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McPherson general
sees strength decline
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) -
A yearly decline in American
military strength is “fright
ening,” according to one armed
forces command veteran.
Gen. Bernard Rogers, of Ft.
McPherson, Ga., told a Veter
ans Day luncheon here Tuesday
that defense spending and
American troop strength are
decreasing each year.
“It’s frightening,” he said.
“Since 1968 we have reduced
the military establishment by
about 25 per cent, and we’re
down to spending 16 per cent
for defense — the lowest since
‘Rights’ march planned
ATLANTA (UPI) - Civil
rights leaders said Tuesday
they plan to stage a 60-mile
march in Mississippi later this
month to protest the murder
conviction of a young black
man.
The Rev. Fred Taylor, a
spokesman for the Southern
Christian Leadership Confer
ence (SCLC), said the Nov. 26
march from Bay St. Louis,
Miss, to Pascagoula, Miss.,
would be staged in support of
Chris Moore, 23, of Pascagula.
Moore was convicted of murder
in connection with the April 29
stabbing death of Pascagoula
school teacher Irene Hoffman,
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“At the same time, the Soviet
Union has increased its
strength 20 per cent and is
outspending us in strategic
defense.”
Rogers recommended that
the country keep “strong
conventional forces” to provide
an incentive for detente and
prevent future wars.
“If you’ve been in one, you
know that after the first day,
its a waste and a folly,” he
said.
The general also reviewed a
Veterans Day parade before
returning to Georgia.
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“We anticipate having at
least 100 people to walk the
whole 60 miles,” Taylor said.
He said the Rev. Ralph David
Abernathy, SCLC president,
would lead the march and
speak at a rally scheduled in
Pascagoula the following day.
Taylor said the SCLC also
was circulating a petition
“calling for a full investigation
of the death of Irene Hoffman.”
He maintained that Moore was
convicted by an “all-white”
jury although “No one was able
to place Moore at the scene of
the crime.”
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Debra Wagers (top) was elected Miss Griffin Christian School in a recent campus event.
Carmel Callaway (center) was first runnerup and Gail Hammond (bottom) was second
runnerup.
Bailing out
Egypt, Israel
(EDITORS NOTE: This LENS
dispatch is reported from Cairo
and Jerusalem.)
By NEA/London Economist News Service
President Anwar Sadat of
Egypt has made a direct
appeal to the Congress for aid
and military equipment. It is
not lost on Israeli officials
that, for all Washington’s
generosity, no Israeli leader
has ever been afforded a
public dias.
Both countries’ economic
hopes are pinned on American
money; unfortunately, since
the only lasting solutions must
be found at home.
Foreign debts are piling up
to unprecedented levels, in
Israel to $7.5 billion, and in
Egypt to around $lO billion in
cluding an estimated $6 billion
military debt. Neither country
wants to demobilize. Yet both
spend upwards of a third of
annual Gross National
Product on defense.
Egyptian and Israeli expec
tations generally exceed what
American aid can deliver.
Economic aid of $l.B billion to
Israel and S6OO million to
Egypt next year will solve
neither country’s fundamental
problems. Egypt, though, can
count on capital from the
Arab oil-producers despite
some criticism of the Sinai
agreement.
Grants, loans or promises
this year amount to some $5
billion, though cash in hand is
probably no more than half
that. Military credits are on
top. Having to feed 37 million
people, Egypt will have to foot
a $1.5 billion trade deficit, a
third of it due to foodstuff im
ports, while it pays off half the
$2 billion in short-term
bankers’ credits which had
piled up, many at exorbitant
interest rates, by mid
summer.
But, for Egypt, solvency
now seems no problem. With
S4OO million next year from
Suez canal tolls, and S3OO
million in net oil exports, ear
nings will show a solid in
crease. So at stake in
Washington is not money, but
a commitment. President
Sadat is counting on this
gesture to prompt American
companies to invest in Egypt
This will admittely take
some time, but a high
powered delegation was in
Cairo three weeks ago to set
up an American-Egyptian
chamber of commerce, an un
thinkable event before this
year. Big American investors,
like European ones, are
waiting for at least a token
devaluation of the Egyptian
pound before committing
themselves. The token could
come in the form of a new ex-
change rate just for investors,
but the government is divided
over this issue.
Israel’s problems are far
more urgent. And even the
generous American commit
ment, economic as well as
military, is no panacea. The
economy has been bedevilled
by crippling strikes, including
one at El Al which halted the
airline's operations for a fort
night. Local authorities have
already overspent their
budgets, as has Shimon Peres,
the minister of defense.
That ministry, spending
nearly 40 per cent of the
national budget in 1975, has
run into a S2OO million deficit.
Told by the treasury that no
money will be forthcoming to
cover the gap, the ministry
has announced cutbacks in
aviation and other military
orders which could add up to
4,000 industrial dismissals,
and possibly 1,000 army
layoffs.
These sackings are
massive, and by hitherto
sacrosanct employers. They
have been made when in
dicators show an economy in a
recesssion which has not yet
hit bottom.
Building is down by 17 per
cent on 1974, tourism by 10 per
cent, investment by 5 per cent
(with virtually none coming
from abroad) and private
spending by 3 per cent despite
a firm treasury pledge to help
hold the line. Car purchases
are down by half,
refrigerators and televisions
by a quarter.
In Jerusalem the govern
ment has already started,
months earlier than usual, to
discuss the budget which will
come into force only next
April. By all accounts, even
American aid cannot prevent
1976 from being Israel’s worst
ever.
And the minister of finance,
Yehoshua Rabinovitch,
forsees catastrophe and not
just hardship if the govern
ment overspends.
Israel needs far more than
just cash to solve its
problems. Even Washington
cannot convince American
companies that Israel is a
good investment today.
Page 7
— Griffin Daily News Wednesday, November 12,1975
Sacred Harpe music featured
The Griffin Music Club met in
the sanctuary of the First
Baptist Church for the Novem
ber meeting. Mrs. Jerry
Savage, president, presided.
The National Federation
Music Club Hymn of the Month,
“God Os Our Fathers” was
played as a trumpet trio by
Bobby Goolsby, Rhett Glover,
Jr. and Steve Wilson, under the
direction of Mrs. Richard
Turner. The group joined them
in singing the last stanza. Mrs.
Webster Chandler accompanied
on the organ.
Mrs. Bruce Morgan introduc
ed the program. The theme was
“Our American Religious
Heritage”. She introduced
Harold Cartee, music director
of the First Baptist Church, who
had brought a group of young
people to do some Sacred Harpe
singing. Mr. Cartee gave the
history of this type of music in
America.
Mr. Cartee directed the group
as they sang three selections,
“Holy Manna”, “Ortonville”
and “Salem”.
The members of the group
were Martha Massey, Joan
Berry, Norma Jones, Edie
Lindsey, Karen Andrews, Susan
Jones, Dena Bates, Betsy
Daniel, Beth Conner, Beverly
Hardcastle, John Joiner, Mitch
Gilmer, Ricky Burnley and
Cameron Fisher. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Fred
Edwards on the piano.
A medley of spirituals was
sung by Mrs. Milton Jellum,
Coast Guard
seizes ship
BOSTON (UPI) - The Coast
Guard said it seized the 290-foot
Polish ship Humbak early
today for allegedly fishing
within the 12-mile limit.
“This case will be turned
over to the U.S. attorney,” a
Coast Guard spokesman said.
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who accompanied herself on the
autoharp. She gave the history
of the spirituals and how they
had affected American music.
She sang “Roll Jordon Roll and
“Let Us Break Bread
Together”.
Mrs. Morgan introduced Mrs.
J. Dennis Obert, who played
several selections on the
accordian. They were “Rock Os
Ages” and “I Asked The Lord”.
“Passacaglia” by Gordon
Young was played on the organ
by Mrs. Webster Chandler. Mrs.
John Mostiler sang a soprano
solo, “My Master Hath A
Garden” by Randall Thompson.
She was accompanied by Mrs.
Doug Scholl on the piano with a
flute obligats played by Miss
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After the program, Mrs.
Savage welcomed the guests,
Dr. Webster Chandler, Dr.
Toffey Smaha, Mrs. John H.
Massey, Mrs. John Votaw and
the associate members, Mrs. O.
N. Mathis, Dr. Bob Flanders
and Harold Cartee.
Mrs. Savage thanked the
members for their help with the
Georgia Fall Board meeting
which was held in Griffin.
Mrs. John Mostiler led the
National Federation of Music
Club Collect.
After the meeting, the
hostesses, Mrs. Phyllis An
derson, Mrs. Marshall Small
wood, Mrs. Jim Goolsby and
Mrs. Carey Jones invited the
group to the dining hall where
refreshments were served.