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By Quimby Melton
“An Owner’s Rights and Res
ponsibilities” is the title of this
week’s International Sunday
School lesson.
Background Scripture is
Exodus 20:15; I Kings 21:1-9;
Amos 8:4-6; Mark 12:4144;
Luke 19:1-10; Ephesians 4:28;
James 2:14-17.
The Memory Selection is “Let
the thief no longer steal, but
rather let him labor, doing
honest work with his hands, so
that he may be able to give to
those in need. (Ephesians 4:28).
This is a lesson that calls for
prayerful study and considera
tion. Every verse of our back
ground Scripture has both
warnings and points the way
toward solving our problems.
The title says that as owners
we have certain rights. There
are all sorts of rights a owner
has. These rights are varied and
different in the sight of various
people. But there is no doubts as
to what is meant by our
responsibilities. We will be held
responsible by God Almighty
for the choice we make.
The very first verse of our
background Scripture tells us
“Thou shalt not steal”, and
though we may envy the other
fellow for the blessings
bestowed on him by God
Almighty, feeling that he has
more than he needs, let us,
realize that only God can add to
or take away blessings.
And reading again the
memory selection and seeing
where it says man should
diligently work that he can
possess and pass on to his less
fortunate brother the blessings
of God, let us have complete
faith in Our Father, which art
in heaven and face the future
unafraid.
f ’resident
eleased
rom hospital
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
President Nixon, looking pale
but in good spirits, left
Bethesda Naval Hospital today
after licking a pneumonia
attack and returned to the
White House to resume a near
normal work schedule.
The President was so com
pletely recovered from the viral
pneumonia that sent him to the
nospital eight days ago that he
nsisted on getting in some
conferences with top aides
nefore going to Camp David
ater in the day for the
weekend.
His doctors, who have warned
urn against a relapse as the
•isk of over-exertion, were so
mpressed with his recovery
hat they have the okay for a
ew hours’ work at the White
louse before he adheres to
heir prescription of a weekend
est
But there was considerable
vork ahead at Camp David
ilso. The President plans to
complete a letter to the Senate
Vatergate committee rejecting
ts request for access to White
louse tape recordings of his
•onversations over the past
'ear and a half that might have
i bearing on Watergate.
White House officials said
oday that the President had
lecided definitely not to turn
iver the tapes on the ground
hat they fall into the same
:ategory as presidential papers
le previously refused to fur
lish.
City to sell
light fixtures
The City of Griffin will sell its old light fixtures at a
public sale Tuesday at the line crew yard on South Ninth
street. The sale will be held from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Ed Dye will handle the sale for the city.
The light fixtures are the ones taken down when the city
replaced all street lighting with mercury-vapor fixtures.
The fixtures will be sold for $1 each. There is no limit on
the number a buyer may purchase. S
Assessment is
paid on ‘strip’
The City of Griffin received a
check yesterday for $4097.01,
the full amount owned on the fi.
fa. against Clinton E. Brush, IV,
of Arlington, Va.
Brush owed the money for
paving costs on a strip of land.
5.5 feet wide by some 1,210 feet
long, which he purchased Nov.
22, 1971 from Congressman
John J. Flynt, Jr. and his son,
John J. Flynt, 111. The land runs
from Poplar street down the Old
Mt. Zion road, adjacent to the
property of Congressman
Flynt’s residence.
The paving of Old Mt. Zion
road was completed last
December. The City had filed
the fi. fa. proceedings against
Brush when attempts to collect
paving costs from him failed.
The land was scheduled to be
sold to the highest bidder on
Tuesday, Aug. 7.
Yesterday afternoon Rick
Ramsey of the Commercial
Bank and Trust Co. brought the
Juvenile court
hears 17 cases
Spalding Juvenile Court was
held yesterday and 19 children
were involved in 17 cases.
All of the juveniles were boys
except some custody cases of
girls.
A 15-year-oki who was found
with a small quantity of
marijuana in his possession was
placed on probation under the
guidance of the drug committee
appointed several months ago
by Judge Andrew Whalen Jr.
Four teenagers were com
mitted to the Georgia Depart
ment of Human Resources,
Division of Family and Children
Nixon
to withhold
tapes?
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
President Nixon intends to tell
the Senate Watergate Commit
tee Monday that he will not
furnish tapes of his White House
conversations about the
scandal, the Washington Post
reported today.
The newspaper quoted in
formed sources that Nixon as of
Thursday had decided to stand
by his July 7 announcement that
he would not give the committee
access to presidential
documents, including recor
dings.
Nixon on Thursday ordered
the FBI to investigate a hoax
telephone call to Sen. Sam J.
Ervin Jr., Watergate Commit
tee chairman, in which the
caller identified himself as
Treasury Secretary George P.
Shultz and said the tapes would
be released. Ervin announced
the apparent agreement on
national television but had to
retract it 35 minutes later.
Nixon plans to draft the
statement he will issue on the
tapes during a weekend at
Camp David, Md.
Committee members had
expressed hope Nixon would
agree to furnish the recordings.
tapes?
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cashier’s check to City Hall.
The check receipt showed.it was
purchased by Clinton E. Brush,
IV in the amount of $4,097.01.
This included $3,968.95 for
paving costs, $98.06 interest,
and S3O for legal ads announcing
the public sale which were
published in the Griffin Daily
News. The check number was L
51326.
A spokesman at City Hall said
his office had received inquiries
from Griffinites who said they
were interested in purchasing
the land.
A notice from the tax collec
tor’s office announcing the sale
had been posted on the site. It
stated the tract was 5.5 feet
wide and ran 2,210 feet, more or
less, on the northeastern side of
Old Mt. Zion road. The sale
transaction recorded in the
Spalding Courthouse states that
the land is some 1,210 feet long.
The City Commissioners had
Services. They were a 16-year
old who was charged with firing
a gun, and three boys, 13,14 and
16, who were accused of
shoplifting.
Two 11-year-old vandals were
given probated sentences
provided their parents pay for
the damage they did to some
houses under construction.
The case of three boys ac
cused of taking money from
another youth was continued
until the next term of juvenile
court They were 14 and 15
years old.
Probated sentences were
given four boys, 13, 14 and 15,
who were accused of theft by
taking.
Five children involved in
three custody cases were placed
in the temporary custody of the
Department of Family and
Children Services.
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TAMPA, Fla.—An employe of the architects of a new high rise building under construction
here adjusts sign after putting up a wall of blocks to protect this meeting pigeon on sixth
floor of structure. The area will be left alone until the eggs hatch. (UPI)
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, July 20, 1973
discussed the transaction at
their Tuesday morning plan
ning sessions and had wondered
out loud why anyone would want
to buy a strip of land 5.5 feet
wide and 1,210 feet long.
When asked about this, Rep.
Flynt suggested they ask the
person who bought the land. The
Griffin News tried, but could not
reach Brush at his Arlington
residence.
Spalding county taxes of $6.26
on the strip of land were paid at
the tax commissioner’s office
on Dec. 7, 1972.
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Lenard Daugherty
Ex-POW
working
here
Sergeant Lenard Daugherty,
former prisoner of war, has
accepted an honorable
discharge from the Army and
taken a job as an apprentice
lineman with Southern Bell
Telephone Co. in Griffin.
The former prisoner came
home from Vietnam in April
and received a hero’s welcome.
He lives in Zebulon and has
been described as being in good
health, as having new ambition,
and as having made a good
adjustment to the changes that
took place during his imprison
ment.
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SAN FRANCISCO—As prices for poultry, pork, produce,
milk and many other foods went up in the nation’s
supermarkets, some people loaded up before prices went
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ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
88, low today 68, high yesterday
85, low yesterday 71, high
tomorrow in upper 80s, low
tonight near 70.
“A good preacher is one who
makes you think you
understand what he’s saying.”
Vol. 101 No. 171
Shopping for groceries
Cost of living
shows increase
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
cost of living took another big
jump in June before President
Nixon’s Phase 111 price freeze
took effect, rising 0.7 per cent
—mainly because of sharp
price increases for food, gaso
line and fuel oil, the govern
ment said today.
The Labor Department’s Bu
reau of Labor Statistics, report
ing only two days after Nixon
unveiled plans for his fourth
attempt to control inflation,
said that food prices in
supermarkets went up 1.7 per
cent between May and June
before the June 13 freeze. Fruit
and vegetable prices soared 4.9
per cent.
Despite the ceiling placed on
meat prices in late March,
retail meat prices went up 0.5
per cent in June, the BLS said.
Food prices, which have
increased 15.7 per cent over a
year ago, are expected to rise
sharply again in the coming
weeks because of the Phase IV
lifting of the freeze on retail
food prices. Beef prices will
remain frozen until Sept. 12.
Gasoline prices, probably due
to the fuel shortage, rose 2.6
per cent in June, while prices
for fuel oil and coal increased
1.8 per cent.
In each of the past five
months, ever since Nixon in
January replaced the mandato
ry Phase II price controls with
the looser voluntary controls of
Phase 111, prices have gone up
at least 0.6 per cent each
month, ranging from 0.6 per
cent in May to 0.9 per cent in
March.
Most of this increase has
been due to food prices. Food
Power outage is
set for Sunday
Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation
Manager R. L. Armstrong has
announced a power outage for
parts of Spalding County
Sunday to facilitate repairs at a
substation.
“The power company has
asked for the outage (power
shutdown) to make some
needed repairs and we plan to
get some improvements done at
the same time,” Armstrong
said.
Without repairs, Armstrong
further. Here, woman shopper at local supermart pushes
one cart, while bagboy (I) loads another one in waiting
car. (UPI)
price increases during this
period have ranged from 1.0
per cent in May to 2.6 per cent
in March.
The BLS said average weekly
earnings of rank and file
workers increased $2.68 in June
to $145.13. But it said the
average weekly take home pay
of a married worker with three
dependents declined 0.1 per
cent in May.
The BLS said its Consumer
Price Index (CPI) was 132.4 in
June, which is 5.9 per cent
above a year ago. This meant
that goods and services which
cost $lO in the statistical base
period of 1967 cost $13.24 in
June, an increase of 32.4 per
cent in six years.
The BLS said higher prices
for fruits and vegetables
accounted for about half of the
increase for food consumed at
home. But prices also rose for
eggs, fish, poultry and cereal
and bakery products.
Used car prices went 1.4 per
cent to a level 9.2 per cent
above a year earlier, but new
car prices declined 0.1 per cent
to a point 0.3 per cent below a
year earlier.
Among other nonfood com
modities, prices also increased
for houses, alcoholic beverages,
clothing, bedding, housekeeping
supplies, and home mainte
nance and repair materials.
But prices of shoes and other
footwear declined.
Among services, rent went up
0.3 per cent and charges were
also higher for baby sitters,
mortgage interest, home
maintenance and repairs, au
tomobile repairs and parking,
medical care, dry cleaning,
said that the overloaded sub
station would not be able to
provide the necessary voltage
to the customers, and could
possibly fail entirely.
The repairs are scheduled to
take place Sunday morning
between six and eight o’clock,
the power official added.
“We’ve scheduled two hours
for the repairs, but if every
thing goes right, we hope to
restore power in one hour,”
Armstrong explained.
Power will be out in the
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shirt laundering, men’s hair
cuts, recreational services, and
local transit, taxis, airplane
and intercity bus fares.
On Thursday, the Commerce
Department released figures
showing that the Gross National
Product —the total of goods
and services produced by the
economy —grew at an annual
rate of only 2.6 per cent in the
second quarter of this year.
This was a marked slowdown
from the 8.7 per cent growth
rate of January through March,
and it may indicate a turning
point in the two-year business
boom.
The new figure was below the
4 per cent growth rate the
administration sought, and it
was the smallest quarterly
increase since 1970. In the last
three months of 1970, “real,” or
noninflated growth, actually
declined 4.3 per cent.
A sharp drop in consumer
and business spending is behind
the new slowdown, the depart
ment said. At the same time, it
reported inflation in April
through June at 6.8 per cent, a
slightly faster rise than the
first quarter.
The National Association of
Food Chains (NAFC) said
Thursday it expects a 4 to 5 per
cent increase in food prices in
coming weeks as a result of
President Nixon’s relaxation of
the price freeze on all food
except beef.
NAFC said consumers can
expect to see price increases in
retail food stores next week
after various levels of the food
industry have had time to write
certificates showing how much
their costs have risen.
following areas during repairs:
East Mclntosh road, Teamon
road, Highway 155 from Dut
chman road to Towaliga River,
Jordan Hill road, West
Vineyard road, Highway 16
East of Griffin to Highway 155
junction and West of Bright
moor on Highway 16.
Armstrong added that as
power usage increased in the
area served by the Griffin
substation, major im
provements would be
necessary.