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35 dead in hijacking
Greece refuses
to free Arabs
By United Press International
Palestinian guerrillas who
shot up the Rome airport in a
massacre forced a hijacked
airliner to land at Kuwait today
after failing in a further
bloodbath at Athens to force
Greece to release two jailed
Arabs.
The death toll appeared to be
35 in a terrible drama that
began at mid-day Monday when
the guerrillas shot up a
passenger lounge at Rome’s
Leonardo da Vinci international
airport
Then within a few moments
the Palestinians blew up a Pan
American World Airways 707
jetliner filled with passengers
and forced a group of hostages
onto a West German Lufthansa
737 jet which they comman
deered to Athens.
Thirty persons were left dead
Class schedules
to remain same
The Griffin-Spalding School
System expects to keep its daily
class schedules as they are now
after daylight saving time
begins Jan. 6.
Supt. D. B. Christie said he
had checked with some major
industries in the community
and found most plan to stay with
present work schedules.
He said the system plans now
to attempt to stay in tune with
the community and keep
schedules as they are.
The nation will switch to
daylight savings time Jan. 6 as
part of a national effort to
conserve energy.
Mr. Christie said the major
concern would be that some
students will be waiting at bus
stops in the dark during early
morning hours.
The Griffin-Spalding Board of
Education may review the daily
schedule at its January
meeting.
But at the moment the system
Logging continues
OLD STATION, Calif. (UPI) — Loggers resumed
timber cutting in Lassen National Forest Monday after 45
armed forest rangers were placed on guard to protect
them from possible harassment from Pit River Indians.
The Indians, five of whom were arrested in a “closed
area” Saturday, have occupied a park campground the
past week in a protest that halted all logging. The Indians
contend the area is a sacred tribal ground.
Mid-east talks
Egypt accused Israel today of planning to obstruct the
coming Middle East peace talks. Israel agreed to attend
the Geneva conference Friday, but refused to sit down
with Syria until Damascus officials hand over a list of war
prisoners.
Kissinger to Spain
LISBON (UPI) — Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger
winds up talks with Portugese officials today and then
flies to Spain for a one-day visit. Arriving here after his
latest round of Middle East talks, Kissinger tnanked the
Portugese for letting American supply planes land in the
Azores during the massive arms airlift to Israel.
at Rome, including some
Americans. One dead person
was aboard the plane when it
landed at Athens, according to
the pilot
The Arabs claimed to have
systematically shot to death
four persons inside the hijacked
plane at Athens airport in a
fruitless attempt to force the
Greek government to free two
Black September guerrillas
jailed for an Aug. 5 attack at
the airport. Then they ordered
the plane to Syria, where it
took on fuel, food and took off
for an unannounced destination,
tion.
The jet was first ordered to
Beirut, Lebanon but the govern
ment forbade a landing there,
blocking the runways with
trucks, and the plane on to
Damascus in neighboring Syria
where the guerrillas demanded
and got fuel, maps of the
plans to keep its daily schedules
the same as they are now.
A few other systems in the
state are making plans to start
classes later in the day after
daylight savings time starts.
Solicitor,
judge salary
raises sought
A bill that would raise the
salaries of the judge and
solicitor of the State Court of
Spalding County from $7,900 to
SIO,OOO annually will be in
troduced at the 1974 General
Assembly session.
Judge John Goddard is the
judge of the court and Tom
Lewis is the solicitor.
The measure also would
permit the County Com
missioners to adjust the
salaries for secretarial help for
the court.
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Middle East and food.
At Damascus, a wounded
man airport officials said ap
peared to be one of the hijackers
was taken off the plane to the
airport clinic, then put back on
the plane.
The airliner later landed in
the desert or on a road near
Kuwait Airport, which was
closed, according to Lufthansa
officials in Frankfurt.
From the start, it appeared
the hijackers had no prospect
of help from the Syrian
Socialist government of Presi
dent Hafez Assad.
Although Syria supports the
Palestinian cause, its govern
ment-run newspapers have
joined Egypt, Jordan and
leading guerrilla factions in
condemning the hijacking of the
Lufthansa jet at Rome’s Leo
nardo da Vinci international
airport early Monday.
Many service
stations were
over charging
ATLANTA (UPl)—The Intern
al Revenue Service said Monday
that 39 per cent of the Georgia
service stations checked last
week were overcharging motor
ists for gasoline but most of the
violations appeared unintention
al.
Georgia IRS Director John W.
Henderson said the questioned
prices ranged from .1 to 6.6
cents a gallon above federal
price controls.
The IRS also found that 20
per cent of another group of sta
tions was found to be overpric
ing diesel fuel to truckers from
2 to 4 cents a gallon.
All of those stations over the
ceilings were directed to roll
prices back.
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
48, low today 25, high yesterday
38, low yesterday 26, high
tomorrow in mid 50s, low
tonight in low 30s. Sunrise
tomorrow 7:41, sunset
tomorrow 5:30.
Snow snarls traffic
Deep snow fell from the Carolinas to northern New
England for the second consecutive day after knocking
out power and snarling highway traffic and public
transportation for millions. The powerful storm claimed
at least 14 lives.
Many school systems, including those in Richmond,
Va., Baltimore, Md., Washington, D.C., and New Jersey
were closed Monday and again today. The massive storm
nearly paralyzed New York City with rain, sleet and snow.
Schools also were closed in the nation’s largest city.
Gale warnings were posted today for strong winds from
the coasts of Virginia to Maine, while rain, snow and
freezing rain spread from the middle Mississippi Valley to
Wisconsin. A stationary front stretched between
Nebraska and Kansas.
SIOO,OOO on Agnew
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The General Accounting
Office (GAO) says ex-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew has
cost the taxpayers a minimum of almost SIOO,OOO since
resigning in disgrace last Oct. 10. The cost, however, is
certainly much more because GAO, the congressional
watchdog agency, said it could not obtain any data on the
money spent giving Agnew round-the-clock Secret Service
protection.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, December 18, 1973
One Syrian state-run newspa
per called the seizure of the
plane “a savage crime de
nounced by the Arabs and the
world and an action directed
against the Palestinian cause
and serving hostile designs.”
The jet landed in Damascus
after the government of neigh
boring Lebanon forbade a
landing at Beirut airport with
trucks parked on the runways.
Airport sources in Beirut said
police and soldiers drove trucks
onto the runways to prevent the
jet from setting down.
Israel placed its military
forces on alert as the jetliner
took off from Athens early
today in case the guerrillas
headed for the Jewish nation.
In Athens, the Arabs had
threatened to crash the plane
into the Greek capital earlier
today in a desperate bid to free
two jailed Palestinians.
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“It’s not because good people
do nothing that we have
problems — good people don’t
do nothing.”
Color
contest
deadline
Remember, young people,
that your Christmas coloring
contest entry should be in to the
Griffin Daily News by Thursday
at 5 p.m.
The drawing for this year to
be colored was published Dec. 6
along with contest rules.
Winners in the contest will be
announced Saturday.
NEWS
m. ok
Griffin Police Chief Leo Blackwell (1) accepts plaque
from Atty. Gen. Arthur Bolton in appreciation of his
career as a law enforcement officer. Chief Blackwell, who
is nearing retirement was honored at the affair last night
hosted by Bolton. Some 60 law enforcement officers, city
and county officials, including judges and lawyers were
among the guests. As the state’s top legal officer, Bolton
praised the dedication, integrity and devotion to his
G-S hospital budget tight;
comptroller going to new job
The Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital Authority board met
last night and approved a
proposed operating budge for
next year of $3,756,407.
The budge, termed “ex
tremely tight”, is just over
$131,000 more than 1973 ex
penditures.
It will allow for the usual
merit and longevity raises but
Hospital Administrator Carl
Ridley said that it may be
Two Russians
in earth orbit
MOSCOW (UPI) - The
Soviet Union launched two men
into earth orbit today in a
Soyuz spacecraft, Soviet
sources said.
They said the cosmonauts
would remain in orbit several
days, making studies of the sun
and testing the Soyuz space
craft of the same type that will
rendezvous with American as
tronauts in 1975.
The design of the Soviet
space vehicle was changed
after three men died in a Soyuz
accident in 1971.
The last Soviet manned flight
was last Sept. 27 when
cosmonauts Vasily Lazarev and
Oleg Makarov went aloft for
two days in a successful test of
the redesigned Soyuz.
Two cosmonauts in a Soyuz
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Chief Blackwell honored
necessary to cut back on per
sonnel if the patient load at the
hospital continues to drop.
Within the last few months, he
said, the average number of
patients per day in the hospital
has dropped from 128 to 125.
However, in recent days the
patient load has averaged 130.
Ridley explained that if it
becomes necessary to decrease
personnel, those departments
involved directly in patient
and three Americans in an
Apollo spacecraft are scheduled
to dock in space in 1975. Crews
from the two nations met last
month at a Soviet space center
in initial preparations for the
flight.
The flight today is the 13th in
the Soyuz series. The identity of
the cosmonauts was not known
immediately.
Neither of the men was
scheduled to make the joint
flight with the Americans.
“The cosmonauts feel fine,
the systems on board function
smoothly,” Tass said after the
launch.
Soviet sources said the
cosmonauts would remain in
orbit several days, making
studies of the sun and testing
the Soyuz 13.
Forecast
Cold
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profession that has characterized Chief Blackwell since
he became a lawman in 1939. Chief Blackwell expressed
his appreciation to Bolton and those who attended. Bolton
recalled he had come to know Chief Blackwell closely
when he served as judge of Griffin recorder’s court some
14-years. He resigned the post when he became attorney
, general.
care, including nursing,
laboratory and x-ray work, will
be the last to be affected.
The board agreed to apply for
state aid in the form of “Mat
Pak”, a new program by the
state to finance maternity care
for medically indigent women.
The patients could received
up to $225 for hospital expenses.
Ridley said the usual
hospitalization costs of three or
four days for maternity patients
runs around $235 but could go up
to more than $2,000 if there are
complications.
The hospital would bill
patients, he added, for any costs
in excess of those paid by the
state.
Patients eligible for Medicaid
would not qualify for Mat Pak.
Their eligibility would be based
on the size of the family and its
income.
For example a family of two
with an annual income of up to
$3,864 could qualify. The
eligibility ranges up to a family
of seven or more with an income
of up to $9,871.
The board accepted the
resignation of Comptroller
Charles Aenchbacher who will
become Director of Fiscal
Affairs at Baldwin County
Hospital in Milledgeville on
Jan. 7.
Aenchbacher has been
comptroller at the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital for five
years.
His new position will have
additional remuneration and
responsibilities, as he will be in
charge of finance, purchasing,
accounting and medical records
at the Baldwin hospital.
The leasing of automated lab
equipment has been approved.
Ridley said when the
equipment arrives, lab tests
now done manually will be done
by machine, thus saving em
ployee time with more accurate
results and at lower unit costs.
Glenn Reid, president of the
Griffin chapter of NAACP
appeared before the board to
discuss the dismissal of a for
mer employee in the hospital’s
house keeping department.
Chairman Carl Richardson
appointed a committee to look
into the matter and told Reid he
could attend the committee
meetings as an observer.
Richardson assured Reid that
the woman would be treated
fairly as the authority intends
that all employees be so
treated.
SHOPPING DAYS
TO CHRISTMAS