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Griffin Daily News Friday, June 17,1977 Page 6 3-star general called on carpet WASHINGTON (AP) - Pen tagon officials refuse to say what consequences are in store for an American three-star gen eral being called on the carpet for his unauthorized warning that the United States might wind up in the middle of a So viet-Chinese war. LX. Gen. Donn Starry is the second Army general to face discipline for controversial pub lic statements within a month. Starry, a 52-year-old West Point graduate nominated for a fourth star, was to meet in pri vate at the Pentagon today with Army Secretary Clifford Alexander and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Bernard Rogers. The general, who voiced his Employment situations changing for better NEW YORK (AP) - Some nongovernmental job surveys made in recent weeks suggest that the employment situation is undergoing a decided im provement that might stretch well into 1978. Information in the surveys tends to support those analysts who feel the jobless rate, now 6.9 per cent, could fall toward 6.5 per cent by the end of the year, instead of inching back over 7 as some fear. The Help-Wanted Index, a monthly measurement of want ads in 51 key newspapers, con tinues to move steadily higher after having plunged during the recession, reaching a low of just 74 in March 1975. The index standard is 100 for 1967, the alltime high was in 1973. The April reading of 109 represents a tremendous im provement and also suggests considerable improvement to come. Kenneth Goldstein, in charge of the survey for the Conference Board, a nonprofit research Dr. Graham says Christians are in big spiritual war KANSAS CITY (AP) - Chris tians of almost every gener ation have had to suffer for their faith and this generation is no exception, evangelist Billy Graham told the closing session of the Southern Baptist Con vention. “God has not called us to a sports arena or a playgound — but to a battleground,” he told the audience Thursday night. “We’re in a war —a great, gi gantic spiritual war. The devil is after their souls and so are we.” Interrupted frequently by ap plause and shouts of “amen,” Graham challenged a capacity audience of 20,000 to stand up for their faith in the face of mental, possibly even physical persecution. “I predict that in the next few years, if not the next few months, there is going to be a Many Style* of Wedding Invitation* Hensley’s Card and Gift Shop 121 West Solomon St. Phone 228-1295 PLAY GYMS nR \/Tn jg ii ilk ? j alm /' i flu / 1 ZTlrt JO, A// r-I ' a/ it \\ ASSEMBLED [j AND DELIVERED Prices Start At Jim Pridgen Hardware 110 South sth Street * Griffin, Ga. Gen. Starry warning in a speech to a class of organization, considers it an accurate barometer of things to come. It is used by the Commerce Department as an official figure. Another survey, a quarterly study of 5,000 businessmen by Manpower, Inc. and the Univer sity of Michigan Survey Re search Center, is expected to confirm the brightening picture when released June 28. Job forecasts by the Manpow er-Michigan group for the first two quarters were highly opti mistic and, said survey spon sors, “were very accurate pre dictors of what has actually happened.” Based on answers from 700 employers, the College Place ment Council expects job hunt ing for college graduates to continue to be easier in 1978. The current year represented a decided improvement over 1976. Employers hired 18 per cent more grads than a year ago, and more than half the re spondents said they expected to employ about the same number Satanic backlash against the evangelical resurgence the likes of which we have not seen in many generations,” Graham said. “But the gates of Hell shall not prevail.” He cited global changes, the balance of economic power that has shifted in three years to un der-populated countries in the mid-East which will, by next year, command more economic power than the West and Com munist blocs combined. He said that at the start of 1977 there were only 19 coun tries enjoying the freedom of democracy. And he urged delegates to "Miss Lillian’s fire" PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — A grass fire was extinguished in the back yard of Lillian Carter’s home after it destroyed about 1,000 feet of grass, a pine tree and scorched a stack of firewood, a fire official said Thursday. Ishmael Morris, chief of the Plains volunteer fire department, said the President’s mother was burning trash in a container when the grass caught fire Wed nesday afternoon. The blaze was extinguished within 30 minutes, but at one point the fire got within five feet of her house, Morris said. American high school gradu ates in Germany, had not com plied with the required policy of submitting remarks to the Pentagon in advance for re view. “It should have been (cleared),” Pentagon spokes man Thomas Ross said Thurs day. By mid-afternoon, the Penta gon had sent a message world wide to all commands remind ing members of the military of defense policy that they not speak out of line or contradict administration policy. Starry seemed in good spirits Thursday as he prepared to leave Germany after 16 months as commander of the Army’s sth Corps. He smiled and shook in the 1977-78 school year. The Council, a nonprofit or ganization of career counselors and placement officers at col leges and personnel officers of corporations, found that only 7 per cent anticipate a drop in job offers and that 6 per cent are uncertain. Those with technical training, especially engineering, will continue to be the most sought after, the council believes, along with graduates in com puter science, geology, geophy sics, metallurgy and business. The Endicott Report also found summer job prospects strong, with 32 per cent of 107 companies planning to hire more than a year ago. Official figures from Wash ington show the May jobless rate fell one-tenth of 1 per cent to a seasonally adjusted 6.9 per cent, lowest in 30 months and symbolically important because it cracked the psychological barrier of 7 per cent. watch the conference being held in Belgrade on the Helsinki Agreement, predicting an intense battle on human rights between Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev and President Carter. He spoke of the continuing persecution of Christians in countries such as Uganda, “where an estimated 200,000 people have been slaughtered — 62 per cent of them Christians.” He spoke of a recent Gallup poll indicating America is in the early stages of a “profound religious revival,” particularly among young people. “Thank God if that’s true,” he said. hands at a farewell reception attended by about 200 American and German guests at the headquarters officers’ club. Starry already had been scheduled to return to the United States to take a vacation before reporting to his next assignment as head of the Army Training and Doctrine Command at Ft. Monroe, Va. After the controversy arose over his speech, he was told to postpone the leave and report to Army superiors. In his speech to the gradu ates, Starry said the Soviet Un ion and China probably will fight a major war in the stu dents’ lifetime. He said it was likely the United States would newsj Off to shaky start AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A program to feed needy children in the Augusta area got off to a rough start. It was $6,000 in the red because it wasn’t approved by the federal government. Feed-A-Kid began Monday in six counties, but was halted Tuesday when it was discovered that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had not granted official ap proval. A spokesman for the program said approval is ex pected, but the agriculture department said the govern ment won’t pay for the $6,000 spent for 11,000 meals served Monday. The Feed-a-Kid spokesman said the program doesn’t have that cash, but is trying to get the Central Savannah River Area Economic Opportunity Authority to pay the bill. Meanwhile, the program will resume today in Rich mond, Burke, Screven Lincoln, Wilkes and McDuffie counties, the spokesman said. Industry study ATLANTA (AP) — The first public hearing on how much private industry in Georgia is suffering from the estimated $3.4 million yearly prison industries program is scheduled Monday in Albany. The program produces, at a profit, a wide range of products from textiles and soaps to recapped tires and printed materials, according to the Senate Correctional Industries Study Committee, which will conduct the hearing. “The prison industries are a very active part of govern ment,” said Sen. Haskew Brantley of Atlanta, chairman. They are “able to sell their goods at lower prices than pri vate business.” The hearing begins at 7:30 p.m. Brutality unfounded HOGANSVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia Bureau of Investigation report says charges that Hogansville police used brutality against a Marietta man were unfounded. William H. Parker, 33, a Hogansville service station operator, had said he saw William E. Presley, 43, of Marietta beaten by Councilman Bob Moore and four police officers May 28. After the report was delivered to the city council Wednesday night, councilmen appointed the city attorney a special prosecutor. He swore out warrants for Parker and Presley, charging they made a false report to the GBI. Parker is free on SI,OOO bond. Officers were seeking Presley. Moore resigned after the allegations were made. Busbee elected NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. George Busbee has been elected Georgia’s representative to the Education Commission of the States (ECS) steering committee. Georgia became the 46th state to join the 10-year-old or ganization when the General Assembly approved the membership in the 1977 session. ECS is a nonprofit organization composed of delegations of governors, state legislators and educators. It represents the educational interests of member states at the federal level, is a clearing house for educational in formation and research and provides technical assistance to members. Harper selected WASHINGTON (AP) - William L. Harper, legal counsel to Gov. George Busbee, has been named U.S. attorney for the northern district of Georgia. The announcement was made Thursday by President Carter. Harper, 46, was graduated from the Emory University law school and began practicing law in Atlanta in 1955. Before his appointment as legal counsel when Carter was governor, Harper was an assistant state attorney general. Trio sentenced NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) — Three Carroll County, Ga., men have been sentenced on convictions of interstate con spiracy in connection with an alleged automobile theft ring. Auburn Holder was sentenced to five years in federal prison Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge Albert Henderson. Robert Grimm and Johnny Brooks were placed on three years probation. become involved “once it be came apparent that one or the other of the antagonists was about to win and gain absolute control over the bulk of the Eurasian land mass.” The Pentagon said the mes sage sent to commands Thurs day was triggered by the flap over Army Maj. Gen. John Singlaub’s warning that remov al of U.S. troops from Korea would lead to a new war there. Singlaub’s comments were seen as criticism of President Car ter’s plans to pull out troops, and the general was ordered back to the United States and removed as the Army’s staff chief in Korea May 21. '&< k' - USE 41 - The Griffin Kiwanls Club honored three law enforcement officers. They are (1-r) Larry Shivers of the Griffin State Patrol Post who was named Trooper of the Year; Rollin Busbin, Spalding Sheriff’s Deputy of the Year; and David Harper, Griffin Policeman of the Year. Doug Taylor of the club made the presentations. DOT closing gaps ATLANTA (AP) — By the end of this year, motorists should be able to travel on four major interstate highways in Georgia without running into gaps and detours, a state official said Thursday. Sam Mosely, an engineer for the state Department of Trans portation (DOT), said projects to close gaps in the highways are expected to be completed this year and “will provide con tinuous traffic service without leaving the interstate system on these routes.” The routes are Interstate 20 west to Birmingham, Ala., In terstate 85 southwest to Mont gomery, Ala., Interstate 75 north of Atlanta and Interstate 95 along the Georgia coast in Glynn and Chatham counties. 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