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The Very Rev. Thomas R. Peterson (1), president of
Providence College, greets Vice President Gerald R.
Ford. At right is Melvin R. Laird, special counsel to
President Richard Nixon, and Mrs. Laird. Laird received
the “Humanitarian Award” from the John E. Fogerty
highlights^
By United Press International
Protesters threw at Laird
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (UPI) — A small group of
protesters threw tomatoes and eggs at White House aide
Melvin R. Laird Sunday just before Vice President Gerald
ford spoke at a dinner honoring the former secretary of
defense. None of the tomatoes or eggs hit Laird, but
several of the vice president’s security guards were
struck.
Ford, who was inside, was apparently unaware of the
incident when it occurred. Police arrested one person.
Store managers shot
DALLAS (UPI) —Nine drive-in grocery store managers
have been robbed and shot since Jan. 4. Six of them have
died. The latest incident occurred Friday, and today 100
plainclothes policemen were sent on a door-to-door search
for the killers.
The robbery-murders have occurred in predominantly
black neighborhoods and all nine of the victims have been
white.
Galbraith warned Kennedy
WALTHAM, Mass. (UPI) — Former U.S. Ambassador
to India John Kenneth Galbraith warned President John
F. Kennedy in 1961 that American policy toward Vietnam
was “our old mistake.”
“The Korean War killed us in the ‘sos; this involvement
could kill us now,” Galbraith wrote in a series of letters to
the late President. The letters, which have been held at
the Kennedy Library, were released with Kennedy’s other
papers. Other items are still classified for national
security reasons.
Hearings postponed
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Informed Senate sources say
the Watergate hearings that were to begin this week with
national television coverage would be postponed
indefinitely — and may never again be held in public.
However, the report was partly contradicted by Samuel
Dash, the law professor who directed the Senate
Watergate Committee’s investigation into the Watergate
break-in and the “White House horrors” that
accompanied it. Dash stated flatly the hearings would
resume.
Their postponement seemed to be related to increased
court investigation and prosecution of the scandal.
Krogh advised Dean
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Egil Krogh, the former
director of the “White House Plumbers,” says he advised
John W. Dean 111 to see President Nixon and tell him
everything about the Watergate scandal and its cover-up
in the White House.
Krogh also said Sunday in an inverview on CBS
television’s “60 Minutes” show that he and Dean talked on
March 20, the day before Dean says he went to Nixon and
tried to tell him of the Watergate cover-up. But Krogh
said what Dean told him that day was not the same thing
Dean later told the Watergate committee.
Simon may be appointed
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Federal Energy Office
Director William E. Simon may be appointed treasury
secretary, according to administration sources. The
sources said Sunday the current secretary, George P.
Shultz, wants to resign “sometime next spring” and
Simon wants the job. They said if he is appointed, Simon
would keep his current job as energy chief.
GRIFFIN
DAI EWS
Vol. 102 No. 24
Foundation for the Mentally Retarded. Ford was the guest
speaker at the Providence College ceremony. An egg and
tomato throwing marked the event. None of the principals
were hit but some of their aides were splattered. (UPI)
Bill Edwards named
president of bank
J. W. “Bill” Edwards has
been elected president of the
Bank of Zebulon, succeeding his
father, J. Joel Edwards, who
was elected chairman of the
Board. Joel Edwards had been
president of the Bank of Zebulon
since 1960, and has been active
with the Bank of Zebulon since
1929.
Bill Edwards has been con
nected with the Bank of Zebulon
in several capacities since 1956.
Five years ago he was elected
president of the Crawford
County Bank in Roberta. At that
time the bank’s assets were 1.5
million dollars. Now the bank
has assets over 7.8 million
dollars.
Bill Edwards is a native of
Zebulon and attended public
schools in Pike County and
graduated from Stetson Univer
sity in Deland, Fla. After
graduation, he served two years
in the U. S. Army and returned
to Zebulon to join Besco
Products Company, serving as
vice president from 1956 to 1969.
Edwards was active in the
Georgia Canners Association
and served as president for two
years. Mr. Edwards is a past
president of the Griffin Jaycees.
He is a recent graduate of The
Banking School of the South at
Louisiana State University.
He is married to the former
Penny-a-pound rides
swamped with takers
The people who operate the
flying service at the Griffin-
Spalding Airport earned $313 for
the March of Dimes campaign
here yesterday.
They sponsored a penny a
pound ride during the after
noon.
About 400 people got to ride
but hundreds were turned away
because there simply was not
enough time and airplanes to
handle the big crowds.
Passengers got a plane ride
over the city by paying a penny
for each pound they weighed.
The $313 earned during the
afternoon represented 31,300
pounds.
At one time, six planes were
in the air with March of Dimes
passengers. Many local pilots
volunteered their time and
some furnished their own
planes.
The last two plane loads went
for a ride in DC-3s. Most of the
passengers during the after
noon went for rides in the small
passenger planes.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, January 28, 1974
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Bill Edwards
Anne Clements and they have
three children, Susie 17, Laurie
15, and John 14. They reside at
700 Brook circle. They are
members of the First United
Methodist Church of Griffin.
The Bank of Zebulon Direc
tors are: Charles E. Bentley, J.
Joel Edwards, J. Joseph Ed
wards, J. William Edwards,
Carolyn Gilbert and C. T.
Parker.
Airport officials thought some
100 people might show up for the
event. More than 400 got rides
and hundreds were turned
away.
The Mothers March Against
Polio opened yesterday and will
continue through today.
Reports on the drive were
incomplete today.
“Nothing a fellow acquires
will bring him happiness if it
comes at the expense of
someone else.”
Warm weather
threatens crops
January of 1974 may not go
into the books as the warmest
on record. However, it will be
remembered as a very unusual
month weather-wise.
While some people are en
joying the spring-like weather,
farmers and peach growers are
concerned about it.
Dr. Lloyd Nelson, assistant
agronomist and wheat
specialist at the Georgia Ex
periment Station, said some of
the wheat in this area “is in a
very precarious stage.”
The exceptional high tem
perature, plus good moisture in
the ground, has caused the
wheat to grow faster than
normal.
Winter wheat, which was
planted in November or early
December, is fast reaching, if it
already hasn’t reached, the
booting stage where a quick
drop in the temperature to the
10 or 15 degree range would
severly damage it.
Pay hike
measure
in Senate
A bill increasing the salaries
of the judge and solicitor in the
State Court of Spalding County
has been passed by the Georgia
House and sent to the Senate. It
has been read twice in the
Senate.
The bill would raise from
$7,900 to SIO,OOO annually the
salary for the judge as well as
the solicitor. They are paid out
of Spalding County funds
handled by the Spalding County
Commissioners.
John Goddard is the judge of
the court and Tom Lewis is the
solicitor.
The court previously was
known as the city court. Its
name was changed to State
Court of Spalding County in
1969.
The bill must be approved in
the Senate and signed by the
governor before it becomes law.
Award
tonight
The Griffin Jaycees will
present the Distinguished
Service Award tonight at their
regular meeting at the Moose
Club.
The winner has been selected
from nominations from the
public and will be announced at
the meeting.
Concord woman killed in wreck
A Concord woman was killed
and 10 persons injured in a two
car wreck around 7:30 Saturday
night on Ga. 16 at Vaughn road
about four miles west of Griffin.
The victim was identified as
Mrs. Lula A. Banks, 67, of
Concord, who died of multiple
chest injuries. Her son, James
A. Banks, 33, and his wife, Mrs.
Mary C. Banks, 28, also of
Concord, were admitted to the
Griffin-Spalding Hospital with
injuries.
According to Trooper John
Stickler of the Griffin State
Patrol Post, Mrs. Mary Banks
was driving west on Ga. 16 when
a station wagon, driven by Mrs.
Jessie M. Lewis, 45, of Knox
ville, Tenn., failed to stop at a
stop sign on Vaughn road and
pulled into the path of the
Banks’ car.
Mrs. Lewis also was admitted
to the hospital and seven other
persons in her car were treated
in the emergency room for
lacerations and various other
injuries.
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Dr. Nelson said the local
wheat crop was not hearty
because of the warm weather.
“A quick drop in the tem
perature to 15 or below possibly
would severly damage the
small grain crops,” Dr. Nelson
said.
“Right now we need a gradual
cooling. A drop to 28 to 32
degrees wouldn’t hurt the small
grain crop,” he said.
He said temperatures in that
range would help and not harm
the crops.
Dr. Nelson said winter wheat
was suppose to be in a dormant
stage at this time of the year.
The unusually warm tem
perature has caused the small
grain crops to grow too fast.
The small grain crops aren’t
the only things being affected
by the warm weather.
Dr. E. F. Savage said peach
trees are very tender right now
and a severe drop in the tem
perature could damage them.
“We haven’t had enough cold
weather and the trees are in a
very tender state,” Dr. Savage
said.
He said peach trees need
between 650 to 1,050 hours
(depending on the variety) of
temperatures 45 degrees or
below. Trees, especially in the
Ft. Valley area, which is the
state’s largest peach growing
section, haven’t had nearly
enough cold weather.
Dr. Savage said the proper
cold weather was needed before
Feb. 18 in order to make up the
difference between what the
peach trees have had and what
they need.
Horace Westbrooks said tem
peratures in this area were
ranging nearly seven degrees
above normal. He has recorded
70 degrees or better tem
peratures nine days this month.
The normal average tem
perature for January is 47.6
degrees. This month is
averaging nearly 55 degrees.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
, 70, low today 58, high yesterday
72, low yesterday 58, high
tomorrow near lower 60’s, low
tonight in lower 50’s. Total
rainfall .12 of an inch. Sunrise
tomorrow 8:40, sunset
tomorrow 7:01.
They were identified as
Bobby Irvin, 31, of Senoia; Kim
Middlebrooks, 16, Knoxville,
Tenn.; Mrs. Ruby McDaniel, 25,
and her two children, Rana M.
McDaniel, 10-months, and
Rubin McDaniel, four, all of
Atlanta; Adell Lewis, 64, and
Marie Getter, 27, both of Knox
ville, Tenn.
An accident late Saturday
morning on Ga. 16 at the Ga. 333
exit ramp sent six persons to the
local hospital.
Griffin police said that
William K. Whitlock, 18, of
Brooks, who was home on leave
from the U. S. Marines, suffered
face injuries and a broken nose.
His passenger, Elaine Moody,
20, also of Brooks, suffered a
broken foot.
Their car collided with a
vehicle driven by Calvin M.
Boyd, 22, of Newnan. He, along
with three of his passengers,
Louise Darden, 34, Melvin
Bolton, 27, and Belinda Brown
lee, 10, all of Newnan were
injured.
Vets cautioned
about licenses
Anyone who is driving with a veteraps driver’s license
who failed to have it renewed and have his eyes examined
during 1973 is driving on an expired and invalid license
and is subject to being so charged.
This warning came today from Cpl. Matt Murray of the
Griffin State Patrol Post who said that veterans and
widows of veterans who are found to be driving with the
old licenses may be charged with having an expired
license.
He asked that these persons come to the Griffin Post for
their license renewal on Thursdays, Fridays, and
Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
No driver’s test is given after 4:30 p.m.
House debates
hot ERA issue
ATLANTA (UPI)-The House
votes today on the Equal Rights
Amendment and is expected to
reject it, as the General As
sembly begins the third and
busiest week so far of its 1974
session.
In addition to the ERA this
week, the legislature tackles
milk rebates, ethics, and bank
holding companies.
The floor vote on the ERA
culminates hearings and com
mittee meetings that covered
two sessions and the most in
tense public debate on an issue
to hit the Capitol in years.
The House Special Judiciary
Committee voted unanimously
last week to send the amend
ment to the floor, but with no
recommendation on its passage
or defeat. The decision was in
dicative of the controversy
which has surrounded the ERA
since it was referred to the
committee early last year.
Opponents and supporters of
the ERA have been at the Capi
tol almost daily so far this ses
sion and a group of housewives,
“The Georgia Committee
Against the Equal Rights
Amendment,” gave legislators
small loaves of homemade
bread.
The House will vote Tuesday
on a bill that would permit bank
holding companies to purchase
limited amount of stock in any
bank. Opponents charge this
would lead to branch banking
and an end to the small, inde
pendent institutions.
Wednesday, the House consid
ers a milk rebate bill which
Clark Mitchell Turner, 58, of
Williamson, received cuts about
the head and leg around 1:25
p.m. yesterday in a collision
with another auto on the
Williamson road at the County
Line road intersection.
Willie Dewberry of 1308 Boyd
row, the other driver, escaped
injury.
Mrs. Bessie Caldwell of Route
Six, Box 522, complained of
back pain following an accident
involving three cars on the
Zebulon road near the airport
around 7 o’clock this morning.
She was carried to the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital emergency
room by ambulance.
Mrs. Banks was the widow of
Mr. William J. Banks. She was
born in Monroe County and had
made her home in Concord for
several years. Mrs. Banks was
a member of the Rogers Baptist
Church.
She is survived by five
daughters, Mrs. Wilma Priest,
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may or may not be stronger
than the version re-referred to
committee by the House last
week. The bill’s sponsor, Rep.
Ted Hudson, D-Fitzgerald, is
trying to work out a compro
mise with Rep. George Petro,
RrAtlanta, one of the measure’s
chief opponents who believes it
would do nothing to lower high
milk prices.
The Senate Committee on
Economy, Reorganization and
Efficiency in Government hopes
to prepare ethics legislation and
send it to be floor for a vote
Friday. The committee is study
ing five bills, including one
drawn up by the Carter admin
istration.
The Senate votes Tuesday on
an administration bill calling for
mandatory prison sentences for
major drug law violations, in
cluding life terms for some
pushers.
The House Appropriations
CommitteebeginsMonday “per
fecting” the supplemental
spending bill. Gov. Jimmy
Carter is asking for $lO million
to supplement the present fiscal
budget, with most of the money
going to the belabored human
resources department.
House Appropriations Chair
man James “Sloppy” Floyd, D-
Trion, plans to keep the supple
ment budget tight and try to cut
funds out of the present spend
ing blueprint.
Floyd wants to save about $25
million to add to the fiscal 1975
budget, which has been slashed
sharply by the governor.
Mrs. Pauline Sturgill, both of
Concord, Mrs. Nancy Glenn,
Mrs. Ruby Brown, both of
Wenden, Ariz., and Mrs. Kate
Garner of Gay; three sons,
William David Banks of
Panacea, Fla., Alvin Banks of
Concord and Roy Banks of
Texas City, Tex.; six sisters,
Mrs. Carrie Baggley of Fort
Valley, Mrs. Alma
Hollingsworth, Mrs. Janie
Knight, both of Griffin, Mrs.
Susie Johnson of Jacksonville,
Fla., Mrs. Essie Elliott of
Thomaston and Mrs. Annie
Laurie Gaddy; a brother,
William David Arnold of
Griffin; 38 grandchildren, six
great-grandchildren; and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be
conducted Tuesday morning at
11 o’clock in McDonald Chapel.
The Rev. Bob McCombs will
officiate and burial will be in
Oak Hill cemetery. Friends
may visit the family at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John L.
Sturgill in Concord.