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k ■ * JL. ■-■ » ’W! • -Z W Ijfc > ; «B. A .■< t • 4f * < ■ •% ? /C H w * "*• * \ jrw ?W s ; i ■ jJMW I ■■ ■ W / w fe ><«t ;< ,»WI O ■W ®' / / * a- If i **’ >f -W®K. ft l i *■ * ■* ■* j W 2' F ’k.lfeit# wirl ®H-4;fe: • Injured Pan American pilot Capt. Victor Grubbs rests his badly burned arm on his knee at a hospital in Ft. Dix, N.J. His wife Mae is at his side. Capt. Grubbs was to be released from the hospital this morning where he has been Griffin students get close-up look at D.C. Eighteen Griffin High students attending the Close-Up program in Washington, D. C. this week “are doing Griffin proud,” according to their teacher, William Bennett. The group had breakfast with Congressman Jack Flynt this morning and visited his office where he was trying to arrange a White House tour for them. The Cbse-Up program involves high school students from throughout the nation. They spend a week in Washington learning first hand the inside workings of the executive, judicial and legislative branches of the Fish bai t miller He was their father confessor ATLANTA (AP) - William M. “Fishbait” Miller collected a lot of seamy stories as a “father confessor” to low-level government employes in Washington. When he was ousted from his $40,000- a-year job as doorkeeper of the House of Representatives in 1974, he wrote a book about congressional indiscretions, based mostly on back-corridor tales. But, said Miller, who now lives in Atlanta, “this kind of thing was com mon knowledge. It is hearsay, but I stand by it.” For 24 years, the Mississipian was a Capitol Hill fixture as he announced presidents, statesmen and celebrities to the House with the familiar “Mistah Speakah.” Army says recruit quality is down WASHINGTON (AP) - The quality of recruits entering the Army during the past three months fell to the lowest level in at least a year, and if the trend continues it could lead to recruitment of more women. A high school diploma is a main standard of quality for the armed services. But figures obtained from Pentagon manpower officials show that only 47 per cent of the Army’s recruits in January through March were high school graduates. This is about 9 per cent below the Army’s minimum objective and well under levels reported by the Marines, GRIFFIN DAI Daily Since 1872 federal government. So far, the Griffin group has talked with Senators Herman Talmadge and Sam Nunn. They’ve visited the Pentagon, Howard University, Georgetown University and Capitol Hill and have participated in numerous seminars and briefing sessions on such matters as foreign policy. Bennett said he has received many favorable comments about the Griffin students. “Their comments are well prepared. They are outgoing and interested and ask hard-hitting questions, showing a great interest and knowledge of the Miller said many of the tales in the book came from elevator operators, policemen and congressional aides who saw noted politicans in suspicious circumstances. “They’d be pretty tongue-tied at times and want to get it off their chests,” he said. “I was their father confessor.” Miller said 10,000 copies of his gossipy memoir, “Fishbait,” have been published for the first run and his publisher expects to print 25,000 more on the basis of early sales. He spent 19 months writing the book in collaboration with Washington author Frances Spatz Leighton. The book includes tales of men like the late Sen. Estes Kefauver of Ten nessee, who Miller said was “the worst Navy and Air Force. The continued downward trend in the Army’s recruit quality seems likely to fuel a debate over continuation of the all-volunteer concept. Some Congress members, including Sen. John Stennis, DMiss., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, contend the draft should be restored. Defense Secretary Harold Brown disagrees. Army officials, who blame re cruitment problems partly on congressional cutbacks in funds, could turn to the acceptance of more women as away of bolstering quality. Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday Afternoon, April 28, 1977 recovering from Injuries. He was the pilot of one of the super jets which collided a month ago in the Canary Islands. His mother is Mrs. A.H. Huckaby, 228 East Poplar street, Griffin. (AP) governmental processes,” he said. Close-Up is the only federally funded program of its kind. Congress appropriates money for fellowships for students unable to pay the S4OO costs. One fellowship is given each school. Those attending from Griffin High include Carla Larson, Janet Drake, Virginia Langford, Nathan Langford, Larry Evans, Melanie Evans, Chris Fletcher, Kathy Baker, Valinda Barrett, Jennifer Brockenbrough, Robert Hill, Rick Reynolds, Lee Thomas, Lona Triplett, Steve Wallace, Anne Weldon, Lisa Ward and Mary Lisa Montgomery. womanizer of the Senate, if not the Hill.” Miller also writes of congressional tipplers. “There used to be a liquor store on Independence Avenue; you could look out and see certain congressmen headed right for it when it opened in the morning,” he said. Despite his stories of congressional indiscretions, Miller said he believes no more than 5 per cent of the members of Congress are problem drinkers, and only 10 per cent are philanderers. He said he believes today’s congressmen are more conscientious, work longer and harder, and are better prepared for their jobs than their predecessors. Sources said about 90 per cent of the women recruited into the Army have high school diplomas, which the Army has said “is the best measure of quality as it relates to motivation, discipline and probability to complete the full term of enlistment.” The Army now limits its uniformed women to about 50,000 out of a total force of about 775,000. Some officials argue that women have shown they can perform well in a wide variety of military jobs and that the doors should be opened wider to them. But certain Army traditionalists oppose increasing the number of Capt. Grubbs He won’t quit FORT DIX, N.J. (AP) — For Pan American pilot Victor Grubbs, it’s time to go home after a month of therapy for burns suffered in the worst disaster in aviation history. Behind him is the March 27th collision of his Boeing 747 with a KLM 747 on a runway at Tenerife in the Canary Islands in which 580 persons died. He was one of 66 survivors. Ahead of him is his scheduled release today from Walson Army Hospital here, a trip to his home in Centerport, N.Y., with his wife, Mae, and time to think about the 32-year flying career that he hopes to resume by this summer. During a bedside interview, the 56- year-old Grubbs said he is grateful that he has not been plagued by nightmares of the crash. But he said he has not yet been able to read news accounts of the disaster. , “When I started to read a magazine < ■ r La. Ift f fl * tfl kMI/G People ••• and things Utilities on West Poplar street being repaired: telephones on one side and gas on the other. Police car sitting quietly at 6 a.m. today at Hill and Taylor streets. Two 10-speeders parked in entrance to Griffin High baseball field, riders having stopped to see an inning and get the score. women in the service because they are barred from combat duty. Military manpower experts have long forecast that an improving economy would make it more difficult for all the services to attract volunteers, par ticularly young men with the potential to fill skilled civilian jobs. Army officers claim the winter months traditionally are poor for recruiting. But they cannot explain why the Army did so poorly compared with the other services in terms of quality volunteers in the January-March quarter. Vol. 105 No. 100 Boxed in story about it, a doctor here came in and caught me weeping,” Grubbs said. “He said not to worry, but I put it away. “I’ll save all the stories and read them someday, but I’m not going to do it now,” he said. Grubbs, a native of Griffin, Ga., received extensive treatment for second-and third-degree bums on his arms, legs and back. “I’ve had time to think of so many ways where a few seconds could have avoided the whole thing, but I have to believe that fate made it inevitable,” said Grubbs. In Westminster, Calif., funeral services were conducted Wednesday for 114 victims of the crash who were burned beyond recognition. Grubbs said his mind often wanders back to the victims on his plane, who were mostly retirees from California en route to a “Golden Odyssey” vacation | cruise. SAN ANTONIO, Fla. — “Bounce” of the Locomotion Circus finds himself all boxed in during a Spring Festival at St. Leo College in San Antonio, Fla. The circus specializes in juggling and gymnastic acts. (AP) LaGrange to battle high blood pressure ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials in LaGrange, Ga., have begun a drive to help the 40,000 residents of Troup County find out if they are suffering from high blood pressure. Dr. William McClellan, an internist who is leading the town’s battle against hypertension, said he became con cerned about the high rate of heart dis ease and stroke in the western Georgia county. “Hypertension (extremely high blood pressure) probably is the No. 1 problem in the United States,” McClellan said Wednesday. He said studies in Georgia and two other states showed approximately 50 per cent of those with the disease don’t know they have it, “and 25 per cent of those who know they have it are not under treatment.” McClellan, 30, a native of Bir mingham, Ala., said hypertension “is a prelude to heart attack and stroke; it is the leading risk factor in these dis eases.” McClellan said the LaGrange clinic currently is treating more than 100 indigent patients with hypertension. He said nurses, social workers, physicians and pharmacists staff the free clinic voluntarily, “and we have not spent a dime so far.” McClellan said 2,700 persons already have received preliminary tests, and during May the volunteer program Weather FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA - Fair and cold tonight with low near 50. Partly cloudy Friday with high in upper 70s. LOCAL WEATHER - Low this morning at Spalding Forestry Center 43, high Wednesday 74. “It was one of the happies groups I’ve ever had on a flight,” he said. Grubbs repeated that he knew he was blameless for the collision. He predicted the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation will exon erate him. “I think they’ll learn from the tapes that it was just a horrible mistake and that the KLM pilot took off without clearance,” he said. “That seems to be the consensus.” Grubbs has received more than 700 get well letters from around the world. “One little girl wrote that she didn’t want to catch me in a plane again,” he said. “But the main message in all the cards is, ‘Don’t quit.’” Grubbs said he made up his mind not to quit moments after the crash as his jet was exploding into rubble. “Even though I was sick at seeing the plane I knew I couldn’t quit because it wasn’t my fault,” he said. hopes to test another 3,000 persons. Troup County’s rate of heart disease is about 88 per 100,000 persons and the attack rate of stroke is about 129 per 100,000, compared to the national aver age of about 100 per 100,000 for heart disease and about 50 per 100,000 for stroke, he said. “We hope through our testing and treatment program to get our stroke average below the national average,” McClellan said. The Country Parson by Frank Clark 't ' iff? it-*—,,-, ,7 •C. — “An amusing accident is one somebody else had.”
