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Mrs. Virginia Langford with her doll house, “Second Chance”.
Crooner Crosby dies
on golf trip to Spain
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Bing
Crosby’s son, Harry, flew to Madrid
today to bring home the body of the
beloved entertainer who once said he’d
like to be remembered as “just an or
dinary guy, a pretty good singer.”
Crosby died Friday after playing a
round of golf outside Madrid. He was 73.
Funeral services will be conducted
Tuesday. His widow, Kathryn, said he
will probably be buried beside his'
parents and his first wife at a Los An
geles cemetery.
Crosby, an avid golfer, collapsed
after playing — and winning —a
handicap game with three Spanish
champions at the La Moraleja club. He
was dead on arrival at Madrid’s Red
Cross Hospital.
A few hours after learning of her
husband’s death a composed but teary
eyed Kathryn Crosby told a news
conference in Hillsborough, Calif., “I
can’t think of any better way for a
golfer who sings for a living to finish the
round.”
U.S. consular officials said Crosby’s
body would be taken to the U.S. air base
at Torrejon outside Madrid today. They
said an American mortician was being
flown in to prepare the remains for
return to the United States.
Officials said an autopsy would be
performed.
Crosby’s personal physician, Dr.
Stanley Hanfling of San Mateo, Calif.,
said the singer was in good condition at
the time of his last checkup six months
Drug traffic rumors against
Panamanian leader unconfirmed
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S.
government files contain allegations of
drug trafficking by Panama's leader,
Gen. Omar Torrijos. But the head of the
Drug Enforcement Administration
says the accusations, “most of them
hearsay," cannot be confirmed.
DEA Director Peter Bensinger told
reporters Friday his agency is not
Investigating Torrijos or his family,
members of which are named in
numerous confidential files on illicit
drug trade. He said the files include
allegations made in 1971 and 1972.
“We get a lot of reports on a lot of
people and a lot of places in the world.
Thia Information cannot be charac
terised in a fashion I would represent as
concluaionary in any way regarding
Omar Torrijos." Benalnger said.
The DBA chief waa asked about the
drug ohargoa after Torrijos and
President garter met for 90 minutes
Friday in an attempt to clarify
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Bing Crosby
ago. “He had minor problems, but
nothing to do with his heart,” he said.
One of Crosby’s partners in the game,
Juan Tomas Gandarias, who lunched
with Crosby, said the singer was
relaxed and joking as he left the 18th
Panama’s position on U.S. rights to de
fend the canal and the rights of
American warships to receive priority
access.
But as Carter attempted to defuse the
controversy over canal defenses, the
drug allegations surrounding the
Torrijos family showed signs of becom
ing a new rallying point for treaty
opponents.
The Justice Department ac
knowledged on Thursday that Omar
Torrijos' brother, Moises, who is
Panama’s ambassador to Spain, had
been indicted for drug trafficking in
New York five years ago.
Then Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., a
leading opponent of the treaty, said the
DEA should turn over to the Senate any
files pertaining to Torrijos and possible
illicit drug trafficking.
Dole earlier had triggered the debate
over U.S. access and intervention
rights by leaking a secret State
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GRIFFIN
hole at the end of the game.
“Suddenly he dropped,” Gandarias
said. “Before that he had given no sign
of illness although he seemed to be
favoring his left arm near the end of the
game.” Gandarias said Crosby
collapsed about 20 yards from the
clubhouse.
He was rushed to the clubhouse in
firmary, where a doctor gave him an
injection and a pill. Gandarias quoted
the physician as saying the entertainer
suffered “a massive heart attack.”
Crosby had come to Spain primarily
for relaxation after a concert tour in
England in which all of the proceeds
were donated to British youth charities.
Crosby had described the British tour
as a test of his recovery from a back
injury he suffered in a fall earlier this
year.
The brown-haired, blue-eyed crooner
who added his trademark “bub-bub
bub-boo” to many of his songs was
known variously as “Der Bingle,” “Old
Dad” and “The Groaner” — tags stuck
on him by his longtime friend and
costar of the famous “Road” series of
movies, Bob Hope.
In New York, a stunned and grieving
Hope canceled a New Jersey benefit
appearance on learning of Crosby’s
death.
“I just can’t get funny tonight. It’s
just not in me,” Hope said sadly. “I’m
just too shocked.”
A saddened Frank Sinatra, who
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Department cable that indicated the
Panamanian and U.S. governments
interpreted the defense section of the
canal treaty differently.
Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., joined
Dole in pursuing the drug allegations.
He asked Atty. Gen. Griffin Bell to ex
plain what steps have been taken to find
out about Torrijos’ activities, calling
them a “crucial” issue for the
American people.
He also asked Bell to explain a 1975
DEA internal memo quoting a “con
fidential source” as saying Ramiro
Rivas, owner of a Panamanian cement
plant, claimed to be a drug traffic
partner of Omar Torrijos, using a
1750,000 Miami bank account.
According to the report, Rivas said
Panamanian planes were used to fly
drugs — apparently cocaine and
marijuana — from Cuba, Peru and Co
lombia to Panama, from where they
were shipped to the United States.
Mrs. Langford
She’s not letting
2nd chance get by
When most little girls outgrow dolls,
they never have a second chance at the
game. Even when they grow up and
become real mothers, they don’t have
the time to really get back to it.
But now that Mrs. Virginia Langford
is a great grandmother, she’s not let
ting her second chance go by. In fact,
that’s what she’s named her doll house,
“Second Chance.’’
“It’s my second chance to play
dolls,’’ she expalined.
The 3 story house sits on a large
turntable in the comer of the den of
Mrs. Langford’s Mockingbird lane
home. It’s filled with traditional fur
niture and has a family of a mother,
father, son and daughter. There’s even
a grandmother and grandfather sitting
in the parlor all dressed up in their
People
...and things
little girl asking mother about frost
Thursday: “Where did we get all this
snow ?”
Folks rushing to stores to purchase
insulated underwear to keep them
warm at the weekend ball games.
Woman showing signs of disbelief
when told the amount of her grocery
bill.
The Country Parson
by Frank (lark
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“Folks work hard to learn
how to do things they should
have learned not to do.”
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Cheer for Griffin fans
Beverly Hardcastle did her best to bring some cheer to
Griffin fans in Newnan Friday night with her flute on a
night when it was a little hard for Bear Boosters to smile
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Victorian best.
Everything is to a scale of 1 inch to 1
foot.
“Any 6-inch tall person could move
right in and have everything he needed,
except for running water and elec
tricity,” Mrs. tangford said.
And he could get along very well
without those conveniences because
there is a dry sink in the kitchen and the
bedrooms have a washstand with an old
fashioned wash bowl and pitcher. Tiny
candles made of toothpick ends are in
brass candelabra.
If any member of the little family
wants to take a tub bath, he can go right
outside the backdoor and bring in the
tin tub hanging on the side of the house.
The water can be heated over a wood
stove.
3 area residents sign
for bit parts in movie
Three Griffin area residents have
signed contracts for bit parts in the
movie to be filmed in Newnan.
They are Mrs. Betty Ballard of
Zebulon, an employee of the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital admissions office;
Mrs. Dorothy Hutchings, a secretary in
the Griffin school superintendent’s
office; and Ken Cowan, an employee of
Delta Airlines in Atlanta.
The 3 went to Newnan Thursday night
to talk with film officials about their
roles in “California Dreaming,” a film
about a high school track star.
The movie plot centers on the late ’6os
and was to have been filmed in Griffin
until housing complications forced the
crew to relocate in Newnan.
Mrs. Hutchings, whose husband
teaches at Griffin High, will play the
role of a high school teacher. Mrs.
Ballard will be the coach’s wife, and
Cowan will be the high school coun
selor.
According to Mrs. Ballard, Cowan
agreed to shave his moustache and
have a hair cut.
The cast will be dressed in clothing of
the ’6os and has accumulated quite a
number of articles.
Mrs. Bill Mrs. Charles
Wynne, and Mozelle Huckaby donated
some 1967 pointed toe shoes with spike
heels; Mrs. Andrew Whalen, Jr., Mrs.
after seeing their team lose to Newnan, 28-29. Game
pictures and stories page 8.
Weather
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA—
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with
lows tonight in the low 40s and high
» Sunday in the mid 60s.
There are 3 fireplaces, each with
differently designed brass and irons.
Needlepoint carpets are in the living
and dining rooms on the first floor. A
large combination kitchen-den stretch
es across the back where the father
sits in an easy chair reading his
newspaper.
French Limoges china is used in the
formal dining room. The plates are
about three-quarters of an inch in
diameter and there is an anniversary
cake ready to be served on the dining
table.
The cake was given to Mrs. tangford
by a friend in honor of the I>angford’s
50th anniversary last year.
Two bedrooms are on the second
floor. One has Victorian furniture with
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Mary Curry and Suzanne Campbell
donated John Romain pocketbooks;
Miss Mattie Myrle Statham, a London
Fog navy blue raincoat; and Mrs.
Naomi Passmore, a cardigan cable knit
sweater.
Mrs. Hutchings said she still needs
some size 12 outfits with the hemline
just above the knee in keeping with the
’6os styles.
Wardrobe fittings were being handled
today.
Another Griffinlte, Kaye
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill lean
drum, will be working in the produc
tion.
Mrs. Ballard’s 1966 Chevrolet con
vertible will be used.
The cast was told not to sign up unless
they were serious and willing to work 8
to 13 hours a day for some 32
days. There will be 2 all-night sessions.
None of the local people will have
speaking parts because of the actors’
labor union. Their contracts state that
if their voices are used, they will not
receive extra pay, Mrs. Hutchings said.
Both Mrs. Ballard and Mrs. Hut
chings always have been interested in
movies and collected autographs from
several stars.
“This is my first opportunity to be an
actress and I hope it won’t be the last,”
said Mrs. Hutchings.