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Goldwater says GOP has a big job ahead By CHARLES S. TAYLOR ATLANTA (UPI) — The Young Republican convention here ended Thursday with Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., talk ing of “a big job ahead of us” and national GOP chairman George Bush urging a swift end to the Watergate hearings. Despite the convention’s close, the national executive commit tee was to meet today to iron out a second Watergate resolu tion, pinning the blame on “per sonally inexperienced person nel” and advocating national committee control of future campaign finances. The resolutions committee is sued a statement vindicating President Nixon from any in volvement in the breakin or the coverup, but urging him to put the case in perspective “in the setting of his choice.” Goldwater, theconvention’s fi nal speaker, said the Republi can Party had sustained serious but not irreparable damage from the bugging scandal. “I am not inclined to come Now Showing THE Brother iFw Man fl fl in the V J Motherland.! shaft R; Mebocotor'ftnavision*© Today & Saturday Double Feature ’’STANLEY” "WOMEN OF THE PREHISTORIC PLANET” COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS INVITE YOU TO tBE OUR GUEST AT iwood Discover wonderful Wildwood, a private community of over 1,400 acres of woodlands and water, with its own private utility sys tem, club house, basketball and tennis courts, white sand beaches, olympic-size swimming pool, horseback riding stables and over six miles of beautiful lake shore. And there's more. 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I suggest it will take a lot more than the Watergate to kill off the Re publican party.” The Arizona legislator said the most damaging aspect of the entire affair was the tying of illegal tampering to the fte publican party even though, he said, none of the people involved in the scheme were elected to office by GOP voters. “I am sure I don’t have to tell you that ambitious Demo crats are making the most of this fact,” he said. Goldwater said that until any incriminat ing evidence is delivered, Nix on should be presumed innocent of “any and all involvement in the sorry and sordid events.” Goldwater ripped Sen. Ed ward Kennedy, D-Mass., for speaking out with “unctuous righteousness” on the Watergate matter when “all the facts involving the Chap paquidick tragedy” are still unknown. “The American people can do without moralizing from the Massachusetts Democrat,” he said. Bush said he thought a quick yB- 1 , Jfl 1 A , Jr ■Hr"’' HOLLYWOOD—Actress Ann Margret became a traffic stopper as she personally attended the implantation of her “Star” in the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame. The action occurred at the corner of Wilcox avenue and Hollywood boulevard and actually created a traffic jam as word spead that the popular actress was being honored. (UPI) end to the Watergate hearings would absolve Nixon of any complicity and “lay to rest dam aging speculation” about the President. He said he thought former White House counsel John Dean’s testimony would be con tradicted by future witnesses. “I don’t believe John Dean’s testimony,” he said. “Let’s see how many people will stand up and say John Dean speaks the truth.” Bush, a longtime Nixon favor ite, said he thought the Presi dent should appear before a news conference when the Sen ate investigation concludes. “My own view is that the President’s direct statement on non-involvement will stand up, ” Bush said. “The evidence of Watergate will be remembered in history for its abuse by a handful of people of our political system.” Bush also discounted the ef fects of the scandal on other elections across the country, ci ting several instances of Repub licans being elected to office despite Watergate. “The party is alive and very well indeed,” Bush said. “The Nixon mandate on November, 1972 will be just as valid in 1974. The great issue of war and peace will be just as valid in 1974 as they were in 1972.” Drivers accept contract ATLANTA (UPI) - The At lanta bus drivers’ union voted Wednesday night to accept a contract proposal from the Me tropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, (MARTA) ending problems that started with a week - long strike of some 1,- 100 bus drivers. Division 732 of the Amalga mated Transit Union accepted the contract for a 70-cent - an hour raise by a vote of 661-233. The new contract provides the raise over a two- year period and includes other benefits ap proved by the union. Allan Kiepper, a MARTA of ficial, said they are “gratified” with the vote on the contract, which “puts the operators and mechanics of the rapid transit system on a level comparable to other systems in the United States.” He said MARTA is grateful to the city people for being patient. Griffin Headquarters For LA-Z-BQY RECLINA i • ROCKERS Lar ? e Selection k Styles-Colors COVERS GOODE-NICHOLS 206-208 South Hill St. Phone 227-9436 ft?;-..- NARA, Japan—This is the left hand of Mrs. Tachiyo Kawamatsu, 45, after her left toe was transplanted onto her hand to replace the thumb she had lost in an accident. The rare grafting operation was performed on the Japanese housewife June 28 by Dr. Susumu Tamai, 38, of the Nara Prefectural Medical College. The nine-hour operation required delicate stitching with extremely fine surgical thread, with Dr. Tamai viewing the area through a microscope as he worked. (UPI) Family survives ‘lt was KEY WEST, Fla. (UPI) - A family of 10, including six children, clung to an over turned boat for more than 24 hours in rough seas and torrential rains before being rescued by a pleasure boat. “It was a miracle, a plain ... absolute miracle that we all survived,” Gerald Surfus, 38, a Sarasota attorney, said Thursday from his hospital bed. He said his family had left Key West Tuesday morning aboard the 26-foot boat he had recently purchased for $41,000. They planned to return by nightfall after a trip to the Dry Tortugas islands 70 miles to the west. On board the boat were Surfus; his father, Clifton Surfus, 61; mother, Frances, Abernathy asked not to quit ATLANTA (UPI) — Hosea Williams, head of the Atlanta chapter of the Southern Chris tian Leadership Conference, (SCLC) Thursday attacked two prominent black leaders for hav ing helped bring about Dr. Ralph Abernathy’s resignation as national leader of the organi zation. Williams asked Abernathy to reconsider his resignation since “any possible replacement would do nothing more than turn the SCLC into another Ur ban League - type organization and there is not room enough for two Urban Leagues in Am erica.” Williams said that any suc cessor to Abernathy would have “no intention of keeping SCLC what Dr. (Martin Luther) King and Dr. Abernathy organized it to be.” He criticized King’s widow, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for failing to continue her work of her late husband by not sup porting the SCLC. He contended that she used money intended to support the SCLC for furthering her own or ganization — the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change. Williams said Congressman Walter Fauntroy of Washington, D. C. openly “attacked the leg acy left by the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....by stating Mrs. King has raised or shared several hundreds of thousands of dollars...she has received since the death of her husband. “In fact, the records will prove that Dr. Abernathy has shared the financial income of SCLC with Mrs. King and the Center, but Mrs. King and the Center have never shared the financial income with Dr. Aber nathy and the SCLC,” Williams charged. “This is the big secret they have been trying to keep from the public.” a miracle’ 59; wife, Mary, 41; and the six girls: Emily, 4; Daphne, 6; Amy, 8; Bonnie, 10; Carrie, 12; and Dawn, 17. Surfus said they ran into rough weather on the way back to Key West Tuesday afternoon. “We hit maybe a three-or four-foot wave and the bow just broke right off,” Surfus said. “In 90 seconds, we were overturned and in the water.” The accident happened so quickly that only three life jackets were salvaged from the boat’s safety equipment, and given to three of the smaller girls. The rest of the family clung to the broken hull of the boat. Surfus’ wife held 4-year-old Emily and was unable to fight off Portuguese men-of-war that stung her legs for hours. She was treated at a hospital for cuts and bruises. “Dad was just great,” Surfus said of his father. “All / Tell yourself, ] “Keep the change.” will Then save it at First National. Sometimes it seems as if we try to take care of everybody but ourselves. Maybe once in a while we should give ourselves a tip. Because a few coins could do a lot of good. Just think. If you would put aside the change you accumulate every day—or maybe only the quarters or dimes—you’d be surprised how fast you could build a nice cash reserve. Os course, you’ll do it a lot faster if you deposit that money at First National where you earn the highest bank interest, and know it’s protected by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. It’s the way to be ready for emergencies and the good things in life, too. Try saving change for a few weeks and see if it doesn’t give you a fine start on a savings program. After all, you remember what they say about "great oaks” and "little acorns". _ \ FIRST NATIONAL BANkWF J \ ...GROWING WITH GRIFFIN & throughout the night—the long est day any of us ever spent— he called the roll every five minutes and in that way we made sure we were keeping together. And the courage those kids showed was unbelievable. Not a whimper. “We never mentioned the words life, death or shark,” Surfus said. “But for a while, I was sure a few of us weren’t going to make it.” Late Wednesday afternoon, Al Huffard of Hollywood, Fla., and his wife spotted the red container lid Surfus was waving as a distress signal. They took the Surfus family aboard their pleasure boat, then transferred them to the Coast Guard cytter Cape York, which had been searching the area because the family failed to return Tuesday night. All were reported in good condition after treatment for shock and exposure. — Griffin Daily News Friday, July 13,1973 Page 3 Phony ‘Martha’ calling media By HELEN THOMAS WASHINGTON (UPI) - A phony “Martha Mitchell” has been telephoning newspaper editors and reporters recently and the real Martha is hopping mad about it. The real Mrs. Mitchell called UPI Thursday to deny she had telephoned the wire service’s Washington bureau the previous morning to say, “I want you to know that my husband is absolutely correct in all his testimony.” A woman with a Southern accent, lower than Martha’s and husky-voiced as if she had been drinking, has been calling members of the Washington press impersonating the wife of the former attorney general. The caller’s conversation is rambling, usually filled with obscenities and bad grammar according to those she has telephoned. The true Martha swears a little but she handles the English language very well. She Fails on Questions The fake Martha also has failed on a number of questions put to her by suspicious recipients of her calls. She has said she lives on Park Avenue in New York City. Martha Mitchell lives on Fifth Avenue. In her Wednesday morning telephone call, the fake Mrs. Mitchell said she was in Thur.-Fri.-Sat.-Sun. 2 Western Action Features William Holden Charles Bronson In In “Die Revengers” “The Red Sun” Both Rated P. G. REX THEATRE Washington. The real Martha said in her follow-up call that she was “down South,” as her husband had said Tuesday when he began testifying before Senate Watergate investigators. In a telephone call to Bonnie Angelo of Time magazine on June 21, the woman mas querading as Martha said, “I’m half drunk, I drink a little bit but why shouldn’t I.” Mrs. Mitchell has never discussed drinking with this reporter. The woman posing as Mrs. Mitchell also told Miss Angelo her husband was too stupid to have been involved in Water gate. The real Martha has always expressed pride in her husband. She Calls Publisher Last June, the woman who had tried to dupe the press also called Katharine Graham, pub lisher of the Washington Post and got Managing Editor Howard Simons at 3 a.m. Simons talked to her for 40 minutes and took four pages of notes. The Post decided that she was not the real Martha and did not run a story. The woman also telephoned the Washington Evening Star- News and talked to Editor Newbold Noyes.