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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Ricky Hamann, 10, of Chicago, DI., met Mickey Mouse and
toured Walt Disney World to fulfill one of three wishes he has before he dies of muscular
dystrophy. Seated in his lap in the wheelchair is Adria, 3, one of his five brothers and sisters,
and in the background is his father, Richard Hamann, Sr., a police sergeant in the Chicago
suburb of Oak Lawn. (UPI)
T-Squad going;
death rate cut
The T-Squad is leaving
Spalding and Clayton Counties,
leaving behind a 78 per cent
f I'
“Man continually is
discovering new things — all of
them old to God.”
FTC wants stronger anti-smoke push
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) told Congress today it
should order a stronger health
warning printed on cigarette
packages, require the same
warning on packs of “little
cigars” and launch a govern
ment advertising campaign to
discourage smoking.
The agency also said Con
gress should appropriate money
for a government research
project to develop a “safe”
cigarette.
Gets wish
reduction in traffic deaths
during the past three months.
During that period the special
State Patrol squad concentrat
ed in getting drunk drivers and
speeders off the highways.
Intensive patroling and ticket
writing for traffic law violators
were the weapons the squad
used in the Spalding and
Clayton areas.
The squad has been
reassigned to Rockdale and
Walton Counties where traffic
deaths have increased 47 per
cent in the last 12 months.
In Clayton and Spalding
Counties where the squad began
The FTC’s annual report on
cigarette use said total con
sumption during 1973 apparent
ly hit 582 billion, another record
and an increase of 3.8 per cent
over the previous year—one of
the biggest percentage in
creases in recent years.
The agency said the current
cigarette package warning
which reads: “Warning: The
Surgeon General has deter
mined that cigarette smoking is
dangerous to your health”
should be more explicit.
GRIFFIN
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DAILY<NEWS
Daily Since 1872
Banks in Griffin
continue to grow
working Nov. 1, traffic deaths
were reduced from 14 to 3 for a
year’s earlier corresponding
three-month period.
Deaths were cut from 6 to 3 in
Clayton and from 8 to 0 in Spald
ing.
CoL Herman Cofer, Public
Safety Commissioner, said “I
think our recent experiences in
these two counties dramatically
point out the benefit of addition
al enforcement power. The
Task Force, assisting local
police and other State Troopers
in the area, was able to help
reduce traffic deaths and injur
ies. This was our aim.”
It suggested this statement
instead: “Warning: cigarette
smoking is dangerous to health
and may cause death from
cancer, coronary heart disease,
chronic bronchitis, pulmonary
emphysema and other disea
ses.”
ft said the same language
should be required to appear in
advertisements.
The report said “little cigar”
packages should at least say:
“Warning: Smoking little ci
gars may be dangerous to your
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, January 23, 1974
★★★★★★★★
Gulf agrees
to purchase
R ingling
PITTSBURGH (UPI) - Ven
ture Out in America, a Gulf Oil
Corp, subsidiary, has tentative
ly agreed to buy the Ringling
Brothers, Barnum and Bailey
Combined Shows Inc. from
Mattel Inc. for an undisclosed
price.
“Completion of the transac
tion is subject to several
conditions, among them approv
al of Gulf’s board of directors,”
a Gulf spokesman said Tues
day.
The spokesman said the
purchase transaction also in
cluded Circus World Develop
ment, now under construction
near Orlando, Fla.
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Burglaries surge
in Griffin area
Burglaries and thefts have
increased sharply in Griffin and
Spalding County this year.
Griffin Police and Spalding
Sheriff’s officers have in
vestigated a total of 87 or an
average of about 3.8 such
crimes each day for the first 23
days of the new year.
Last year, during the entire
month of January, they
received a total of 63 reports of
thefts and burglaries or an
average of about two a day.
Television sets and guns seem
to be the favorite target of house
burglars, while many of the
thefts were from autos and the
stolen items included hubcaps,
batteries, tapes and tape
players.
As of this morning, city police
have investigated 27 break-ins,
mostly at residences, and 43
thefts, which ranged from
bicycles to cars. The county has
had 14 reported burglaries and
three thefts.
In 1973 from Jan. 1 to Jan. 31,
there were 27 burglaries and 21
thefts reported in the city and 12
burglaries and three thefts
reported to county lawmen.
Spalding Sheriff Dwayne
Gilbert said the winter months
when the weather is bad and
there is more darkness seem to
be the favorite time for
burglars.
Last year he started a neigh
borhood watch program in an
effort to cut down on house
burglaries.
He said that citizens could
help lawmen by reporting any
strange vehicles or unusual
activity around their neighbors’
house while they are away.
Also, residents could have
health if smoked and inhaled in
the same quantities as cigaret
tes,” and preferably should also
list specific diseases.
The commission said it
“believes that increased em
phasis should be placed on
educating the public, especially
young persons, about the
serious damage to health which
can result from cigarette
smoking.” It recommended
more government spending on
an educational campaign which
Resources of the three banks
in Griffin increased
$16,627,854.24 in 1973. This was
shown today in their statements
of condition at the close of
December 31. The total of the
three at that time was
$142,378,594.33.
The increase in resources —a
bank term which corresponds to
assets — was 13.22 percent.
Commercial Bank and Trust
Company reported resources of
$98,810,480.75. This was
$11,656,491.17 more than the
year before.
First National Bank of Griffin
reported $33,073,259.00 in
resources, an increase of
$3,667,599.00.
The Bank of Griffin reported
$10,494,854.58 which was an
increase of $1,303,757.07 over
the year before.
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
70, low today 53, high yesterday
73, low yesterday 42, high
tomorrow in mid 50’s, low
tonight in low 40’s. Sunrise
tomorrow 8:42, sunset
tomorrow 6:57.
better protection with adequate
locks and by leaving a light or
radio on when the house is
deserted.
City detectives said theft
Peach
meet
set here
Georgia peach growers will
hold four meetings Jan. 24 and
25 to nominate members and
alternate members for the
industry committee of the
Georgia peach marketing
agreement and order.
Minard F. Miller, fruit and
vegetable field representative
of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture’s Agricultural
Marketing Service at Lakeland
said terms of present members
and alternates will end Feb. 28.
Miller said two meetings will
be held Thursday, Jan. 24; one
at 10 a.m. at Fort Valley in the
Peach County courthouse for
the central district, and the
other at 2 p.m. at Grjffin in the
County Agricultural Extension
Agent’s office in the Spalding
County Courthouse for the
northern district.
Meetings will be held Friday,
Jan. 25, at 10a.m. at Byromville
in the office of Herbert Saliba
for the southern district, and at
2 p.m. at Barney in the Joyce &
Moody office.
Miller said he is urging all
Georgia peach growers to be
present at the meetings in their
district “in order that the
nominations may reflect the
wishes of the industry.”
would give the Secretary of
Health Education and Welfare
authority “to purchase time on
commercial broadcasting facili
ties and space in print media
for the disseminating of mes
sages designed to discourage
cigarette smoking.”
It said the National Institutes
of Health should be given
money for research aimed at
“developing a cigarette not
hazardous to human health.”
Vol. 102 No. 20
School tax
exemption
is sought
Rep. Clayton Brown and Rep. :•:■
John Carlisle today introduced :•:■
a resolution that would excempt S
persons 62 or older with total •:•:
incomes of less than $6,000 from •:•:
paying local school taxes. •£
The resolution calls for x
Spalding citizens to vote on the :•:
proposal next fall as a constitu- :<
tional amendment. :•:
The two legislators have •:•
introduced a similar resolution •;•
for Fayette County. They ft
represent that county, too. •:•:
Brown said he didn’t know $•
how much local school revenue g
would be involved, if the :£
measure is approved by the :£
voters. :j:
The Griffin lawmaker pointed •:•:
out that the state last year froze x'
the local effort provision for x
schools at $79-million statewide •:<
so he said the amendment :•:•
would not affect this. :•:•
victims would have a much
better chance of recovering
their stolen property if they
would record the model and
serial numbers of all appliances
and weapons.
Sgt. Marvin Barrow of the
detective bureau said that it is
impossible for the police to
obtain a warrant to search a
suspect’s house without the
serial number and a good
description of the stolen ar
tides.
Many times when police find
goods they suspect have been
stolen, the owners cannot
properly identify the items and
therefore cannot claim them, he :$
added.
Superior Court Judge Andrew $
Whalen, Jr. warned that, gener
ally, persons convicted of theft
or burglary in this court
received a prison sentence. x
Mankin
named
to board
ATLANTA — Senator Robert
Smalley of Griffin announced
today that Governor Jimmy
Carter has appointed James A.
Mankin of Griffin to the Board
of Natural Resources. Mankin
succeeds William Z. Camp who
resigned.
Mankin will represent, the 6th
Congressional District and will
serve out Camp’s remaining
term which ends on January 1,
1978. He will serve on the board
just short of four years. The full
term for a board member is
seven years.
Smalley said he will support
Mankin’s appointment when it
comes up for conformation in
the Senate.
Mankin is a prominent
Spalding County businessman.
He is president of the Bishop
Clothing Company and a
member of the Board of
Directors of the First National
Bank of Griffin.
Mankin and his wife, Angie,
have three children — James,
Jr., a sophomore at the
University of Georgia; Angelia,
a senior at St. Mary’s College in
Raliegh, N. C.; and Claire Ann,
a sophomore at Griffin High
School.
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Kissinger at news conference.
Kissinger expects lift
WASHINGTON (UPI) — In a news conference Tuesday,
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger implied he
expected the Arab oil embargo to be lifted before
Egyptian and Israeli forces complete their 40-day
disengagement of forces. He would not elaborate.
Israel clears mines
JERUSALEM (UPI) — Israel today began clearing an
estimated 750,000 mines laid down near the Suez Canal
and withdrawing heavy equipment from Egypt, according
to military sources. Egypt called on hesitant Syrian and
Palestinian leaders to join in a united front and negotiate
a peace settlement with Israel.
Four bodies recovered
TERRACE, B.C. (UPI) — Rescue workers recovered
four bodies and a survivor Tuesday after a snow-covered
hillside collapsed on top of a truck stop-motel complex,
burying it and as many as 15 persons 40 feet deep.
Veteran surrenders
HALES CORNERS, Wis. (UPI) - Steven Cole, a 25-
year-old Vietnam veteran, surrendered quietly Tuesday
night after staging a three-day occupation of his parents’
home with a small arsenal and allegedly threatening to
kill them.
Ship to leave port
HOUSTON (UPI) — The ship assigned to recover the
three Skylab 3 astronauts has been ordered to leave port
Saturday and rendezvous at the splashdown area three
days early. Space officials emphasized this does not mean
the flight will end prematurely.
Seedlings free
here Saturday
Dogwood seedlings will be
distributed here Saturday
morning on a first come, first
served basis free of charge.
The project is sponsored by
the Women’s Division of the
Chamber of Commerce with
Mrs. Gloria Neel in charge.
The city and county finance
Center clears hurdle
The Department of Human
Resources has recommended to
the House Appropriations
Committee that a juvenile
detention center be constructed
in the Mclntosh Trail area.
Rep. Clayton Brown said he
considered the recom
mendationa major hurdle in the
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the purchase of the seedlings.
Distribution will be from the
County Agent’s office at Fifth
and Slaton beginning at 9 a.m.
Some 2,500 seedlings will be
distributed.
The project started several
years ago as part of a con
tinuing beautification program.
effort for a center.
Rep. Brown is leading the
move to get the center funded
during this session of the
General Assembly.
He believes if the legislature .
okays the facility, it will be
located in Spalding County.