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WASHINGTON — President Nixon said he has no
intention of resigning, declaring he will not walk away
“from the job I was elected to do.” Nixon made the
disclosure at the end of his nationally televised speech on
the energy crisis. He is shown posing for photographers
following the speech. (UPI)
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What Nixon asked....
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
President Nixon’s energy mes
sage to Congress and the people
Wednesday night announced
some immediate actions, asked
for short-run new authority
from Congress and urged some
long-run laws.
He announced these immedi
ate actions:
—Ordered that power plants
be prevented from switching
from coal to oil for the time
being.
—Directed that aircraft get
less fuel in the government’s
allocation system for “middle
distillate” petroleum products.
The cutback should result in 10
per cent fewer flights and some
Carlisle opposes center tax
Rep. John Carlisle can’t see
spending state tax money for a
convention center in Atlanta.
That’s why he said he would
continue to oppose state
financing of the World Congress
Center for the state’s capital
city.
As a freshman in the House,
he opposed the plan in the 1973
General Assembly. He plans to
continue the fight at every
opportunity in the next session.
The Griffin lawmaker said
right now opponents to the
center’s being financed by tax
money hope to delay it until
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rescheduling, he said.
—Asked all to turn their
home thermostats to 68 degrees
and ordered federal agencies to
keep theirs between 65 and 68.
—Directed federal vehicles
not go faster than 50 miles an
hour except in emergencies.
—Asked the Atomic Energy
Commission to cut the time for
licensing new atomic power
plants.
—Asked governors and local
officials to “reinforce these
actions by taking appropriate
steps at the state and local
level,” such as staggering
working hours, encouraging car
pools and mass transit, and
reducing state speed limits.
private enterprise can step in
and build it.
Rep. Carlisle doesn’t buy the
pitch that the center would
benefit every Georgian. He said
Atlanta would get most of the
benefits.
To spend tax money from
Georgia’s general funds for the
center would make about as
much sense as appropriating
money to build a steel mill for
Macon, Carlisle said.
Carlisle is talking up op
position to the plan at every
opportunity.
He is not opposed to Atlanta’s
George T. Smith running hard for governor’s chair
George T. Smith made no
bones about it. He’s running for
governor.
He was in Griffin yesterday to
talk to the Kiwanis Club and
attend the Sixth District
Georgia Municipal Association
meeting here.
Os course, he has not made
any official announcements
about being a candidate. That
will come later, he said.
But he whipped out a little
black book and thummed
through its pages to show how
many speeches he has made
over the state in the past few
weeks. And he is booked up
heavily for the next few weeks.
Smith indicated he is accepting
as many speaking invitations as
possible.
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People in need...
The Department of Family and Children Services needs
help in getting transportation for people in need.
Mrs. Linda Nixon, Volunteer Coordinator, said there is
a great need now to provide transportation locally and out
of town.
She said often a dependent child or senior citizen is
unable to keep a doctor’s appointment because there is no
one to drive them.
The department said it could reimburse volunteers 10
cents a mile to help with expenses in this volunteer work.
She said in addition to orientation and training,
volunteers may meet monthly to discuss the program and
what area of Volunteerism they would be most interested
in.
People interested in helping others may call Mrs. Nixon
at the Family and Children Services office here.
Lower voices didn't
remove disagreement
THE HAGUE (UPI) — Diplomatic sources said U.S.
Defense Secretary James Schlesinger managed to con
vince the NATO allies to lower their voices in discussions
over what happened during the recent Middle East war,
but the disagreements are still there.
They said the Europeans were upset that Washington
waited three hours to tell them about its world alert; and
the United States was disappointed that the Europeans did
not back up Washington’s pro-Israel policies.
The short-run emergency
authority the President wants
from Congress includes the
power to:
—Bring back daylight saving
time on a year-around basis, so
Americans spend more of their
waking hours in daylight,
saving on lighting.
—Relax environmental rules
so more uses of coal are
permitted.
—Restrict working hours of
shopping centers and stores.
—Boost production by 160,000
barrels a day from the Elk
Hills, Calif., naval petroleum
reserve, which has been exclu
sively for defense needs in the
having the center but he does
not believe the people of
Georgia should be forced to pay
for it.
Carlisle realizes center op
ponents are running into a buzz
saw. He pointed out such
leaders as House Speaker
George L. Smith and Ap
propriations Chairman James
(Sloppy) Floyd are working for
the center.
But the fact that some of the
House leadership has lined up
for the center has not dulled his
opposition to it.
He welcomes the chance to
talk.
At this point, his talks are
rather non-political.
The one he made to the
Kiwanis Club here yesterday
had a Veterans Day theme.
How is he making a living
practicing law with a Marietta
firm and running for governor
at the same time?
He said his firm agreed last
May that he could begin
devoting his time to speaking
engagements and leave the
affairs of the firm to its other
lawyers.
Otherwise, he said he would
not have been able to start a
campaign now.
What about the other people
who are announced or unan-
Tired of Watergate and other woes?
Get a laugh from Hoople’s forecasts. Page 12
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, November 8, 1973
past.
—Cut highway speed limits
throughout the nation.
—Adjust schedules of tran
sportation to increase efficien
cy.
The long-range laws he wants
passed include:
—Authorization to build the
Alaskan oil pipeline.
—Power to encourage natural
gas production, presumably by
letting the price of gas rise.
—Power to set standards on
surface mining—’’strip mining”
—of coal.
—An organization structure to
administer energy programs.
Wrestling
injunction
refused
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI)- U.S.
District Judge Anthony Alaimo
refused Wednesday to issue an
injunction sought by an Atlanta
sports promotions firm which
charges it has been barred from
the Augusta area by Richmond
County officials.
After some 90 minutes of ar
guments, Alaimo suspended
hearings on the injunction re
quest, filed by Mid-South Sports,
Inc., a wrestling promotions
firm, until next April.
nounced candidates for gover
nor such as Lt. Gov. Lester
Maddox, Rep. George Busbee of
Albany and Bert Lance, former
director of the Department of
“Some folks think we’ll
understand them better if they
shout at us.”
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Griffin firemen check out new 1,000-gallon fire truck
pumper that will be put in service here next week. The
Liquor vote
is Dec. 4
Voter registration places will
be set up in nine Baptist
churches here Sunday to
register people so they’ll be
eligible to vote in the Dec. 4
liquor referendum.
The plan had been in the
works several days and was
finalized yesterday after Or
dinary George Imes, Jr., signed
an order calling for the vote.
Imes said there were more
than the necessary 5,595
signatures on the referendum
petitions.
He said he still was checking
lists today but already had
more than enough names.
Joe Burson, Spalding
Registrar, said deputy
registrars would be assigned to
the nine churches Sunday where
people may register.
Since Imes signed the
referendum order yesterday,
Transportation?
“I’m not running against any
body. I’m just running for
governor,” Smith said.
He wouldn’t say who he
thought might be his major
opposition but he said he felt he
was the one candidate in
Georgia who could beat Lester
Maddox.
Smith is a former lieutenant
governor and former House
Speaker.
In his talk to the Kiwanis
Club, Smith called on citizens to
keep faith in America. He said
despite Watergate and other
present day troubles, America
still is the greatest nation on
earth and its citizens ought to
stand up for it.
He said the idea that all
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Checking out new fire truck
people have until Monday to
register for the called election,
Burson said. He said the law
allows registration of voters up
to five days after the special
call.
Since churches will register
people Sunday, he said Sunday
would count as one of the five
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Where
Voter registration officials
will be at these Baptist Chur
ches Sunday from 1 till 3 p.m.
Sunny Side Baptist.
South Side Baptist.
Highland Baptist.
DeVotie Baptist
East Griffin Baptist.
Second Baptist.
First Baptist
Rehoboth Baptist.
Crestview Baptist.
politicans are crooked worries
him. It simply isn’t so, he said.
If a man is elected to public
office and then is exposed in a
dishonest act, it wasn’t the
office that made him a crook;
he was dishonest before he was
elected, Smith declared.
He said it also disturbs him
that law enforcement officers
come under so much criticism.
Most of the people in law en
forcement are honest and
deserve our respect, Smith said.
They are the main line of
defense of society against
criminal elements, Smith said.
He said it also disturbs him
that some Atlanta teachers
were found to be giving some
standard tests twice to students
—- the first time for a practice
new fire fighting equipment arrived this week and will be
assigned to Station One at downtown city hall.
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By United Press International
| Kissinger arrives in Amman |
AMMAN, Jordan (UPl)—Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger arrived in Amman on the fourth leg of his
Middle East mission. U.S. officials said it was possible
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| Gunmen killed Belfast youth|
S BELFAST (UPI) — Four hooded gunmen wounded a j:J
Roman Catholic youth at a bus stop Wednesday, and then
calmly walked across the street to kill him with three
:jj bullets at point-blank range. It was the second shooting of
the day and it raised the death toll to 897 in the four years g
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run and the second time for
real. He said some teachers
justified this by saying it made
the students, the school system,
and the teachers look better.
Smith deplored this, saying it
was teaching youngsters
dishonesty, how to cut comers,
and how to get something for
nothing.
Smith was in the Navy during
World War II and served in the
European theater. He was
discharged as a lieutenant
commander.
Weather
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56, low today 53, high yesterday
56, low yesterday 39, high
tomorrow in mid 60s, low
tonight near 50.
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Dairy
future
brighter
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UPI) -
Thenation’sdairymen, caught in
a squeeze between the govern
ment and consumer reaction
and rising production costs, are
going through their “worst years
ever.” However, their future
should be brighter, Georgia U.S.
Sen. Herman Talmadge said
Wednesday night.
“Although the industry has
suffered in the past ... never
fore has the situation been so
devastating as it has been this
past year,” Talmadge said in
remarks prepared for a meet
ing of Dairymen, Inc., a cooper
ative of dairy farmers in the
Southeast.