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— Griffin Daily News Thursday, November 13,1975
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State developing
tests for teachers
ATLANTA (UPI) - The
Georgia Board of Education is
expected today to formally
authorize a $292,500 contract to
develop a series of tests to
measure teaching ability in new
teachers.
The board, acting as a
committee of a whole, Wednes
day tentatively approved the
two-year contract with National
Evaulation Systems, Inc.
NES will develop the tests
that would determine “exactly
what you need to be able to
teach a certain subject,” said
state Associate Supt. Titus
Singletary.
“We’re moving carefully to
ward the importance of quality
performance in the Dublic
schools,” Singletary said.
“Teachers have got to be able
to demonstrate they can per
form.”
Currently, most tests given to
teachers seeking certification
are achievement-type exams
which measure knowledge
gained in college. Singletary
said the new tests would
determine the ability of teach
ers to impart their knowledge
to students.
In other action, the board
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heard a proposal by Singletary
on the social promotion of
failing students. In the proposal
Singletary said research had
revealed “non-promotion does
not yield more achievement”
by students.
Girl Scouts’
rededication
is Sunday
The seventh annual
rededication ceremony of Girl
Scouts in the Griffin area will be
held Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.
at the First United Methodist
Church. The ceremony is
presented for all Girl Scouts,
including Brownies, Juniors,
Cadettes and Seniors, their
leaders and other persons in
terested in Girl Scouting by
Senior Girl Scout Troop 102.
Rosemary Watts will preside
over the candelight ceremony.
Janet Drake and Debbie Grant
are in charge of the flag
ceremony. Other Senior Scouts
assisting with the service are
Lona Triplett, Lynn Oliver,
Carole Hart, Sharon Fullilove,
Kathy Head, Nancy Butler and
Faith Chambers.
Brownies, Juniors and
Cadettes selected from the
Griffin troops will participate
on the program also. Mrs.
Emily Harris will be pianist and
the Rev. Lamar Cherry will
give the invocation and
benediction.
A contribution for the Juliette
low World Friendship fund will
be made at the conclusion of the
program.
All Girl Scouts are asked to
assemble outside of the church
at 2:45 p.m.
Among other things, Single
tary recommended to the board
that the state move toward the
establishment of kindergartens
for all 5-year-olds. Currently,
only handicapped five-year-olds
are served.
Welfare
ranks
thinning
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
Slightly thinning welfare ranks
helped bring down federal-state
welfare spending to $1.89 billion
for the month of July.
The Department of Health,
Education and Welfare said the
July total was S4O million below
the June level.
The HEW statistics for July
showed a decline of 0.1 per cent
in the number of families on
the rolls for aid to families with
dependent children. The total
was 3,474,838 families, a decline
of 2,813 from the previous
month.
The July totals, however,
were 8.9 per cent above levels
of July, 1974.
Biggest Fir
COOS BAY, Ore. (UPI) -
Finnegan’s Tree, the nation’s
largest known Douglas Fir, is a
victim of nature’s fury.
The 302-foot tall tree was
toppled by 100 mile-per-hour
ocean winds in southwest
Oregon, the Bureau of Land
Management reported Wednes
day.
The tree, located near Sitkum
in eastern Coos County, was 41
feet in circumference and more
than 800 years old. It was
discovered by Lance Finnegan,
who works for the Bureau of
Land Management.
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Wallace announces
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Gov. George Wallace winks as he tells newsmen his formal
announcement for the Presidency will begin in a few minutes. Wallace insisted that he is in
excellent health as he announced his fourth bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination.
(UPI)
Kidnapers
release boy
DETROIT (UPI) - Kidnap
ers of the son of a General
Motors Corp. executive
released the 13-year-old boy at
a hospital Wednesday night, the
FBI said today.
A ransom of $150,000 was
paid for the return of the boy,
who was abducted Monday in
his suburban hometown, the
FBI said.
The youth, Timothy Stempel,
the son of Robert C. Stempel,
the director of engineering at
Chevrolet, called his father
from Wayne County General
Hospital, where he was taken
by his abductors, police said.
Lt. Donald Zimmerman of the
Bloomfield Township Police
Department said FBI agents
and state police rushed to the
hospital in the suburb of Wayne
shortly after the youth’s tele
phone call at 11:35 p.m. and
found Timothy uninjured.
Police said they had no idea
where the boy was kept during
the two days he was held by
the unknown abductors. Police
had no suspects.
“Timothy sounded fatigued
but he was alert,” Zimmerman
said. The boy was given a
medical examination and was
“in the process of being united
with his family.
The case of the kidnaping of
the Stempel boy was known to
the news media but the media
agreed, at the request of the
authorities, to withhold the
story to protect the boy’s life.
Stempel, who was appointed
director of engineering at
Chevrolet last month, said his
son, a student at Bloomfield
Township Junior High School,
went out to play Monday
afternoon and failed to come
home.
The family, Stempel said,
received a telephone call
Monday night demanding a
ransom of $150,000, but was
warned by the caller “don’t call
the police or the press.”
The news blackout was not
broken until authorities an
nounced the youth was safe.
A second ransom demand
was made by telephone Tues
day morning and Stempel was
asked, “Do you have the
money?”
Stempel answered he wanted
some assurance his son was
unharmed. He told police the
kidnaper told him, ‘You’ll have
to trust me.’
House votes
to cap
spending
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
House has voted to slap a $373.8
billion cap on spending for the
fiscal year now underway.
That amount of spending will
not be covered by revenues
expected and will result in a
deficit of $73 billion. The House
budget resolution was approved
225-191 Wednesday.
For the fiscal year, which
began July 1, President Ford
proposed a $349.3 billion budget
but has added on supplemental
requests totaling $9.8 billion.
When added up, the President’s
budget would be $14.6 billion
lower than the House total
spending.
Democrats have argued that
Ford’s plan is not enough to
spur recovery froma recession.
While the Congress is just now
getting around to a budget
target for the current fiscal
year under the new congres
sional budgeting system, Ford
has insisted Congress should
adopt a pledge to limit 1977
spending to $395 billion.
The father then told the
kidnaper banks were closed
Tuesday— Veteran’s Day —
and Stempel said the abductor
told him that was his problem.
Before hanging up, Stempel
said the abductor told him he’d
get back to him.
On Wednesday, police said
Stempel went to a ‘drop site’
with $150,000 in cash, but the
abductor never appeared after
he waited three hours.
A second drop was arranged
and made at 8:25 p.m.
Wednesday, police said. When
authorities arrived at the
location somewhere in Wayne
County an hour later, the
money was gone.
Stempel returned home,
where he received the tele
phone call from his son.
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| Deaths |
| Funerals |
Mrs. Blanchard
Mrs. Cleola Brown Blanchard
of Route one, Molena, died
Wednesday morning in the
Garden Terrace Nursing Home
in Douglasville.
Mrs. Blachard was bom in
Pike County, daughter of the
late Allen Brown and the late
Lizzie Creamer Brown. She was
a lifelong resident of Pike
County and a member of the
Beulah Baptist Church.
She is survived by three
brothers, Vernon Brown of
Lifsey Springs, Henry Brown of
Manchester and Jeffery Brown
of Athens; several nieces and
nephews.
The funeral will be conducted
Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock in
the Beulah Baptist Church in
Pike County. The Rev. Clarence
Denny will officiate and burial
will be in the church cemetery.
The body will remain at
McDonald Chapel until carried
to the church 30 minutes prior to
the funeral hour.
Mr. Jackson
Mr. George Jackson, 66, of
Atlanta, formerly of Pike
County, died Wednesday af
ternoon at Grady Memorial
Hospital in Atlanta where he
had been a patient for several
days.
Survivors include a niece,
Mrs. Alice McMichael of
Griffin.
Funeral plans and other
survivors will be announced by
Union Society Funeral Home of
Concord.
Mr. Jester
Mr. Homer Jester, 57, of 781
North Hill street, died at the
Griffin-Spalding Hospital
Wednesday afternoon.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Emma Lou Jester; and a
sister-in-law, Mrs. Daisy
Henley, both of Griffin.
Funeral plans will be an
nounced by McDowell United
Funeral Home.
Leadership
sessions
planned
Rita Thurston of Griffin will
conduct two sessions on
developing leadership and self
confidence in women. The
sessions will be one of several
projects which are part of her
training in Women’s Leadership
Institute at Georgia State
University in Atlanta.
The sessions will be Nov. 24
and Dec. 1, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at
Griffin Tech.
Persons interested in them
may get details from Mrs.
Thurston who lives on Route
One, Box 416, Griffin.
She is one of 25 people in
Central Georgia in the Title One
Continuing Education Grant
program.
The sessions will be entitled
“It Should Have Happened
Yesterday.” They will be
centered on assertive training,
communication, leadership,
conducting meetings,
parliamentary procedures, goal
setting and developing
organizational skills.
The sessions are aimed at
women but men will be
welcomed, Mrs. Thurston said.
One injured
Noah Lyn Walker, 19, of 226
Morris street, was injured in a
four-car collision yesterday
afternoon on East Broadway
near North Third street.
Police said the rearend pileup
involved vehicles driven by
Walker; Mary Jeanette Smith
of 1200 Dewey street; Randy
Lewis Sider, 22, of 117 North
Second avenue; and Linda Jean
Ellerbee, 25, of Locust Grove.
Walker suffered lacerations
to the knee, police said.
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