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Final arguments — pro and con — on liquor
The Griffin Daily News invited both sides to submit
final statements to be published today on the eve of Bra
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submitted, and published free of charge as a public
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Sample ballot
SPECIAL ELECTION
SPALDING COUNTY, GA.
DECEMBER 4, 1973
Shad Alcoholic Beverages and
Liquors be taxed, legalized and
controlled in Spalding County?
YES
HQ
Dundee reorganizes
personnel managers
Dundee Mills today an
nounced a major reorganization
of its personnel department. To
insure continued emphasis on
the human element of industry,
a personnel manager has been
assigned each major plant area
in the company.
Each plant personnel
manager will have full res
ponsibilities for personnel func
tions within his assigned plant,
maintaining personel contact
with all employees to better
serve both management and
employees in developing and
maintaining good industrial
relations —a vital element in
today’s industrial world.
Gene Murphy, former office
manager and training super-
“It’s embarrassing to be
misquoted — but seldom as bad
as being accurately quoted.”
Everyone will be satisfied?
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The White House says
“everyone will be satisfied” after President Nixon begins
furnishing Congress and the public this week with detailed
information on matters including his taxes, purchases of
of homes, transactions with C.G. “Bebe” Rebozo and the
burglary of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist.
Aides said Nixon also will announce soon a plan to deed
his $1.5 million San Clemente, Calif., property to the
government after he and Mrs. Nixon die.
Hearing resumes
WASHINGTON (UPI) —U.S. District Court Judge John
J. Sirica resumes a hearing Tuesday on gaps and flaws in
President Nixon’s tapes, including an 18-minute hum in
one of them. Watergate prosecutors consider the tapes
their “most important single piece of evidence” and have
visor, has assumed the duties of
personnel manager at Dundee
Plant No. 1.
Cooper Stanley, a native of
Griffin, graduate of University
of Georgia in personnel
management, joined Dundee
Mills in April, 1973, and is
personnel manager for Lowell-
Bleachery.
Lewis Brewer, Jr., also a
native of Griffin, graduate of
Georgia Tech and holder of a
masters degree from Univer
sity of Missouri, has textile
experience in personnel and
training and is personnel
manager for Dundee Plant No. 2
and No. 5, in East Griffin.
Miss Mattie Myrl Statham
will continue her role as per
. sonnel director in charge of
insurance and records.
Wayne Brown, Dundee
training director, will maintain
overall responsibilities for
formalized training programs
and expand his duties to include
OSHA, safety, and public
relation activities.
Leland Kindred will continue
his role as personnel manager,
supervising and coordinating
all personnel matters at the
local plants as well as those in
Newnan and Oakwood, Ga., and
expanded duties in the area of
community and public
relations.
GRIFFIN
Daily Since 1872
15,994 eligible to vote
in liquor referendum
A total of 15,994 registered
voters are eligible to cast
ballots in tomorrow’s liquor
referendum.
The polls will open at 7 a.m.
and close at 7 p.m.
A large turnout of voters is
expected.
All regular voting places in
the city and county will be
operated.
The result of the vote will be
binding on both the city and
county governments, according
to Ordinary George Imes, Jr.
Voters will have the choice of
flipping a switch by the words
“yes” or “no.”
If they want to vote for legal
package sales of liquor in both
the city and county then they
may turn the switch next to the
Bogus
bills
here
Griffin Police warned mer
chants today to be on the look
out for counterfe it 20-dollar bills
which are being passed in the
area.
Detectives said several of the
fake 20s have been discovered
here within the last few days.
They asked merchants to check
each S2O bill before accepting it
on a purchase and to notify the
police department if any of the
bills show up.
Radiation in path
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (UPI) — A vaguely known
belt of radiation lies in the path of the U.S. unmanned
spacecraft Pioneer 10, which is speeding to a point 81,000
miles above Jupiter. Scientists hope to learn from Pioneer
whether the radiation would keep man from substantial
exploration beyond the solar system’s largest planet.
Speeding at 23 miles a second, the nuclear-powered
spacecraft was expected to reach its destination at 9:25
p.m. EST.
asked for more of them.
House expected to act
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The House was expected to act
for its first time under the 25th Amendment late Thursday
afternoon by confirming Gerald R. Ford’s nomination to
become the 40th vice president of the United States. Ford
and Speaker Carl Albert have worked out a timetable for
Thursday, whereby the House will meet two hours earlier
than usual and debate the nomination for six hours before
voting.
Trust has fallen to bottom
WASHINGTON (UPI) — A Louis Harris poll says trust
in the executive branch of government has fallen to the
bottom in a list of social and political institutions. Respect
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, December 3, 1973
“yes” on the voting machines.
If they wish to vote against
legal package sales of liquor in
the city and county, then they
will turn the “no” switch.
This will be the only issue to
be decided in the referendum.
The campaign for package
sales in the community started
during year’s end last year and
continued strongly until the
spring when it appeared to lose
steam.
State lawmen joining local
law enforcement officers later
in the year found liquor being
sold illegally in a dry county
when they pulled off gambling
raids in several private clubs
and made some arrests.
This prompted Sheriff
Dwayne Gilbert to announce
that the dry liquor laws would
be enforced to the letter.
The City Commissioners
followed with an announcement
that police had been instructed
to enforce the dry laws in the
city to the letter.
The campaign for legal liquor
was renewed.
Fraternal, veterans and other
organizations backed a petition
campaign to get the referendum
called.
An organization known as
COPE (Citizens Organized for a
Protected Environment) has
battled the referendum effort.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Things were a little fishy at historic
Bon Air Hotel here. The hotel’s olympic-size swimming
pool has been stocked with bass, crappie, bream, and
Court rejects Boyle review
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Supreme Court refused today to
hear an appeal by W. A.
“Tony” Boyle from his convic
tion of illegally funneling mine
union money to political can
didates.
The brief order by the high
court denying his request to
present arguments on the
appeal, means Boyle must
serve the five-year prison
sentence meted out and pay a
for the press, according to a nationwide survey taken for a
Senate subcommittee, has “risen markedly” in the past
six years. Overall public confidence in government
institutions “drastically” declined during the same
period, the poll reported.
Ministers meet today
BRUSSELS (UPI) — The foreign and economic
ministers of the nine European Common Market countries
meet today to discuss a proposed emergency petroleum
plan. The plan would create an “energy supply
committee” to get oil, coal, gas and nuclear industries to
prepare crisis measures. The market’s executive
commission has predicted Arab oil cutbacks might reduce
the growth rate of industrial output in 1974 from a planned
4.5 to 2 per cent, while doubling unemployment and
increasing inflation.
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A real fish pool
$130,000 fine plus another
$49,250 in resolution.
Boyle, who turned 72 on Dec.
1, has also been indicted by a
federal grand jury on charges
of conspiring to murder his
former union rival, Joseph A.
“Jock” Yablonski.
The one-time protege of UMW
leader John L. Lewis was
hospitalized in a Washington
hospital Sept. 24 after taking an
overdose of barbituates in an
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catfish for fishing pleasure of the senior citizens residing
there. Wade Robinson (r) displays the first catch from the
hotel’s fishing pond. (UPI)
apparent suicide attempt.
He was recently released
from the hospital to attend an
extradition hearing in Washing
ton. Boyle is still under
treatment.
Justice William O. Douglas
was the lone justice who voted
to hear Boyle’s appeal of his
conviction for misuse of United
Mine Workers union funds.
Boyle’s conviction on March
31, 1972, was the first of a
Storage tanks destroyed
SAIGON (UPI) — Dozens of oil storage tanks were set
afire and millions of tons of fuel were destroyed today
after Communist gunners rocketed a huge American
petroleum complex on the outskirts of Saigon. In
Cambodia, the government military command reported
sharp fighting today around the encircled province capital
of Takeo, 40 miles south of Phnom Penh.
Egypt, Israel to resume talks
Egypt and Israel said today they were ready to resume
broken Middle East truce talks, but both attached strings
to any return to the bargaining table. Egypt said it would
return only if assured the negotiations would lead to
substantial Israeli troop pullbacks. Israel, its forces on
alert following Sunday’s four-hour duel with Syrian troops
in the Golan Heights, said “the ball is now in Egypt’s
hands.”
Forecast
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major union official under
provisions of a law which
forbids money from a union
treasury to be given to political
candidates.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
68, low today 45, high yesterday
65, low yesterday 39, high
tomorrow near 70, low tonight
near 50, sunrise tomorrow 7:28,
sunset tomorrow 5:27.