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Good news!
So far, so good for peaches
Peach trees in this area of the
state so far have escaped
damage from cold weather
during the last two nights,
according to Dr. E. F. Savage.
He is the state’s top peach
expert and is on the staff of the
Georgia Experiment Station in
Griffin.
Dr. Savage recorded a
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ELLIJAY, Ga.—Seven-year-old Lucretia Newton of
Ellijay hangs tight to her wiggley puppy, Kap, who would
like to explore the inviting great outdoors on a sunny
spring day. (UPI)
Rumor mongers
facing arrests
SAIGON (UPI) - The
military commander of Saigon
threatened today to arrest any
resident spreading rumors or
attempting to leave Vietnam
illegally. U.S. officials warned
of possible anti-American out
bursts.
Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Minh,
who has vowed to defend
Saigon and keep the city calm,
banned both evacuation of the
capital and the entrance of war
refugees into Saigon, govern
ment spokesmen said.
“Those who disseminate false
information will be put under
house arrest,” a statement
issued by Minh’s Capital
Military District office said.
The office enforces security in
the Saigon area.
Residents of Saigon have
shown signs of panic for the
past week. Today there were
long lines again in front of all
locally owned banks in the
In for a Cracker Jack surprise
CHICAGO (UPI) - A ship
ping foreman who allegedly
tried to sell $47,000 worth of
stolen Cracker Jacks was in for
a much bigger surprise than
the usual toys found in the
boxes of candy-coated popcorn
and peanuts.
William Parilli, 34, Chicago,
Friday was arrested and
charged with felony theft after
he allegedly sold 1,300 cases —
each containing 144 boxes of
Cracker Jacks —to undercover
agents for $8,900.
temperature of 34 degrees for
about 40 minutes in the station
orchards. He said the tem
perature was 34 degrees for
about an hour and a half the
previous night.
A cold weather warning
during the last two nights had
concerned Georgia peach
growers. A prolonged freeze or
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. capital as depositors withdrew
i all their money.
Airlines reported all flights
■ out of Saigon booked for more
i than a week, with long standby
1 lists for every flight.
U.S. officials meanwhile said
they feared an anti-American
backlash because of President
I Nguyen Van Thieu’s speech to
the nation Friday night.
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Bids rejected
The Georgia Department of
• Transportation has rejected all
bids on resurfacing the Griffin
' to Atlanta road, known as State
1 Route 7, U.S. 41.
The project was to run from
1 State Route Three beginning in
Griffin north through Henry to
’ Clayton County.
Carnes Construction Com
’ pany of Gainesville had been
announced as the low bidder
1 with a quote of $246,507.50.
The Cook County state’s
’ attorneys ce said hot Crack
: er Jacks. ably could be sold
’ to Mafia-operated theaters.
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Authorities said they were
, tipped to the hot Cracker Jack
sales when a security agent for
Cracker Jacks’ parent com
pany, Borden Inc., told them he
had noticed a continuing loss of
the candy at the firm’s Bedford
Park plant.
Investigators finally arranged
to buy some $47,000 in Cracker
GRIFFIN
Embassy says
no sabotage
SAIGON (UPI) - U.S.
officials today said there was
no indication of sabotage in the
crash of a giant cargo plane
that killed more than 150
persons, most of them Viet
namese war orphans bound for
new homes in America.
“I’m trying to knock down
this sabotage story,” a U.S.
Embassy spokesman said. “We
have absolutely no indication of
any sabotage whatsoever.”
A Pentagon spokesman said
every possibility would be
looked into, but added, “At this
time it is inappropriate to
speculate on the cause” of the
crash, which killed at least 178
of the 319 persons aboard.
The plane, a huge Air Force
C 5 Galaxy, plunged into a
ricefield, broke into three
pieces and burst into flames a
mile from the runway Friday
as it tried to make an
emergency landing at Tan Son
Nhut airfield.
South Vietnamese military
sources said three militiamen
on the ground were killed when
the plane plunged into a muddy
ricefield in an area partly
controlled by the Viet Cong.
Officials said the plane was
climbing at an altitude of 23,000
feet 40 miles from Saigon when
two big “clamshell” doors at
the rear of the plane blew off.
The doors were large enough
for three jeeps to drive through
abreast, and when they were
gone the air pressure inside
dropped instantly.
This apparently set up a
powerful suction effect that
swept an emergency side door
back through the plane and out
into the tail, damaging the
hydraulic controls.
The pilot, Capt. Dennis
Traynor, said he could not
control the rudder, elevators, or
flaps on the tail, but was able
to keep limited control and
turned the plane back over the
coastal town of Vung Tau.
At 2,000 feet he discovered it
was going down too fast. He
tried to increase power and
regain altitude but the giant
craft plunged into the swamp
five miles north of downtown
Saigon.
It touched down, bounced
across a stream, hit the ground
again, caught fire, lost its
wings and came to rest in a
rice paddy.
The crash came within
minutes after taking off from
Tan Son Nhut with the first of
2,000 orphans President Ford
had announced would be
brought to the United States as
part of “Operation Babylift.”
Jacks from Parilli, who is
shipping foreman at the Bed
ford Park plant. Police said on
Friday, Parilli loaded the
Cracker Jacks onto a trailer,
accepted the $8,900, and then
ran toward an adjoining marsh
mallow factory when police
revealed their identity.
“We were concerned that he
might try to throw the money
into one of the vats of
marshmallows,” an investiga
tor said.
frost would damage the crops at
this stage, Dr. Savage said.
He said reports from the
South Georgia growers in
dicated conditions were about
the same as they were here.
The cold was surprisingly
uniform throughout the peach
growing sections, Dr. Savage
The Galaxy, known during
testing as the CSA, had
delivered a load of artillery
shells and cannon to Saigon and
would have taken off empty.
Special seats were installed to
accommodate some of the
infants. Others lay on the floor
Miller
may run
for post
Henry Miller, a Griffin ap
pliance dealer, is seriously
considering running for county
commissioner when a special
election is called to fill the
unexpired term of Sandy
Morgan, who resigned.
The Griffin businessman
hasn’t definitely made up his
mind to seek die county com
missioner post. However, he is
giving it serious consideration
and will announce his intentions
once the special election is
called.
Commissioner Morgan an
nounced his resignation last
week. He has notified Gov.
George Busbee but the governor
hasn’t acted on the resignation.
A special election cannot be
called until the governor acts on
it.
Mr. Morgan said his
resignation was for personal
reasons and had nothing
whatsoever to do with the
current controversy between
the city and county com
missioners over the financing of
the Griffin-Spalding Recreation
Department.
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Another cold snap was in the
forecast for tonight. The
National Weather Service said
readings would be in mid 30s
tonight.
Dr. Savage said wind during
the last two nights kept frost
away.
The Flint River Regional with headquarters in Griffin to
converting from a card catalogue system to a book
catalogue system. Library patrons will be able to look up
a book by its title or author in one of the IBM book listings.
Switching to the new system began last summer and the
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There were more than 243
mixed-blood orphans, most of
them fathered by American
Gls, on the flight. Their ages
ranged from eight months to 12
years.
Train due here
Southern Railway will stop its
722 steam engine in Griffin
Monday morning enroute to
Atlanta so Griffin people will
have a chance to ride it.
It is scheduled to stop here at
11:15 a.m.
Some classes at Crescent
elementary school in Griffin
plan to catch the train at
Williamson and ride it to
Griffin.
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
62, low today 34, high yesterday
60, low yesterday 35, high
tomorrow in mid 60s, low
tonight in mid 30s. Sunrise
tomorrow 7:25, sunset
tomorrow 7:56.
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realizes that not everything
should be explained.”
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Beef sale
Mrs. M. R. Ozburn picks up her ground beef order at the East Solomon street shopping
center this morning as the Mld-Georgia Cattlemen’s Association opened a direct sale to
consumers. The cattlemen set a limit of 48 pounds per person. It was held to show the price
plight of beef growers. The cattlemen think they have not been getting a fair shake in the
marketing of their beef.
Explosion damages building;
Ford spoke three blocks away
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - A
powerful bomb explosion ripped
the headquarters of Standard
Oil of California Friday night at
the same time President Ford
was giving a speech three
blocks away.
The explosion caused heavy
damage but no injuries. Police
had evacuated 20 persons in the
building before the blast
occurred.
Ford was addressing a SSO-a
--plate dinner in Hotel St.
Francis three blocks away on
Union Square at the time of the
explosion.
He was not endangered and
there was no indication of a
connection between the explo
sion and the president’s ad
dress.
FBI agents immediately
joined police in an investiga
tion.
Shortly before the explosion,
police received a call from a
woman who warned of the
bomb and claimed responsibili
ty for the Red Guerrilla Army.
The bomb exploded on the top
floor while police officers still
were searching the lower
floors.
The RGA, a new underground
first editions of the book listing have arrived. Pictured in
the Third Street branch working with the new system are
(1-r) Mrs. Ken Ford, Jeanne Johnson, Lillian Taylor,
Anna Hollander and (sitting) Yvonne Brooks.
organization, claimed responsi
bility a week ago Thursday for
an explosion that damaged an
FBI office in nearby Berekeley.
On that same night, the New
World Liberation Front claimed
responsiblity for six explosions
that ruined a Pacific Gas and
Electric Co. substation in San
Jose, 50 miles away, cutting off
electrical service to 35,000
persons.
The NWLF demanded free
electricity for the unemployed
and the RGA said it was taking
its action “to help defend the
people from fascist intimida
tion.”
This year, radical groups
have exploded bombs in the
San Francisco Bay Area at a
rate of more than one a week,
although there has been no loss
of life.
The woman who warned of
the Standard Oil bombing told
officers a note explaining the 1
Red Guerrilla Army’s reasons
would be found in shrubs
surrounding the downtown
Ford wants jobless pay
extended to 65 weeks
building.
But a search failed to turn up
any trace of a communique.
Sgt. David Winn of the police
bomb squad said the explosive
used probably was dynamite.
The bomb had been placed in
a light well between a rest
room and an elevator shaft on
the structure’s top floor.
Police reported heavy struc
tural damage. Walls next to the
blast site were demolished, two
offices were damaged heavily,
plumbing was wrecked and
there was a lot of water
damage.
A first call from the
unidentified woman came at 9
p.m. and warned of a blast in
the Standard Oil building within
half an hour. Officers still were
searching the lower floors when
the bomb went off on the top
story.
A second call at 10 p.m.
warned of another explosion but
police couldn’t find an explosive
that time and there was no
other blast.
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -
President Ford says he will ask
Congress to extend unemploy
ment benefits from 52 weeks to
65.
Ford told the San Francisco
Bay Area Council Friday night
the recession is showing “tenta
tive signs that the worst may
be behind us.”
He said “encouraging indica
tions” include a slowdown in
price increases, lowering of
interest rates, retail sales
holding up as inventories are
reduced, and automakers plan
ning increased production.
But “this does not mean that
all our troubles are over,” the
President said. “A few flowers
do not mean that spring has
really come.”
He said that as soon as
Congress returns Monday from
its Easter holiday he will ask
the lawmakers to:
—Extend by 13 weeks federal
jobless benefits to persons who
have exhausted their eligibility.
He said this will give most
workers covered by unemploy
ment compensation protection
for up to 65 weeks.
—Extend by 39 weeks the
current one-year temporary
compensation for the 12 million
persons not previously protect
ed by the unemployment
insurance program. They in
clude domestic workers, farm
workers, teachers and other
state employes.
Ford said both special pro
grams should continue until the
end of 1976.