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Nixon in seclusion
WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Nixon went into
seclusion at Camp David, Md., Thursday night to select a
nominee to serve as vice president for the remaining three
years of his administration. The announcement of his •£
choice may come today when he returns to Washington.
Power split blocks action
UNITED NATIONS (UPI) - Diplomats said today a S
bigpower split apparently blocked immediate Middle
East action by the Security Council.
They said that despite an urgent appeal by U.N. Secre
tary General Kurt Waldheim Thurdsay, the United States,
the Soviet Union and China maintained conflicting ■■■:
policies toward Israel and the Arab countries.
Nixon plans oil allocation
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Presidential energy adviser &
John A. Love says President Nixon is ready to announce a
plan for mandatory allocation of home heating oil and jet
aircraft fuel—but not gasoline. However, despite Love’s
statement the House Rules Committee approved a fuel
allocation bill that includes auto fuel.
In another development, the President announced an in- >•:
crease of slls million in the current budget for energy :<
research and named a 15-member advisory council. $
Meat prices should drop
NEW YORK (UPI) —At a news conference held by the £
Super Market Institute a spokesman said meat prices <:
should drop, although they may be less meat available
this year. Other spokesmen said that milk producers need
a 10 per cent rise in price and bread prices would rise 20
per cent by the end of the year. Egg and poultry prices are $
expected to remain where they are.
Thornton arrested at hotel
CHICAGO (UPI) — Willis Thornton Jr., of Maryland
Heights, Mo., was arrested at O’Hare International Hotel
and arraigned on charges of transportation of stolen
documents. He had been attempting to sell trade secrets
of Monsanto Chemical Co., worth $509.1 million.
Authorities did not know how Thornton, who said he had
no idea the documents were worth that much, was able to
make off with them.
Passenger trains get
WASHINGTON (UPI) — House and Senate conferees,
seeking to increase the quality of Amtrak passenger train
service, ordered railroads to give passenger trains
priority over freights Thursday.
In addition, consumers will get more representation on :*:■
the board of directors of Amtrak passenger train service,
and the service will get greater independence from the
administration, under an agreement reached by House
and Senate negotiators.
Oil negotiations under way |
VIENNA (UPI) — With Arab delegates insisting the
Middle East war is no factor in the talks, the second round
of negotions got under way for a two-thirds increase in the
price of oil. :<
The Western oil companies said they are prepared to
talk about flexible annual increase rates, but were still far
from agreement with the six Arab states’ demands.
Peron Argentina president
BUENOS AIRES (UPl)—Juan D. Peron, 77, and his 44-
year-old former cabaret dancer wife, Isabel, are td be g;
sworn in this afternoon as president and vice president,
respectively, of Argentina. ft
Peron’s first job will be to try to end the violent conflict >;!
between leftist and rightist in his labor-based following. :$
Frogmen try to rescue 6 mens
SANGATTE, France (UPI) — Frogmen tried today to :j:
rescue six men believed trapped in a capsized dredge in £
the English Channel by cutting through the metal hull. But £
the rescue teams had to fight high waves and darkness,
and authorities said the operation was “touch and go.”
Rescuers said they managed to drill a small hole in the
hull but had not yet made one large enough to permit the
men trapped inside to crawl out. g
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -
After receiving recommenda
tions from more than 300
prominent Republicans, Presi
dent Nixon went into seclusion
Thursday night to select a
nominee to serve as vice
president for the remaining
three years of his administra
tion. The announcement of his
choice may come today.
Although congressional oppo
sition was building, White
House insiders speculated that
John B. Connally, the recently
converted Republican and for
mer Treasury secretary, was
his top selection.
Nixon flew to Camp David,
Md., his solitary retreat, by
helicopter at dusk Thursday
with a stack of sealed
envelopes containing the three
top choices of 163 of the 192
GOP House members, about
two dozen Republican senators
and more than 130 GOP
governors and national commit
teemen who had telephoned or
wired their lists to Republican
headquarters.
Former Vice President Spiro
T. Agnew, who pleaded no
contest to a charge of income
tax evasion and resigned
Wednesday after five years as
the nation’s No. 2 elected
official, spent most of Thursday
in his office at the Executive
Office Building. Aides said he
worked on a speech to the
nation about his problems. No
date for the speech has been
announced.
He Still Can Vote
Attorney General Elliot L.
Richardson told a televised
news conference that Agnew
would not lose any of his civil
rights because of his legal
troubles. He can vote, hold
office in Maryland and “live
wherever he chooses, ’ ’ Richard
son said.
U.S. District Court Judge
Walter E. Hoffman fined
Agnew SIO,OOO and placed him
on three years’ unsupervised
probation Wednesday.
Richardson said bargaining
between the government and
Agnew’s lawyers, which led to
Agnew’s court plea and resig
nation, began on the initiative
of the White House in Septem
ber, when J. Fred Buzhardt,
special counsel to the Presi
dent, telephoned Richardson to
ask if he would be willing to
negotiate with Agnew’s attor-
Judge warns man about his temper
The October term of Spalding
Superior Court ended yesterday
when a defendant being tried
suddenly changed his mind and
decided to plead guilty.
The defendant was Daniel
Fredrick Spires of 201 Realty
street who had been charged
with setting fire to his house,
and then slashing tires and
breaking windows in two autos
during a disturbance on July 29.
The jurors had been selected
by 4 p.m. Judge Ancfrew Whalen
Jr. said that normally a case
would not start that late in the
day but District Attorney Ben
Miller said that by disposing of
it, he probably would not have
to call a special session before
the next term in February.
While the jurors were out
phoning their families that they
may be tied up in court until late
last night, Spires decided to
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neys.
He said Nixon played no
active role in the negotiations
but was kept informed every
step of the way and limited
himself to “approving the
general direction and the
fundamental basis upon which
the matter was being handled.”
Richardson also:
—Said he overruled U.S.
Attorney George Beall and
other prosecutors in Maryland
on “the painful issue of
sentencing." The local prosecu
tors reportedly wanted Agnew
jailed at least briefly.
—Said he first told President
Nixon of the Agnew investiga
tion in August but the President
already had been informed of it
by Agnew himself.
—Urged the nation to show
Agnew “compassion” and said
he was convinced that “lenien
cy is justified.”
The President, who was
expected to return to the White
House about mid-morning,
clamped tight secrecy on the
deliberations on the nominee he
will submit for approval by
both houses of Congress.
One White House assistant
said Nixon was expected to
announce his decision “before
next week” and possibly as
early as today.
Congress Will Be in Session
Before leaving for Camp
David, Nixon asked House
Speaker Carl Albert and Senate
Democratic Leader Mike Mans
field whether Congress would
be in session today, when he
returns. It is.
United Fund drive
at Dundee success
Dundee Mills’ pledges and
contributions to the United
Fund totaled $30,509.60 or an
average of $14.79 per employe.
This is 33 percent of the
United Fund’sgoal of $91,100 for
the current drive.
J. M. Cheatham, president of
the Dundee group of mills here,
said “Our United Drive was a
tremendous success — the
finest record we have ever
attained.”
plead guilty.
Judge Whalen said it was one
of the “most screwball” cases
he’d seen.
Spires said he got mad with
his wife. He piled her clothes up
in the floor, set them on fire and
almost burned up a house he
was renting from Douglas
Hollberg. He then took a but
cher knife and went outside and
slashed tires on the cars and
broke their windows.
The state recommended that
the charges concerning the
autos be dropped, as their
owners had failed to appear,
and that Spires be given a one
year prison sentence on the
arson charge.
Judge Whalen warned him
not to lose his temper anymore.
When the jurors filed back in,
they were surprised to learn
that their case was over.
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Connally is a no no
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Con
gress has sent a strong signal
to President Nixon: Don’t pick
John B. Connally as the vice
presidential nominee to succeed
Spiro T. Agnew.
It comes from Republicans as
well as Democrats, conserva
tives as well as liberals.
House Democratic Leader
Thomas P. O’Neill of Massa-
He added, “we are so proud to
be associated with : such an
outstanding group of employes,
who are always ready and
willing to respond to the needs
of the community — giving of
their time, backing the blood
program enthusiastically, and
contributing to worthwhile
causes. They are great people.”
The Dundee group includes
Rushton and Lowell Bleachery.
‘Screwball case’
The defendant in an armed
robbery trial earlier yesterday
was not so lucky. Larry Gilbert
of Carver road was sentenced to
six years for his part in the
armed robbery of Spalding
Beverage Co., 802 Everee Inn
road on July 13.
The sentence was the same as
a co-defendant, Ricky Delaney
of 513 Ann street, who was
convicted earlier this week. A
third defendant, 16, also has
been sentenced in juvenile
court
Gilbert denied the robbery
and said he was home sleeping
late the morning it happened.
His mother also testified he had
been home in bed that day.
The other defendants,
however, had identified Gilbert
as the third robber.
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Clowning around
chusetts said “I know one man
I would not vote for. That’s
John Connally.”
And Republican Rep. Silvio
Conte of Connecticut told House
GOP Leader Gerald R. Ford,
“don’t allow that guy to
nominate Connally.”
Connally, who switched from
the Democrats to the Republi
cans last year, has been
considered a Nixon favorite and
a likely choice to succeed
Agnew.
But sentiment on Capitol Hill,
where Congress would have to
approve the nomination, strong
ly indicated that Connally
would run into a wall of
hostility which could lead to
protracted and bitter hearings
at best and possibly even
rejection.
Among those being mentioned
are New York Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller, California Gov.
Ronald Reagan, Washington
Gov. Daniel Evans, Senate
Republican Leader Hugh Scott,
House Republican Leader Ge
rald R. Ford and former
It was brought out that
Gilbert had been on probation
for an earlier conviction of theft
and that he had escaped from
jail the day he was picked up for
violating that probation.
Whalen warned him not to
escape again as his sentence
would be five years added on to
his present sentences. He told
him if he had any “rabbit in
you, you’d better curb it.”
A third person charged with
armed robbery also was sen
tenced to six years in prison
yesterday.
Sylvester Dickerson of Griffin
pleaded guilty to the Sept. 21
robbery at Powell’s Grocery on
Irvin avenue. Around $l2B was
taken. Charges for the same
offense are pending against
Joseph Terrell.
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Griffin first reached a population of
4,500 in 1890 when the census counted
4,503, an increase of 883 people over
1880.
greeting football players with “Rah Rah Bears”. The girls
hope the cheers will be a real spirit booster for tonight’s
game between the Bears and Rockdale County.
Secretary of State William P.
Rogers.
Also mentioned as possibili
ties are Sen. Howard H. Baker,
Jr., of Tennessee, George D.
Aiken of Vt., presidential
advisor Melvin R. Laird,
Deputy Attorney General Wil
liam D. Ruckelshaus, former
Sens. John Sherman Cooper of
Kentucky and John J. Williams
of Delaware, Sai. Barry M.
Goldwater of Arizona and GOP
National Chairman George
Bush.
Sen. Howard Cannon, D-Nev.,
chairman of the Senate Rules
Committee which might hold
hearings on the nomination,
21 arrested
in drug raids
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) —Twen
ty - one persons “of student
age” have been arrested in the
University of Georgia area as
the result of a state undercover
drug investigation, the Division
of Investigation (DOI) said
Thursday.
Senior DOI agent Phil Peters
said the youths, ranging in age
from 17 to 26, were charged
with selling marijuana or hallu
cinogens to undercover agents
working in the campus area.
He said two young agents
mingled with students for six
weeks, gathering evidence for
arrest warrants.
The arrests were made in a
series of raids late Wednesday
and early Thursday. Agents
seized some $13,000 in “soft”
drugs.
Peters said local law enforce
ment agencies assisted in the
investigation, including the
Clarke County district attorney,
the county sheriff’s office, Ath
ens police and University of
Georgia police.
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sought to avoid a public
position but indicated he felt
Connally would have a hard
time.
“If for no other reason, he
made a switch from one
political party to the other and
it happened to be from the
political party in majority
control of Congress,” Cannon
added.
Liquor
push
short 800
Backers of petitions for a
liquor referendum are about 800
signatures short, according to
Ordinary George lines, Jr.
He and a staff of workers
have been busy this week
checking the signatures on peti
tions calling for a vote on
whether Spalding County, in
cluding the city of Griffin,
should legalize the sale of
package of liquor.
Imes said 5,595 signatures
would be needed to call a
referendum.
Some who signed the petitions
were not registered voters,
some had signed several times,
and some were not readable,
Imes said.
A group backing the petition
was at the Spalding County
fairgrounds last night seeking
signatures.
Kgs
“The chances are you’ll be
proud of your children — if
you’ve given them reason to be
proud of you.”