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New bills ready
Bank teller Pat Gatlin is all set to get the new $2 bills in circulation here
tomorrow. Hie new federal reserve note will have the signatures of William
E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury, and Francine I. Neff, Treasurer of the
United States. The bills will appear tomorrow which is Thomas Jefferson’s
birthday.
Medic shortage
worries lawmaker
ATLANTA (UPI) - Rep. Paul
Rogers, D-Fla., chairman of the
influential House public health and
environmental subcommittee, said
today his subcommittee is concerned
over the lack of enough physicians
entering the primary medical care
system, choosing medical specialties
instead.
He said another major concern was
the geographic maldistribution of
doctors across the country. The Florida
congressman said the distribution has
resulted “in millions of Americans
being without any health personnel
while other areas are overloaded.”
Rogers addressed 1,500 physicians’
assistants attending the fourth annual
Acuff has pains
NASHVILLE, Term. (UPI) - Roy
Acuff, veteran Grand Ole Opry
performer and “King of Country
Music,” was under observation at
Miller Hospital today after complaining
of stomach pains.
Acuff, 72, drove himself to the
hospital early. Sunday after three
performances on the Opry Saturday
night.
Dr. Thomas F. Morgan, the
entertainer’s physician, said ‘Acuff
“probably worked too hard Saturday.
No blocks
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Nuclear
Regulatory Commission believes there
is no major environmental reason to
block construction of the world’s first
floating atomic power plant in the
Atlantic Ocean, off the New Jersey
coast.
An NRC staff’s draft environmental
impact statement, however, will
probably draw heavy criticism. It must
be submitted for comment to federal,
state and local officials and is subject to
revision before a final statement is
issued.
Tornado kills
DACCA, Bangladesh (UPI) - Some
36 persons died and 401 others suffered
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conference on New Health
Practitioners. The conference was
sponsored by the Emory University
School of Medicine’s Physicians’
Associate program.
Rogers praised the doctors’
* associates for their contributions to the
health needs of the nation. “Certainly in
the past 10 years, we have seen the
productivity of our professionals
increase and uncounted Americans
have been given medical care which
otherwise would not have been
available to them, had not the
physicians’ assistant and Medix and
nurse practitioners programs been
developed.”
Rogers said however, that the
physicians’ assistant program has not
won universal acceptance. “But I think
I can say without qualification that the
record which has been built by the
physicians’ assistant in the field is
rapidly overcoming the barriers.”
Rogers said that without federal
assistance, many mediaal schools
would be on the brink of closing and
that nearly half have hied for financial
distress grants. He said tuition for
medical schools “is already
astronomical” and could mean that
only the very wealthy could afford to
became doctors.
injuries by tornado strength winds
which ripped through five villages
Sunday, authorities said.
Most of the houses in the five villages
near Bhederganj in Faridpur district,
100 miles southeast of Dacca, were
razed to the ground by the winds.
Strike in works
WASHINGTON (UPI) - United
Rubbers Workers union officials have
recommended an industry-wide strike
against the “big four" tire companies if
negotiations fail to produce new wage
agreements by April 21.
The recommendation, approved by
the union’s executive board, was
designed to thwart a mutual aid pact
the union says the companies — Goo
drich, Goodyear, Firestone and
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday Afternoon, April 12,1976
iVews summary
By United Press International
Bicentennial special
Wagon train arrives
in Griffin tomorrow
Griffin area residents will have a
rare opportunity tomorrow to watch a
bicentennial wagon train come into
town and to attend a free musical show
at the fairgrounds tomorrow night.
The exhibit will be seen in only 12
Georgia cities. It is one of five wagon
trains which comprise the 1976
Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage
to Pennsylvania. The trains, which are
touring America, will meet for a
reunion at Valley Forge on July 4.
The train will enter Spalding County
at Brooks tomorrow afternoon.
A free bicentennial program begins
at 7:30 p.m., but those interested may
arrive anytime from 4:30 to 6 to watch
unharnessing and the troupe preparing
for the show.
The train will be accompanied into
town by horseback riders who wish to
participate. That phase is being han
dled by the Flint River Saddle Club.
Spectators may view the procession
anywhere along the route of West
Mclntosh road, New Salem road, Ellis
road to Shoal Creek, then right to Ga.
16, to Carver road, Kalamozoo, Everee
Inn road, Airport road and to the
fairgrounds.
A troupe of six young people from the
Southern universities are accom
panying the procession and will per
form a 40-minute musical show
beginning at 7:30 p.m. The show was
produced by the Pennsylvania state
University (Penn State).
It will feature singing, dancing and
guitar and piano playing.
The troup performs against a back
drop of wagons, including the official
wagon from Georgia, an original
Connestoga wagon.
The lively, thought-provoking show
includes such themes as parades,
immigration, old fashioned patriotism
and early history of America.
Local talent also will be on hand and
the entire performance will last some
two hours.
The Spalding County 4-H Club will
provide food services for those who
wish to buy their evening meal.
The Rev. W. A. Perry, pastor of Heck
Chapel United Methodist Church, will
open the program with the invocation.
Cary Jones of the First National Bank
will sing, “God Bless America.”
Local dignitaries will be presented by
Douglas Hollberg, Sr., chairman of the
Griffin-Spalding Community Bicen
tennial planning committee.
Mrs. Jan Fulton of the Flint River
Saddle Club said she went with Mr. and
Mrs. Hollberg to Forest Park to see the
show there last night. They all had
great praise for the performance and
said the talent was professional.
Four groups of local talent also will
perform, she said.
At 8 a.m. Wednesday, the train will
start-out for McDonough for a per
formance there.
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protection against a partial strike.
Brawl erupts
SALISBURY, Rhodesia * (UPI) -
Militant black nationalists broke up a
meeting of moderate rivals in
Salisbury, sparking a rock-throwing
brawl that ended with 38 aiyests, police
said.
Tension between the two African
National Council factions has mounted
since the breakdown last month of talks
between moderate Joshua Nkomo and
Rhodesian Premier lan Smith.
Army headquarters, meanwhile,
reported that a police officer and civil
servant were killed and six soldiers
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Thousands flee toxic gas
DWIGHT, 111. (UPI) - Toxic
bromine gas from exploding capsules
inside a truck today forced the
evacuation of 3,800 residents including
patients from a large nursing home and
retarded children from a state
institution.
Special chemical control teams were
reported en route to the gas spewing
truck about 65 miles southwest of
Chicago’s Loop.
The Livingston County sheriff’s
department said the gas cloud at first
passed over Dwight and moved
southwestward into farm regions.
Shifting winds later pushed it in a
northwesterly direction.
Deputy James Hume said the only
reported injury was the truck driver
who was in a hospital suffering from
toxic fumes. He was not immediately
identified.
Hume said his information was that
the entire town of 3,800 had been
People
...and things
Grownups, children, family cat on top
of seat filling pickup truck on Wesley
Drive.
People, mostly young, joining
churches all around town yesterday,
Palm Sunday.
Couple in swing at City Park kiss,
swing some more, kiss again.
wounded,' two of them seriously, in a
guerrilla ambush Friday. Sunday’s
army communique said 23 Rhodesian
troops and 132 guerrillas have been
killed in border clashes so far this year.
Bank own blood
CHICAGO (UPI) — According to an
article in the current issue of the
Journal of the American Medical
Association, the safest blood
transfusion in elective surgery cab be
achieved by banking your own blood.
Under the procedure, depending upon
the length of time before the elective
operation, the patient makes as many
trips to the blood bank as medically
allowed. Then, during surgery, his own
blood will be available for a
transfusion.
Vol. 104 No. 87
A show troup will accompany the Bicentennial Wagon Train scheduled to arrive in Griffin
tomorrow. It’ll be at the Spalding Fairgrounds over night and present a show. The train
pulls out tomorrow morning.
evacuated. He said there were reports
of “possible looting” and “we’re trying
to get a squad (of law enforcement
officers) into the area.”
Among those evacuated, Hume said,
were 200-300 residents of the Fox
Children’s Center, a state facility for
retarded youths, and the Continental
Nursing Home.
The truck, belonging to Consolidated
Freightways of Menlo Park, Calif., was
northbound on busy Interstate 55 from
St. Louis to Chicago, when bromine
began leaking from exploding capsules
about 2 a.m., state police said. The
truck pulled up two miles north of
Dwight*
Authorities said they were unable to
Forest fire
out of control
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.
(UPI) — A fire which had already
destroyed 25,000 acres shifted
directions during the night, jumped
containment lines and again burned out
of confrol today.
“The fire is burning in heavy
vegetation, in a swampy sort of area,”
John M. Shirer, assistant state forester,
said today. “It broke over our lines and
is now burning out of control.”
The fire moved in a southwesterly
direction towards U.S. 501, the main
Hughes owed
Griffin ite
Billionaire Howard Hughes died last
week owing a Griffinite 25-cents.
Lewis Brewer, Sr., a retired Delta
Airlines pilot, said back in the mid ’3o’s
he landed his plane just ahead of
Hughes who was finishing his round the
world flight at Floyd Bennett field in
New York City.
Brewer said Hughes asked for a ride
to the subway which he was going to
take back to the Waldorf Hotel where he
was staying.
Hughes, who never carried any
money with him, didn’t have a nickle
for subway fare. Brewer didn’t have
one either, but gave him a quarter
instead.
Brewer said that’s the last he saw of
him.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY 78, low
today 51, high yesterday 78, low
yesterday 47, high tomorrow In upper
60s, low tonight near 40.
FORECAST: Fair tonight and
Tuesday. Much cooler tonight. Mild
Tuesday.
determine why the capsules burst.
The gas formed a vapor cloud
estimated to be four miles wide. It
hovered temporarily over the scene of
the accident, then moved toward
Dwight.
The evacuation began shortly after 3
a.m. and was completed by 6 a.m., the
Uvingston County sheriffs office said.
State police said bromine is
extremely irritating to the skin and
eyes and can be fatal in cases of
prolonged contact. It is a nonmetallic
element used mainly in the
manufacture of dyes and
pharmaceuticals.
The truck was carrying about 200
cases of bromine capsules, but the
number which erupted was not known.
road between the Grand Strand area
and Conway. The heavily wooded area
has no houses and most of the land
belongs to International Paper
Company.
There have been no reports of any
injuries in the blaze, which began
Saturday afternoon.
Spotters in airplanes took off at first
light today to assess the situation.
At one time Sunday, that fire was 14
miles long and up to five miles wide in
places.
“Over 1,000 fire fighters were
engaged in this operation at one time,”
a spokesman said. “We used two
planes, all available equipment and
brought in some from Kershaw County
and the Orangeburg district.”
“Cold winter days are what
make warm spring days
beautifid.”