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Looking over
new home
Postmaster James Chappell, hardhat in hand, checks progress on new post office building
downtown. He said the target date for moving into the building is the first of August but said
have to be delayed because of die late arrival of some air conditioning
eqwty*ient. The delay may be a couple of weeks, Chappell said.
It’s over in Cambodia
By United Press International
Phom Penh surrendered today to the Communist-led
Khmer insurgents, ending five years of war that
devastated Cambodia and took the lives of a quarter
million persons.
Fall of the city closed a painful chapter in American
history.
The victorious rebel forces spumed government offers
Wednesday to negotiate a cease-fire so they could enter
Some commissioners
want new rec board
If a new recreation board is
set up, the county will go along
with the original $352,000
Young Woman
nominations
due April 25
The Jaycettes reminded
Griffinites today that April 25 is
the deadline to make nomina
tions for Young Woman of the
Year.
Civic and religious groups as
well as individuals have been
urged to make nominations.
Nominees should be between
21 and 36. The award will be
based on community service
and accomplishments during
1974.
Forms for making nomina
tions are available at the three
banks and their branches in
Griffin.
They should be sent to the
Griffin-Spalding Jaycettes, 201
Larcom lane, Griffin by April
25.
Mrs. C. E. Williams, Jr., is
chairman.
Doctors patch heart
NEW ORLEANS (UPI) — Doctors said
today they patched a hole in the heart of a
17-year-old girl without using general
anesthesia and without resorting to open
heart surgery. They said it was a historic
medical first.
Ochsner Foundation Hospital said a
surgeon and a heart specialist implanted a
steel and dacron umbrella-like device in
the heart of Suzette Marie Creppel of New
Orleans on April 8. She is in fine condition,
the hospital said.
The hospital said doctors made a small
incision in her right leg and passed a
catheter, or tube, through a large vein
leading to her heart to correct the defect, a
hole in her heart’s wall, she was bom with.
At the end of the catheter was a capsule
containing two small umbrellas an inch
and a half in diameter when opened.
By manipulating the controls of the
device outside her body, the two umbrellas
expanded on either side of the defect
between the upper chambers of her heart,
sealing the hole and making it
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budget, plus an additional
$30,000 allocation for parks
security.
The agreement was reached
this morning during a meeting
of City Commissioner Preston
Bunn and the two county com
missioners, P. W. Hamil and
Reid Childers at the Spalding
County Courthouse.
It will be presented to the
other city commissioners by
Mr. Bunn, hopefully for their
approval, he said.
The session was requested by
Mr. Bunn who said he thought it
was time for bickering to stop
and the matter to be cleared up.
“Until faith and trust are es
established among the city and
county commissioners, we are
not serving our constituents. We
may have all made mistakes,
but I think we’re big enough to
solve this problem. If it takes
change to straighten it out, then
that should be done,” Bunn
said.
The three commissioners
agreed that a new recreation
board is needed which would
have no elected officials as
members. They were careful
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday Afternoon, April 17,1975
Phnom Penh to “as conquerors.” The black-shirted
insurgents were greeted by Cambodians waving flags and
streamers as they moved into the city through a sea of
white surrender flags.
Jubilant Khmer Rouge soldiers fired shots into the air
as they marched through the streets or rode in captured
American Jeeps.
There were fears that the rebel forces would carry out a
bloodbath when they stormed into Phnom Penh after a
not to criticize any of the
present members but agreed a
new board should have more
businessmen and fewer
athletes.
Mr. Childers said he thought
elected officials should be ex
officio members with no voting
power. The board would be
stronger without elected of
ficials, he stated. (He
represents Spalding County on
the board; Mayor Louis Gold
stein represents the city.)
Childers said when he wanted
to examine records on how the
recreation money was being
spent, the figures were not there
to get. He said he found enough
to know there was a lot of ex
travagance in the programs.
Childers said he feels a new
board with more businessmen
who know how to read figures
could save much more than the
proposed $9,500 cut.
“The present board has not
assumed its responsibility. You
need people to figure where
they can get dollar for dollar in
recreation,” he added.
It is a question of attitudes
and priorities, Childers con-
unnecessary for her to undergo open-heart
surgery.
“The procedure could eliminate the need
for open-heart surgery to correct certain
heart defects in children,” the hospital
said.
The 90-minute medical procedure was
carried out by Dr. Terry King, a pediatric
cardiologist, and Dr. Noel Mills, a
cardiovascular surgeon. Although the
entire procedure took 90 minutes, doctors
needed but seven minutes to actually
implant the umbrellas.
The hospital said King and Mills were
developing several of the devices to
correct three separate types of heart
defects.
“The project was conceived in hopes of
finding a safe method for repair of heart
defects such as atrial septal defects
(defective heart walls) using cardiac
catheterization techniques which
potentially would be less costly, shorten
the hospital stay and eliminate the need of
a heart-lung machine,” King said.
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tinued. The recreation depart
ment budget is higher than in
some other departments, he
said. Under the present board,
the attitude is such that they
consider programs before costs.
We are responsible for the
taxpayers’ money. It is in our
jurisdiction. The county has the
prerogative in deciding where
the money is spent, he said.
Under the new bookkeeping
system, the records for this
year will be accurate; from now
on, when future budgets are
submitted there will be support
ing evidence for their requests,
Childers said.
“The idea of a new board run
in a business manner will help
our feelings as elected of
ficials,” he continued.
Bunn also said he was in favor
of some departments’ being
more self supporting. “It is
unfortunate this situation arose
because of poor communica
tions," he said.
Mr. Hamil suggested the
board be increased from its
present seven to nine members,
with four appointees from each
government and one elected
from the board at large. Then
subcommittees could study
separate departments, he said.
All three men praised
Recreation Director Larry
Neill. They said he has done a
good job.
“I think the majority of the
city commissioners will go
along. It’s the only sensible
way,” Bunn said.
The commissioners also
agreed to work toward cutting
the costs of park security.
The proposed costs of each
government paying $1,250 per
month for security was based on
a rate of five dollars per man
ho.ur. Some commissioners
thought that was too high.
Commissioner Bunn ex
plained that city police officers
must be paid time and a half for
overtime under federal regula
tions.
Bunn said too many parents
leave their children at the park
unattended. If the parents
would walk around the park at
night, fewer police officers
would be needed, he said.
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three and a half month siege, but the International
Committee of the Red Cross said in Geneva the
Communist forces were respecting the neutrality of the
Royal Phnom Hotel.
About 2,000 persons, including some Americans, United
Nations and relief officials and other foreigners, were
crowded into the hotel. The Red Cross, which declared the
hotel a neutral zone Wednesday, said many of the persons
at the hotel were wounded or sick.
The Yugoslav news agency Tanjug, in a dispatch from
Peking, said Prince Norodom Sihanouk announced he will
be chief of state in Cambodia but that direct power will be
wielded by Khieu Samphan, commander of the Khmer
Rouge forces. Sihanouk also said Cambodia would join the
nonaligned bloc of nations.
Khieu Samphan, a hardline Communist closely allied to
China—but believed to be first of all a nationalist
entered the capital with his troops and broadcast an
appeal for calm. He urged all government forces to lay
down their arm.
There was no immediate reaction from the U.S. govern
ment to the fall of Phnom Penh but in Saigon there was
dismay among South Vietnamese who saw it as a portent
of the future. Gen. Duong Van (Big) Minh called again for
the resignation of President Nguyen Van Thieu before
Saigon “becomes another Phnom Penh.”
Australia, citing the “realities of the situation,”
promptly reconized the new Khmer Rouge government.
Japan said it would do so shortly. Britain said it would
wait to see what kind of government was formed in
Phnom Penh. China and the Soviet Union merely reported
the “liberation of Phnom Penh.”
Thailand closed its borders to halt the exodus of
Cambodian refugees—but at least 11 Cambodian air force
planes landed today in Thailand with 140 refugees
including a Cambodian general and 29 children. Thailand
said it would recognize the Khmer Rouge government
when there is formal announcement of its formation.
President Ferdinand E. Marcos of the Philippines said
the fall of the American-supported Cambodian
government made it necessary for the Philippines to
review its ties with the United States in view of the
developments in Indochina and hinted he would turn to the
Soviet Union and China.
The first order given by insurgent spokesmen who took
over Radio Phnom Penh was for the surrender of senior
officials. All civil servants and government functionaries
were ordered to return to work as usual Friday morning.
“We enter Phnom Penh as conquerors and we have not
come here to speak about peace with the traitors of the
Phnom Penh clique,” said a radio announcer speaking for
the insurgents.
The announcer ordered generals and high ranking
government officials to report to the downtown
Information Ministry under a white flag of surrender. The
radio said Phnom Penh commander Gen. Chhim Chhuon
and Gen. Lon Non, brother of exiled president Lon Nel,
were the first to surrender.
Rebel broadcasters indicated no other high-ranking
officials of the Phnom Penh government had arrived.
Three hours after the first surrender order, the rebel
calls for the presence of former government leaders
increased in number and grew more insistent.
The formal surrender order was made over Radio
Phnom Penh at 1 p.m. (1 a.m. EDT) by Brig. Gen. Mey
Sichan, chief of operations of the Cambodian armed
forces. He said soldiers and government functionaries
should cease all combat .Insurgent troops with
loudspeakers moved through the street with appeals for
calm.
“I order, after an appeal by the (Buddhist) bonzes,
the three arms of the armed forces of the Khmer Republic
to lay down their arms and invite representatives of the
Khmers of the other side to take power.
“The doors to Phnom Penh and other province capitals
are open to them.
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History
of fall
The collapse of the Cambodian government today
comes just over five years after fighting broke out in the
$s
Asian nation.
The conflict left an estimated 250,000 persons dead and
one of the most beautiful nations in southeast Asia in
ruins. It also virtually destroyed a keystone of American
foreign policy, the so-called Nixon Doctrine.
Fighting erupted following a coup which ousted the
government of Prince Norodom Sihanouk in March, 1970.
That effort was sparked by General Lon Nol, who, some
allege, had American help. But there is no proof of direct
U.S. involvement in Sihanouk’s ouster.
Sihanouk’s departure brought a Pro-American
administration to power in Cambodia. While the new
government publicly espoused neutralism, it supported
only Western policies.
Conflict soon followed. Insurgent forces quickly overran
three northeastern provinces.
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops became
involved in support of Khmer Rouge forces. But by the
time the Paris'peace agreements on Vietnam were signed
in January, 1973, the war involved mostly Cambodians.
By the end of 1973, the rebels held 75 percent of
Cambodia. Last New Year’s Eve, the Krmer Rouge began
their final offensive, a drive capped today with the fall of
Phnom Penh.
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Jury ponders
Connally case
By CLAY F. RICHARDS
WASHINGTON (UPI) - A
federal jury today began
deliberation in the bribery trial
of former Treasury Secretary
John B. Connally.
The jury received the case
after a charge by U.S. District
Judge George L. Hart Jr. that
warned them to consider
carefully the testimony of Jake
Jacobsen, the prosecution’s
chief witness who said he gave
Connally payoffs totalling
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At the same time Hart told
the jurors to give careful
consideration to the evidence
that Connally did not tell the
grand jury about a key meeting
with Jacobsen where the money
was discussed.
Hart reminded the jury that
Jacobsen admitted lying to an
earlier grand jury investigation
and that he was now testifying
against Connally in return for a
reduced sentence in the case.
“The testimony of an inform
er must be examined and
weighed with greater care than
an ordinary witness,” Hart said
referring to Jacobsen.
He said they should consider
“behavior and demeanor of the
witness on the stand to
determine whether he im
presses you as a truth telling
individual and whether he has
any motive against telling the
truth.”
Apparently referring to Con
nally, Hart said, “False or
inconsistent statements by the
defendant are not evidence of
guilt, but can be interpreted by
you, if you so conclude, to be
an indiciation of his conscious
ness of guilt.”
Hart said that Connally can
be found guilty of accepting the
payoff “even if the intent is not
to corrupt because consciously
or unconsciously it brings about
favoritism.”
He added that the law
prohibits any compensation of a
public official beyond his salary
regardless of the purpose.
“To find the defendant guilty
you must find beyond a
reasonable doubt that as a
public official he received the
money for himself,” Hart said.
If convicted, Connally could
face a maximum term of four
years in prison and a fine of
$20,000.
Throughout the trial there
were five men and seven
women on the Connally jury,
but without explanation today
one of the men did not appear
and a woman alternate was
added to the jury.
Weather
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rare
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
75, low today 48, high yesterday
73, low yesterday 39, high
tomorrow in low 80s, low tonight
in mid 50s. Sunrise tomorrow
7:10, sunset tomorrow 8:05.
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“I think folks will be more
committed to a church to which
they give than one to which they
lose at Bingo.”