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Mrs. Pat Brown will be honored
tonight as Griffin’s Young
Woman of the Year for 1973. The
Jaycettes will present her the
award at their meeting at the
Moose Club. She was picked
from nominees by citizens of the
community. Mrs. Brown and
her husband, Doug Brown, with
their two children, Allison and
Amy, make their home at 809
Hillcrest avenue. Mrs. Brown
has been active in church and
civic work during the past year.
Her activities figured in her
selection for the honor.
Would be congressman
on handshaking tour
Newt Gingrich, the West
Georgia College teacher who
wants to go to congress, brought
his campaign to Griffin yester
day.
He went on a handshaking
tour downtown then talked with
some Republica party leaders
and supporters last night at an
informal gathering at the
Chamber of Commerce
auditorium.
Gingrich has secured a leave
of absence from West Georgia
to campaign for the Republican
nomination for Sixth District
congressman.
The incumbent is Democrat
John J. (Jack) Flynt, Jr. of
Griffin.
Gingrich will make one of his
platform planks a contention
that government in general has
reached the point that it is not
responding to the people’s needs
or their wishes.
He believes that political
leaders who have been in office
a long time tend to become
attached to Washington and do
not get back home often enough
to talk with people and find out
what’s on their minds.
He thinks a political office
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Newt Gingrich (1) tells Firemen Boyd Mitchell (c) and Mike Glass (r) about his campaign
for congress. The Carrollton teacher was in Griffin yesterday organizing his campaign for
the Sixth District Congressional seat. He will run as a Republican. The incumbent is Rep.
John J. Flynt of Griffin, a Democrat.
‘We mean business,’
Rep. Rodino declares
New shopping center stores
did record opening business
“Fantastic. . . terrific. . .
amazing..both managers of
new stores which opened in
Griffin yesterday exclaimed.
Roger Chester of Rose’s at
Spalding Square Shopping
Center and A1 Turner of
Eckerd’s at Northgate both said
their store did far more
business on opening day than
was anticipated.
Turner said the president of
Eckerd’s was in Griffin today
and told him his store did more
volume in one day than most of
some 200 other new Eckerd
stores did in their first three or
four days.
He said they sold out of
holder needs to do this
frequently, no matter how long
he has held the job.
Already exposed as a civic
club speaker in the Griffin area,
Gingrich made it clear yester
day he plans to campaign
eyeball to eyeball over the
district.
At the informal meeting last
night, he met every question
head on.
The Spewrell Dam bluff
controversy didn’t seem to
phase him at all.
He is opposed to the plan.
He said the property owners
who would be involved in
Thomaston area development
would stand to be the biggest
gainers. Gingrich believes that
the plan is not practical. He said
he felt if it had much merit,
Georgia Power would have been
interested. He said the power
firm was not.
Gingrich said there might be
some economic benefit to the
area surrounding the dam. But
he thought the project would be
too expensive for the benefits it
would give.
Asked about the energy
shortage, Gingrich said he
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special advertised items and
spent all night restocking
shelves and hauling in goods
from as far away as Charlotte,
Macon, Columbus, and
LaGrange.
He said they are quoting
prices of prescription drugs to
the customer before purchase
and they hope to bring down the
cost of such drugs in this area
and thereby help the economy.
Roger Chester of Rose’s
described the day as “one heck
of a day”. He said he was just
shocked at how understanding,
friendly, and nice customers
were, even when they were
inconvenienced.
wondered why there was such a
shortage of gasoline and oil for
a period and suddenly it’s
available again, after the prices
have been doubled in some
cases.
Pre-school
clinics
scheduled
The Spalding County Health
Department will hold vision,
hearing, and dental clinics by
appointment for children each
Tuesday until September.
The clinic will be only for
children entering the first grade
in the coming school year.
Families who do not have a
private doctor should use the
clinics. Others should check
with their doctors.
Certificates given upon
completion of the exams must
be presented when beginning
first graders enter school in the
fall under state law.
The clinics will be held at the
Health Department by ap
pointment only.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, April 18, 1974
He said their store also did
much more business than they
anticipated. As crowded as it
was, he added, the people had a
lot of compliments and were so
understanding.
He said today and Friday
probably will draw large
crowds with Saturday probably
being as “fantastic” as yester
day.
The cafeteria, which is open
from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. is a
big drawing card as both short
orders and full meals are
served at reasonable prices.
The two lines at the cafeteria
ran smoothly yesterday with no
extra long waiting, he added.
Nix says
money
available
If the Griffin-Spalding School
System goes to a com
prehensive program, it will get
more money from the state
through funds provided to offset
inflation.
That was the word today from
Jack Nix, state superintendent
of schools. He was in Griffin to
talk to the Rotary Club.
Nix said if the comprehensive
program becomes a reality
here, the system would be
eligible for $2.5-million to $3-
million instead of the $2.3-
million it is down for now.
He said the state is providing
a dollar a square foot more to
offset inflation in building
programs.
Nix said there are 79 com
prehensive programs in opera
tion in Georgia now. Another 16
have been funded and four
others have been approved for
funding, he said.
Another 25 systems have
applications in, he said.
Griffin and Spalding County
will vote May 21 on a $6-million
bond issue to finance a com
prehensive program here and
other improvements.
Nix said the comprehensive
programs already operating
and those in the works would be
about half of what Georgia
needs.
Ban lift
didn’t hurt
sports
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Federal Communications Com
mission (FCC) reported today
that the lifting of the television
blackout by Congress last
season had only minor impact
on the growing prosperity of
professional football, which had
its best season ever.
The FCC also criticized the
National Football League for
failing to supply complete data
on the number of “no-shows” at
locally televised games and
other financial information.
“The anti-blackout law ap
pears to have had minimal
impact on the 26 member
teams of the National Football
League in its first season of
operation,” the FCC concluded
in a two-inch thick study.
“It is unlikely that season
ticket sales will be adversely
affected by the law because
there seems to be an excess
demand for tickets.
NEWS
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Rep.
Peter W. Rodino, D-N.J.,
chairman of the House Judici
ary Committee, said today “we
mean business” in demanding
tape recordings of 42 presiden
tial conversations. A refusal to
fully honor the panel’s subpo
ena could be considered an
impeachable offense, he said.
The committee, which Rodino
said will begin hearing evi
dence in its impeachment probe
about May 7, issued a subpoena
last week giving the White
House until April 25 to turn
over taped conversations be
tween President Nixon and
various top aides in Feburary,
March and April of last year.
The White House has pro
mised to supply a “conclusive
and comprehensive” answer by
early next week, but some
aides have indicated that
conversations dealing with na
tional security and non-Water
gate matters would be screened
out.
Rodino was asked during an
interview on the NBC-TV Today
Show if the reported White
House editing strategy was
satisfactory to the committee.
“No,” he replied. “This
would mean that the White
House would be making the
final determination. This could
not be a proper inquiry, a
comprehensive inquiry unless
we were to make the determi
nation as to what is necessary.
The committee in the last
instance is the determing
factor. That’s the way it’s going
to be.”
Asked what kind of message
the committee was attempting
to give the White House, Rodino
replied:
“We have to indicate quite
strongly that we mean business
and that the House has given us
this authority and therefore this
would be a refusal not only to
comply with the request of the
committee but with the House
of Representatives as the sole
power to inquire in impeach
ment proceedings.”
He asserted: “We have
issued a subponea. It’s neces
sary that the White House
comply because it’s in the
interest of answering a nagging
question that is before the
American people. Unless this is
done, it is going to be
considered by the committee as
a refusal on the part of the
White House and could be
considered as a possible crime
of impeachment.”
Rodino said “the only way
that the committee inquiry can
be satisfied” is if it has a hand
in screening out irrelevant
material in the tapes.
He indicated that it may be
satisfactory if he, along with
Rep. Edward Hutchinson of
Michigan, the panel’s ranking
Republican, and the commit
tee’s impeachment counsel,
John Doar and Albert Jenner,
be given a hand in the
screening process.
Rodino would not speculate
on what action the committee
might take if the White House
did not fully comply with the
subponea. Some other commit
tee members have noted
however that the committee
has no real power to enforce
the subpoena.
The committee and he
Watergate special prosecutor’s
office both have asked for large
numbers of White House tapes
and documents. The committee
demanded a response by April
25—one week from today. The
prosecutor’s subpoena request
is pendig in federal court.
Charle. Colson, one of the
defendants in the Watergate
cover-up case, also has request
ed access to some of the tapes.
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NEW YORK — Reaching even higher in the sky, workman uses long pole to clean panes of
amber cathedral glass in the torch of the Statue of Liberty here. Caulking the windows in
the torch will make her waterproof and make possible the repainting of the statue in time
for the bicentennial in 1976. (UPI)
Nixon says U.S. must
regain sense of destiny
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
President Nixon said today that
America must regain its sense
of national destiny and lead the
world’s search for peace.
In a patriotic type speech to
4,500 members of the Daughters
of the American Revolution
(DAR) at their “Continental
Congress” in colorful, flag
bedecked Constitution Hall, the
President recounted the wars of
this century, and said the
nation must meet the challenge
“to provide the leadership so
the next generation can be the
first generation in a century
that does not have a war.”
The President spoke for 25
minutes, concentrating entirely
on the nation’s leadership in
world peace efforts. He did not
refer to Watergate, the House
impeachment investigation or
domestic politics.
“There is no other nation in
the free world today, among
the industrial powers that can
assume the leadership,” he
said. “The peace of the world is
in our hands.”
Nixon said the great strength
of the American Revolution was
that it was “a continuing
revolution throughout the 200-
year history of our nation,” and
that America has a sense of
great mission. The United
States, he said, “stood for
something more than material
strength and wealth” and must
continue that responsibility.
“America came into the
Eye on birthday
world not just for ourselves but
the contributions we could give
to all of mankind,” he said.
Nixon brought cheers from
the beribboned delegates when
he said:
“At a time when so much
attention is given to those who
deserted America, let’s give
attention to those 2Ms million
Man pleads guilty
to shielding gift
WASHINGTON (UPI) - John
H. Melcher Jr., executive vice
president and counsel of Ameri
can Shipbuilding Co., pleaded
guilty today to concealing an
illegal $25,000 campaign contri
bution to President Nixon’s 1972
campaign.
Melcher’s surprise plea to the
misdemeanor count reportedly
means he will testify against
the company’s chief executive,
George M. Steinbrenner 111.
Steinbrenner, who is also
president of the New York
Yankees baseball team, has
been indicted on a number of
election law violations in
connection with campaign con
tributions to presidential, vice
presidential and congressional
candidates.
Melcher faces a possible year
in jail and a $5,000 fine. His
guilty plea was accepted by
Chief U.S. District Judge John
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“A fellow who never lets folks
know what he’s really like may
never find out himself.”
who served America in Viet
nam.”
The DAR’s president-general,
Mrs. Donald Spicer, welcomed
the President with the message
that the DAR members wanted
to “show you how firm our
support is and how deeply we
believe.” The hall erupted into
cheers.
Hart, who delayed sentencing.
The guilty plea said that
Melcher “did relieve, comfort
and assist Steinbrenner in order
to hinder and prevent Stein
brenner’s apprehension, trial
and punishment...by using a
false and misleading explana
tion of the $25,000 contribution.”
Corporate political contribu
tions are illegal.
Melcher said in the plea that
Steinbrenner “wilfully and un
lawfully” consented to make a
corporate contribution on behalf
of American Shipbuilding to the
Nixon campaign.
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
70, low today 39, high yesterday
67, low yesterday 43, high
tomorrow in mid 70’s, low
tonight in mid 40’s. Sunrise
tomorrow 7:09, sunset
tomorrow 8:06.