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Historic moment
House Republican Leader Gerald Ford acknowledges
applause after President Nixon nominated him to be vice
president last night. Pictured with Ford are his wife at
left, President Nixon at right and Mrs. Nixon. The
Open door
policy blamed
for assault
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.
(UPI) — A woman patient at
the Middle Georgia Regional
State Hospital was raped by an
other patient Friday. State Sen.
Culver Kidd, D - Milledgeville,
immediately Named the inci
dent on the Carter administra
tion’s “open door” policy at
some state mental facilities.
A hospital spokesman said the
woman, in her early 20’s, had
undergone a form of shock
treatment and was unconscious
in a dormitory room.
She was left by an attendant
momentarily, and a male pa
tent had sexual relations with
her, the spokesman said.
Under the open door policy,
men and women patients not
considered a danger to others
or themselves are housed in
special dorms where they are
given almost normal freedom of
movement.
“Based on the information I
have, I can say with confidence
that this incident was not relat
ed to the new open door policy,”
said Dr. Gary Miller, director
of the state mental health divi
sion.
The young woman, not identi
fied by authorities, was not re
ported injured.
He ’ll get teeth
ATLANTA (UPI) - Charlie
Banks, the one - hundred - and
three-year-old Atlantan who be
come a national celebrity last
winter, will soon be able to buy
himself new teeth.
Banks returned home from a
walk outdoors to find that a
man had entered the home of
his landlady and beaten her.
The assailant was still in the
house.
Banks used his broomstick
cane to beat the young attack
er unconscious. The man wound
up in Grady Memorial Hospital.
The story was reported in the
local newspapers and then
picked up by the national press.
Newnan 18
Forest Park 14
Thomasville 54
Bainbridge 0
Liquor petitions
are picked up
Signatures on petitions for a
liquor referendum for Griffin
and Spalding County have been
picked up from the office of
Ordinary George Imes. Jr.
A spokesman for the com
mittee pushing the referendum
said the petitions were picked
up so that they would not run
into the city commission
election.
The spokesman said ad
ditional signatures would be
sought on the referendum
petitions.
At least 5,595 signatures will
Radar to begin
watching you
Griffin police put citizens on
notice today that radar
equipped patrol cars will begin
working city streets Monday.
Police said that officers
During interviews, Banks said
the only thing missing in life
was his teeth. He has only a
single yellow tooth now.
“I just kind of ate ’em
away,” he said. “I had to pull
’em out a long time ago.”
Charlie began getting money
from throughout the country
with the donations being sent to
Fulton County District Attorney
Lewis Slaton.
A check for S3OO arrived from
someone in Los Angeles last
week.
Charlie soon will be able to
get false teeth.
“Now, maybe I can eat me
some steak,” he said.
Clarke Central 51
Briarcliff 6
Mary Persons 24
Dodge Co. 0
GRIFFIN
DAI LY
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announcement was made in a ceremony in the East Room
of the White House. Ford is the first man ever to be
nominated to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of
an incumbent vice president. (UPI)
be needed to call for a liquor
referendum. The committee
spokesman said the drive was
about 550 short
The petitions will be resub
mitted to Ordinary Imes, the
spokesman said. He said there
was no time table for doing this.
Imes said that the signatures
on the petitions already checked
by his staff would not have to be
checked again if the petitions
are resubmitted.
The city commission election
will be held Nov. 6 and the
deadline for qualifying for the
races is Nov. 19.
operating the speed detection
devices would begin giving
tickets immediately to
violators.
Griffin was approved to use
the radar equipment after city
officials brought city speed
limit regulations in line with
state standards earlier this
year.
The police department
received the equipment several
weeks ago.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
78, low today 57, high yesterday
74, low yesterday 57, high
tomorrow in upper 70s, low
tonight in upper 50s.
Griffin wins 28-19. See page two.
Football Scores
Upson County 14
Heard County 0
Thomaston 13
Newton Co. 7
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Saturday, October 13, 1973
Carter
wants
check
By United Press International
Gov. Jimmy Carter said Fri
day night he expects and hopes
U.S. Rep. Gerald Ford of Michi
gan will be confirmed by Con
gress as vice president, but only
after a thorough investigation of
his background, a scrutiny “that
would not be required in hardly
any other circumstance.”
“I think it’s very im
portant to remember that Con
gress has a duty because of the
terrible condition of national re
spect toward the Nixon adminis
tration to go deeply into the
background of Congressman
Ford,” Carter said, “to work
with him and try to detect in
any action as long as ten or 15
years ago, anything that might
be embarrassing to him and the
country.”
Carter, in Cleveland, Ohio, to
address the Christian Business
men’s Association convention,
said Ford “is a highly partisan
Republican, which is to be ex
pected of Nixon, and “has been
closely aligned” with big busi
ness and powerful interest
groups, “which is also to be
expected of President Nixon.”
“I think and I expect that he
will be found to be equal by the
Congress, and I hope this is the
case so we will not have to go
through the ordeal of another
presidential embarrassment.”
U. S. Sen. Herman Talmadge,
speaking at the University of
Georgia in Athens, said he ex
pects a quick confirmation from
both Houses.
“Based on what I know of his
qualfications, he is a good
choice,” Talmadge said.
“Barring some unforeseen
skeletons in his closet, I believe
he will be confirmed,” Tal
madge said.
Headland 7
Fayette Co. 0
Macon Cent. 49
Hardaway 23
Congress likely
to okay Ford
WASHINGTON! UPI)-Presi
dent Nixon has chosen his most
loyal supporter in Congress,
Rep. Gerald R. Ford, to be the
nation’s 40th vice president.
Easy confirmation appears
assured both in the House and
Senate.
Ford, 60, once the square
jawed center on the University
of Michigan’s depression-era
football teams, was selected
Friday night before a national
television audience under the
chandeliers of the White House
East Room, and to the raucous
cheers of his House colleagues
and smiles of relief and
approval by senators.
Spiro T. Agnew, who resigned
from the vice presidency in
disgrace Wednesday, was not
mentioned. An aide
“presumed” Agnew was at
home during the an
nouncement.
Ford is the first man in
history to be nominated rather
than elected vice president, a
result of the new 25th Amend
ment to the Constitution. He
will take office if majorities of
the House and Senate vote to
confirm him. Until then,
Speaker Carl Albert is still the
first in line to succeed the
President should he vacate the
office for any reason.
The Only Question
The only question remaining
today appeared to be when
Ford’s confirmation would
occur. The 25th Amendment
establishes no time limit and,
although initial congressional
reaction was highly favorable,
some members were calling for
a painstaking, thorough inquiry
of Ford’s background—to estab
lish a precedent for the future,
if nothing else.
The Senate Rules Committee,
whose jurisdiction over the
nomination is being challenged
in the Senate, scheduled an
initial meeting for 10 a.m. EDT
today. Both houses were in
session to receive the nomina
tion formally.
Smiling and drenched with
sweat after the East Room
announcement, Ford told repor
ters, “I have no intentions of
running for president or vice
president” in 1976.
But presidential counselor
Melvin R. Laird, when asked if
Ford was presidential material,
said, “You bet. He’s qualified
to be president. I would expect
him to run.”
Ford, from Grand Rapids,
Mich., is a 25-year veteran of
Congress and has been the
House Republican leader since
1963. He has been an unswerv
ing and diligent worker for the
“Often folks seem to enjoy
being what it would anger them
to be called.”
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President’s major congress
ional programs. He played a
major role in recent months in
keeping Republican loyalists
and Democratic conservatives
together to sustain Presidential
vetoes.
Nixon’s Statement
Nixon, in announcing his
choice, said Ford had “been
unwaivering in his support for
the policies that brought peace
with honor for America in
Vietnam and in support of a
policy for a strong national
defense for this country, which
is so essential if we are to have
peace in the world.”
He said Ford “is a man who,
if the responsibilities of the
great office that I hold should
fall upon him, as has been the
case with eight vice presidents
in our history, we could all say,
the leadership of America is in
good hands.”
The President made his
selection during a secluded
weekend at Camp David, Md.
The White House said Ford was
notified by a phone call from
Alexander M. Haig, head of the
White House staff, at 7:30 p.m.
EDT Friday, only an hour and
a half before the President
spoke.
The President said Ford met
three criteria he had set for his
choice—he was qualified to be
president, shared Nixon’s main
views and could work with both
parties in Congress. He urged
Congress to move “expeditious
ly” on the nomination. Citing
economic problems and dan
gers in the Middle East, he
urged the nation to “turn away
from the obsessions of the
past” —an apparent reference
to Watergate—and go on to “a
new beginning.”
Ford “Extremely Grateful”
Ford said he was “extremely
grateful and I am terribly
humble.”
“I hope I have some assets
that might be helpful in
working with the Congress in
doing what I can throughout
our country to make America a
United America.”
Congressional reaction to
Ford’s nomination was over
whelmingly approving. Conser
vatives like Sen. Strom
Thurmond, D-S.C., and liberals
like Sen. Edward M. Kennedy,
D-Mass., said they were happy
with the choice and would vote
for Ford.
Chairman Howard Cannon, D-
Nev., of the Senate Rules
Committee and Peter Rodino,
R-N.J., of the House Judiciary
Committee both pledged
thorough and painstaking hear
ings and a staff investigation.
Speaker Carl Albert, who
originally proposed Ford to
succeed Agnew, said he was
“very pleased.”
There were expressions of
relief that President Nixon had
not chosen anyone controver
sial, like former Texas Gov.
John Connally. Said Rep.
Wayne Hays, D-Ohio: “John
Connally would have been the
bloodiest battle since Gettys
burg.”
Manchester 20
C. of Carrollton 13
Troup 34
Henry Co. 12
» Df /i ffTTzTIS III
By United Press International
How soon is question
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The only question about
Gerald Ford’s winning congressional approval to become
vice president is how soon that approval will come.
Members of Congress from both parties acclaimed the
selection of Ford so avidly that Ford may well be sworn
into office before the end of the month The nomination is
to be formally submitted to the Senate today.
Damascus in siege range
UNDATED (UPI) — On the eighth day of the Middle
East war, Israeli tanks rumbled across a plain littered
with shattered armor to bring Damascus, the world’s
oldest capital, within range of siege guns. But spokesmen
for Syria said their troops fought off the around-the-clock
air, sea and land offensive and halted the Israeli advance.
Israel also said it crushed an Iraqi force on the northern
front, though officials in Damascus said the Israeli attack
was turned back. A newspaper in Beirut said Saudi
Arabian troops also are sighing in the north and Jordan
would enter the war today. In the south, Israel waged a
holding action against Egyptian forces along the Suez
Canal. The Egyptians report “ferocious” fighting in the
Sinai desert. The Soviet Union warned Israel of “grave
consequences” for sinking a Russian merchant ship
Friday.
Call it ‘Russia’s war’
LONDON (UPI) — Western defense experts today
mockingly called the Mideast conflict “Russia’s war”
because of the use of their new sophisticated weapons
being used by the Arabs. The experts said the new battle is
proving to be a testing ground for new Russian weapons
from tanks to missiles to electronics.
No agreement reached
UNITED NATIONS (UPI) - The fourth United Nations
Security Council session since the Middle East war began
lasted an hour and a half Friday. But no agreement was
reached on a U.N. policy for a settlement of the war.
Britain urged the body to send an international force to
police a cease-fire, but angry debate soon drowned that
idea.
Court orders tape turnover
WASHINGTON (UPI) - A U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals Friday ordered President Nixon to turn over his
Watergate tapes to a federal judge, unless he can prove
that releasing them may harm national security. The
decision was issued in the name of all seven judges who
heard the case, but two of them, both Nixon appointees —
attached separate opinions disagreeing with the
reasoning by which the court reached its verdict. The
isssue now is bound to go to the Supreme Court.
War powers are limited
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The House passed Friday a bill
that would prevent the president from exercising war
making powers for longer than 90 days unless he
specifically is authorized to do so by Congress. The Senate
already has passed the measure, and it now goes to the
White House. President Nixon is expected to veto it.
Peron takes over
BUENOS AIRES (UPI) — Juan D. Peron assumed the
presidency of Argentina Friday, with his wife Isabel at his
side as the nation’s new vice president. Addressing a
crowd of 100,000, Peron promised “to give until my last
breath in serving them.”
LaGrange 49
Jonesboro 14
Gainesville 27
Winder 8
1st
Spalding County first passed the
13,000 population mark in 1890 when the
census counted 13,117. This was an
increase of 532 over the 1880 count.