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Something new for you...
There is something new on the comics page today. We have added Channel 8 to the
television schedule and placed Dr. Lamb’s column and the Polly’s Pointers column on the
page so they will be available every day in the same place for the convenience of readers.
We have moved the “Carnival” cartoon panel to the editorial page. All the other popular
, Griffin Daily News comics are still on their page along with the new lineup.
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Storm left this
Cleanup operations continued early this morning downtown after a rain storm last night
knocked down a tree at Taylor and Hill streets and damaged some telephone and power
lines. Policemen had the block sealed off late last night after the tree fell. The traffic light at
Hill and Taylor was not operating early today but the tree had been cut and moved so traffic
could get through the area.
Shuttle train hits
split rail near mall
ATLANTA (UPI) - A Louis
ville & Nashville Railroad
freighter shuttling truck trail
ers to Chattanooga hit a
damaged rail behind a subur
ban shopping center early
today, spilling its cargo as two
engines burst briefly into
flame.
Cobb County police Sgt. T. J.
Gilbert said two unidentified
crew members riding in the
caboose suffered minor injuries
in the 1:30 a.m. wreck. He said
the accident occurred when the
Train hits car at Orchard Hill
Roger Vans Randels, 23, of
127 Fourth avenue, escaped
serious injury last night when
his car was hit bv a train south
of Orchard Hill in Lamar
County. The accident happened
about 8 p.m. during a heavy
rain.
Randels, who suffered a
bump on the head, said he had
slowed down to about five miles
per hour to cross the railroad
tracks at Liberty Hill and
Morgan roads. He said the rain
was pounding on his car win
dows so hard that he could
neither see nor hear the on
coming train.
He said as he was looking to
the left, the train hit the front
Good news downtown:
Free parking to continue
The downtown merchants and
professional people’s free park
ing program will continue for at
least another year.
They have contributed $7,000
to pay the City of Griffin for
about 400 spaces in the lot
southwest of the intersection of
Solomon and Eighth streets and
in the one northwest of the in
tersection of Solomon and
train hit a split rail behind the
Cumberland Mall shopping
complex.
Gilbert said all 21 flat cars,
the caboose and two of the
train’s five deisel engines
jumped the tracks, knocking
down power lines in the area.
Fuel tanks of the two engines
collided and exploded, causing
a small fire that was extin
guished without damage to the
shopping center.
The officer said damage was
confined to the train equipment,
end of his car. The vehicle was
dragged some 25 feet when its
rear end hit something and
threw it into a ditch with high
weeds, he continued.
The only part of the car which
was not smashed, he said, were
the roof and door on the
passenger side.
A Griffin hospital ambulance
was called by the train’s
engineer who brought his train
to a stop about a mile down the
tracks, Randels said.
Randels said he did not go to
the hospital in the ambulance,
but later decided to go to have
his head checked. He had hit his
forehead on the rearview
mirror.
Slaton.
The list of contributors in
cludes 65 business firms and
professional people in the down
town area.
Doug Hollberg, Jr., vice
chairman, and David Bolton,
chairman, of the Merchants
Steering Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce have
been in charge of raising the
except for a few power lines
knocked down. He said there
was no power blackout caused
by the derailment.
At the L&N line’s “pig
gyback” shipping office, a
dispatcher said all but one of
the truck trailers aboard the
train were being shipped empty
to Chattanooga. He said one
trailer was filled with water
melon.
The rail is expected to
remain closed today for clear
ing of debris and repair of the
split track.
He said he purchased the 1972
model car on July 5 and had had
insurance on it less than a week.
Suits in accidents
settled out of court
The special civil session of
Spalding Superior Court ended
about an hour after it began this
morning when one of the three
cases scheduled was settled out
of court and the other two were
dismissed.
Attorneys for former police
man Ben Giles said his damage
money. They will present a
check for the full $7,000 to the
City Commission when it meets
tomorrow morning at City Hall.
The program began in June of
1974 after a test program in
March and April of that year.
Thus the presentation of the
check tomorrow will assure
continuance of the program
until June 10 of 1976.
GRIFFIN
DAI LY NEWS
Vol. 103 No. 165
Police letter was only
rough draft of thoughts
A few members of the Griffin
Police Department roughed out
a draft of a statement on what
they thought could be done to
help with the problem of
burglaries downtown.
They had planned to take
their thoughts to Public Safety
Director Leonard Pitts and
discuss them with him.
But somehow the penciled
rough draft of the statement
Space union
countdown
under way
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) — Countdowns on two
continents apart ran smoothly today toward a Tuesday
launch of Russia’s Soyuz spaceship and the blastoff of
America’s Apollo in pursuit 7% hours later for a union of
detente in orbit.
Astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand and Donald
K. “Deke” Slayton were ready. The Soviet news agency
Tass reported cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri
Kubasov were set at the Baikonur Cosmodrome 8,670
miles from here.
The Russians open the doubleheader with an 8:20 a.m.
EDT blastoff from their desert base east of the Aral Sea.
The America pilots, and millions of other persons around
the world, will watch the launch on television.
The U.S. launch is set for 3:50 p.m. EDT Tuesday.
“We will see you in a couple of days,” Stafford said in a
telephone call to Leonov while both crews relaxed Sunday.
The threat of thunderstorms remained the one big
worry for project officials although meteorologist Jess
Gulick said the trend is for more favorable conditions.
There has been lightning and rain in the Cape area for the
past eight days and forecasters said more was likely
sometime Tuesday.
Lightning or even electrified clouds overhead could
delay the shot a day. Scientists were prepared to drop
metallic fibers into cumulus clouds in an attempt to short
circuit potential thunderheads. Four aircraft will be
constantly measuring the electric potential of clouds
24,000 to 41,000 feet overhead.
The weather forecast at Baikonur was good. Meteorolo
gists expected a high of 91 degrees Fahrenheit and north
erly winds of 16 to 22 miles per hour.
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The accident was in
vestigated by the Forsyth Post
of the Georgia State Patrol.
suit against Southern Bell
Telephone & Telegraph Co. was
settled for $122,000. Giles had
sought $500,000.
A $5,000 settlement was made
to Tyrone Tyson, also a former
Griffin policeman, who was
suing for $20,000.
Attorneys’ fees will be
deducted from the amounts.
They were represented by the
firm of Beck, Goddard, Owen &
Murray.
Both men were injured when
the motorcycle they were riding
collided with a Southern Bell
truck on Ga. 3 at Manley road
on May 13, 1974.
Giles, who suffered more
serious injuries is on disability
retirement from the Griffin
Police Department.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
85, low today 64, high yesterday
85, low yesterday 67, high
tomorrow in mid 80s, low
tonight in mid 60s.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday Afternoon, July 14,1975
was refined, typed and one of
the local radio stations broad
cast it as a letter to the citizens
of Griffin from the Police
Department.
Contacted this morning about
the letter, Chief Pitts told the
Griffin Daily News he knew
nothing of it.
One of the policemen who
helped with the rough draft of
the statement said it was a
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M. E. McCullough of the Georgia Experiment Station in will join University of Georgia station leaders in a
Griffin looks over the original entrance marker as the program Wednesday afternoon at the Stuckey building.
station planned an open house Wednesday. It will join in Public tours will follow to show some of the research being
the observance of the national centennial of agricultural done at the station.
research stations. Local governments and civic officials
private communication and
never should have been
distributed.
The statement said that
Griffin Policemen were glad to
see merchants of Griffin finally
had become concerned about
the rise of crime here.
The statement reminded
people the Police Department is
only as good as the citizens who
back it and cooperate with
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Apollo commander Ibomas P. Stafford has his duffle bag slung over his shoulder as he is
briefed before his jet flight. Stafford called cosmonauts Alexi A. Lenov and Valeri N
Kubasov at the Soviet’s launch site 8,670 miles away and said, “We will see you in a counle
of days.” If all goes well, that will be Thursday when the Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft dock
uose-to-nose. (UPI)
$3,000
raised
for club
Some $3,000 was contributed
yesterday to help keep the
Golden Age Club program going
here.
j Backers of the Care-A-Thon
held at the National Guard
Armory had sought $6,000 as the
local share for the program.
The fund-raising project
featured several programs
" centered at the armory.
Station all set
policemen.
The statement advised
merchants about some ways
stores could be made secure
against burglaries.
It said the policemen needed
the personal and monetary
support from merchants, not
constant criticism.
The statement was not signed
by anyone but had typed at the
Mayor declined
FORT SMITH, Ark. (UPI) — The mayor of Mansfield
was invited by the mayor of Fort Smith to attend a
“Prayer Breakfast for Men.” She declined.
Mayor Jean Deloise Allen of Mansfield said Sunday she
agreed men needed to pray, but added, ‘ ‘Women also need
to eat breakfast.”
Mayor Jack Freeze of Fort Smith said his annual break
fasts have traditionally been all male because they are
sponsored by the Christian Business Men’s Committee.
However, Freeze said, “If any women show up, they
won’t be turned away.”
Freeze said one or two women attended the breakfasts
in the past and were fed.
The theme of this year’s breakfast Friday is “Pray for
Those in Authority.” Insurance executive Ted DeMoss of
Chattanooga, Tenn., will be guest speaker.
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end, “The members of the
Griffin Police Department.”
Roy Carden who operates a
furniture business downtown
has been leading a push for
beefed up patrol in that area.
He submitted petitions during
a city commission meeting
from some merchants who
contend more night patroling
downtown is needed.