read an account of the
trial’s proceedings in Satur
day’s Griffin Daily News. Seven
of the 40 questioned said they
didn’t take the paper and hadn’t
read the account. The others
said they subscribed and had
seen the Saturday paper.
The story reported a series of
motions that the attorneys
made last Friday.
The trial of Charles Entrekin,
accused in the killing of Mrs.
Willie Mae Hatcher at a
package store on Route 16 west
of Griffin, is expected to begin
tomorrow.
He was to be brought to
Griffin this afternoon from the
Classification and Diagnostic
Center.
Attorneys Bill Johnson, John
Newton and Jim Fortune have
been appointed to defend him.
responsibilities.
“Hopefully, we can also move
to a more representative
student council, with can
didates’ nominating themselves
for office,” he explained.
Terry, who is working as a
grocery stock boy this summer,
made many friends from across
the country during the
workshop.
“I’ve got a box of grits that
I’m going to mail to a girl I met
from Minnesota,” he added.
While comparing notes with
other council members, Terry
was proud to learn that he was
representing one of the few
“Classroom Councils” in the
nation.
Almost all the councils meet
after school, which cuts down
attendance and work, but GHS
has a class period each day for
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, July 9, 1973
NAIROBI, Kenya (UPI) -
President Idi Amin of Uganda
today gave 114 American Peace
Corps volunteers clearance to
leave the country, apparently
convinced they were really
members of the Corps and not
U.S. mercenaries en route to
fight in an African civil war.
Amin’s action in the Uganda
capital of Kampala was an
nounced here by U.S. embassy
spokesman Gary Morley. U.S.
diplomats and the State Depart
ment had interceded in their
behalf since the mercurial
Amin forced them to land in
Kampala on Sunday.
“They do have clearance to
leave,” Morley said. “It came
through around 3 p.m. They are
now looking for transport. They
don’t know where they’re going
and won’t know until the
transport is confirmed.”
The East African Airways
VCIO jet which flew the
volunteers to Uganda Saturday
returned empty to Nairobi
Sunday. They had landed in
Kampala on a refueling stop en
route to a Peace Corps training
camp in Zaire (former Belgian
Congo) when Amin forced the
plane to return under threat of
being shot down by his tiny air
force.
Morley said the Americans
probably would go either to
Nairobi, where hotel rooms
have been booked for them, or
to their original plane transfer
point in Burundi. They have
been staying in a Kampala
Hotel, comfortable but under
armed guard.
Morley did not give details on
Amin’s decision to release the
Americans but President Jo
seph Mobutu of Zaire interv
ened today to tell Amin they
really were Peace Corps
volunteers and were en route to
his country as they said they
were. Diplomatic sources in
Kamapala said Mobutu sent a
telegram today asking for their
release.
Amin said he held the group,
by ordering their plane to
return to Uganda, when he
suspected they possibly were
mercenaries bound for neigh
boring Rwanda. He said he
would free the group only when
fellow African leaders assured
him the volunteers were Peace
Corps members.
“That assurance has now
been sent,” an African di
plomat said. “It is now up to
Amin how he responds.”
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tonight in mid 60s.
student matters.
All in all, Terry said that the
Griffin High student council
stacked up well when compared
with others nationwide.
Aside from attending
workshops and speeches, Terry
took advantage of several tours
of the area, including ones to
Pike’s Peak, the Flying W
Ranch, and the U.S. Air Force
Academy.
Sponsors for Terry’s trip were
Griffin’s Rotary, Kiwanis and
Key Clubs.
Terry was so involved in this
year’s program that the
National Association has asked
him to attend again next year at
their expense to teach.
He is the son of the Rev. and
Mrs. Eugene Walton of 1538
Ridgewood drive, Griffin.
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Mrs. Jewell Thompson (1) holding her granddaughter,
Kimberly Taylor, along with her daughter, Mrs. Sarah
Taylor (r) check tree in the yard of the Taylor Home at 131
Fourth street off the West Mclntosh road. Lightning hit it
during the weekend and pealed the bark off the trunk at
the 30-year-old tree. Bark was scattered about the yard.
Mrs. Taylor who rents the home from Mrs. Wilson Martin,
Bankers set to try
to ‘cool’ money
BASEL, Switzerland (UPI) —
Chief bankers from the United
States and 18 other non-
Communistcountries said today
they are ready with “technical
arrangements” to take action
that would cool the world’s
latest dollar fever.
The governors of national
banks, ending two days of crisis
talks, did not say precisely
what action they would take.
Their action came after nine
days of heavy pressure on the
dollar, which fell to record low
prices in many European capi
tals.
A communique issued at
midnight, and only the third the
central bankers have issued in
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Daily Since 1872
20 years of monthly meetings,
said the participants agreed
“...that official intervention in
exchange markets” was appro
priate to try to restore order to
the world’s money markets.
The bankers said the neces
sary technical steps were ready
to carry out such intervention.
Before the weekend meeting,
held at the Bank for Interna
tional Settlements and over
dinner in private rooms at the
stately hotel Euler around the
corner, both France and West
Germany rejected any idea of
upward revaluing their curren
cies. West Germany revalued
its mark by 5.5 per cent on
June 29.
Swiss bankers said privately
last week that the United States
could not stand by and let the
dollar continue falling without
taking action. They said trading
partners in NATO would have
to erect protective barriers
against American goods if
Washington did not shore up
the sinking dollar.
However, West German bank
sources said John Coombs of
the Federal Reserve Bank
rejected the idea Sunday of
direct U.S. intervention on
money markets.
Banking sources said one
idea discussed Sunday was
allowing the United States to
sell its gold on the free market
to buy back and support the
dollar.
Central bank sources said the
governors also discussed the
possibilty of an imminent
“crisis meeting” of finance
ministers, but they said early
today that this depends on
whether the bankers’ moves
restore order on money mar
kets.
had just left the house for the grocery store when the bolt
hit. She returned to get something she had forgotten about
15 minutes later and found the bolt had struck. The
lightning knocked out a gas stove in the house across the
street and knocked out a television set in the house next
door to the Taylor residence. No one was injured.
Carter Company
moving 3 units
to Barnesville
The William Carter Com
pany, headquartered in
Needham Heights, Mass., has
announced the relocation of
three major departments to
their Barnesville plant.
The Manufacturing, Plan
ning, and Control; Purchasing;
and Manufacturing
Engineering departments will
be moved south “to assure
efficient production control”,
according to company
spokesman J. W. Conscison.
“These departments are
being centralized in an area
where most of the company’s
plants are located to bring
about closer coordination of the
entire manufacturing func
tion,” Conceison said.
Switching to the Barnesville
location will require the tran
sfer of 20-25 home office em
ployes, he explained.
Conceison cited continued
expansion in the company’s
volume as the guide to timing in
the relocation.
Carter’s has appointed
Thomas W. Roberts as Vice
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Tom Roberts
President for Manufacturing to
oversee the Barnesville switch.
Roberts, who joined Carter’s
last year as Manfuacturing
Operations Manager, will
maintain a close coordination
between the Massachusetts and
Georgia plants.
For 16 years, Roberts has
been associated with the textile
and garment industry in
various manufacturing
management capcities.
The William Carter Company
is in its 108th year of operation.
They are manufacturers of
knitwear.