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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - JUNE 22, 1972 -
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Established 1908
Tony Maddox, Editor & Publisher
Minor Martin, Advertising Mgr.
John D. Solesbee, News Editor
Published every Thursday by The Forsyth County ,
News Company. Second Class Postage paid at: Post
Office in Cumming, Georgia under Act of March Bth
in 1897. Subscription rates in Forsyth and adjoining
counties, $4.12 per year, including State Sales Tax.,
elsewhere, $5.15 per year.
107 DAHLONEGA ST. CUMMING, GEORGIA...
887-3127 30130
€ditoziaCCy Speaking
More Democrats
Because. . .
In an election year such as this we are all
bombarded by claims (or platforms) of this pol
itical party or that, this candidate or that, until
we become very confused.
If you’re a little confused about whether to call
yourself a Democrat, Republican, Independent, L
lberal, Conservative, Mugwump or whatever, maybe
die following will be of help.
It was published in the Valley Herald in Conn*
ecticut and supposedly shows the differences bet
ween the two main parties.
Democrats buy most of the books that are b
anned somewhere. Republicans form censorship
committees and read them as a group.
Democrats give their worn out clothes to those
less fortunate. Republicans wear theirs.
Republicans employ exterminators. Democrats
step on bugs.
Democrats keep trying to quit smoking, but are
not successful. Neither are Republicans.
Republicans study the financial pages of the
newspaper. Democrats put them in the bottom of
the bird cage.
Most of the stuff you see alongside the road has
been thrown out of the car window by Democrats.
Republicans give theirs to their relatives.
Republican boys date Democrat girls. They plan
to marry Republican girls, but feel they are entitled
to a little fun first.
Democrats plan, and then do something else.
Republicans do what their grandfathers did.
Republicans sleep in twin beds—some even in
separate rooms. That’s why there are more Dem
ocrats.
Now, if you are still confused, so is President
Nixon and so was President Johnson. Welcome to
the Club.
(Reprinted from The Franklin County Citizen:
Dewey F. Holland.)
L dyuAftj/uxfoft
—Special Report from Washington
REFORM MAY HAUNT MCGOVERN;
VIETNAM PEACE TALK PERILS;
GRAY GHOSTS SOCK IT TO ’EM
By Jack Anderson
1972 Pulitzer Prize Winner for National Reporting
(Copyright, 1972, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
WASHINGTON Senator
George McGovern has made
skillful use of his own party
reforms to bring the Democratic
presidential nomination almost
within his grasp. He now faces
the task of gaining support
from all factions of his party for
the race against President
Nixon. But, ironically, Mc-
Govern’s image as a party
; reformer may come back to
haunt him at the convention.
Since last December, former
' Massachusetts .Governor Endi
. cott Peabody has been a
declared candidate for vice
; president. In March, he became
the first candidate ever to
- capture a primary election for
vice president with a victory in
New Hampshire.
: Subsequently, he made the
rounds of state caucuses trying
; to win over more delegates. He
tells me he now has more than
• 200.
: But Peabody isn't waiting
around for the presidential
: candidate to choose him as a
. running mate. Instead, the
whole purpose of Peabody’s
; campaign is to force the party
to throw open the convention so
the vice presidential candidate
can be nominated in a truly
democratic manner. Peabody is
busy raising money these days
and he has already reserved 70
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hotel rooms in Miami for his
organization.
If anyone besides George
McGovern were the likely
Democratic nominee, Peabody's
crusade would probably be
hopeless. But McGovern is the
man who led the fight to make
the nomination of his party's
presidential candidate more
democratic. He might find it
hard to say no to an effort to do
the same for the candidate for
vice president.
Perils of Henry
White House adviser Henry
Kissinger has described in a
top-secret report the perils of
negotiating with the North
Vietnamese.
As far back as 1967, he
arranged for two French inter
mediaries to carry a peace
offering to Hanoi. This led to
secret talks which continued in
Paris from July through Octo
ber. The negotiations finally
bogged down over what Kiss
inger called "elliptical refer
ences full of double meanings.”
The intermediaries’ last
attempt to break the deadlock
illustrates how frustrating it is
to deal with the North Viet
namese. The intermediaries
phoned North Vietnam's Mai
Van Bo at his Paris home. One
intermediary did the talking,
the other listened on an ex
tention. Here is an excerpt from
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Public Hearing Important
Dear Editor:
June 24,1972, will be an Im
portant date for all Interested
citizens of this county to re
member. All of you are Invited
to attend the Public Hearing
ordered by Judge Pope of the
Forsyth County Planning and
Zoning Board at 10:00 a.m. in
the Courthouse. This meeting
will decide if any large groiq?
In this county has rights, and, if
so, can we expect our elected
officials and those appointed
officials to respect these
rights?
As some people of the county
might already know, this Uni
ted Cemetery Co. has tried to
force an unwanted private,pro
fit-making cemetery, owned by
outsiders only interested in the
profits, not our county. If these
people are successful, your co
mmunity may be next In line to
be destroyed. Even though out
people secured 115 names
against this action, including
almost everyone in a mile rad
ius of It, we had to employ a
lawyer at our expense and also
see our tax dollars used aga
inst us In providing these people
with their lawyer.
We won In court, in as much
as this Board must call another
Johnny Soletbee
Write On!
I think the reason not so many people sit on front porches
anymore is because there aren’t many front porches anymore.
That used to be the thing to do when a long summer’s day was
drawing to a close—sit there as night crept in, listening to the
crickets singing, the whippoorwills whippoorwilling and an occ
asional frog’s croaking. There were some unknown sounds
strange to a youngster’s ears.
Then there were times when one was scared out of his wits
because an escaped convict ran past the porch in the dark of night,
just his white uniform showing. But, even though it got scary
when night had spread, it was still the thing to do and quite
relaxing after a busy day’s play. Many a tomorrow’s dream
was concocted to the beat of a rocking chair on age old splintered
boards.
Added to nature’s sounds, were the smell of a freshly plowed
field, it, too, cooling off and relaxing after a day spent in the hot
sun, and, of course, a battle with the ever-present mosquitoes
and bugs which almost always could sense a human trying to get
a little rest and comfort.
The house was big and L-shaped and the porch wrapped around
the front. The swing on one end was a dandy place to catch a
nice snooze during the day—that is if you could find the time out
from play and could find a breeze blowing the right way.
We moved from that old house and its gloriously large porch
to one with two small porches thatwouldbarely hold three people
and they’d be rubbing elbows.
Porches today are becoming rare. Modern homes just aren’t
designed for porches and patios and swimmingpoolsare now not
impossible to have to spend away some spare time after day’s
work is done.
I think though that one of these days, I shall have a porch again
and find me some old cane-fiber woven chairs to go on it and on a
summer’s night take time to listen to the crickets singing and
the whippoorwills’ whippoorwilling and maybe concoct a dream
or two.
the secret transcript:
The intermediary said:“We
would like to see you urgently.”
Bo replied: “There is nothing
new to say. The situation is
worsening. There is no reason to
talk again.”
The intermediary insisted:
“There is something new and
very important.”
Bo repeated:“There is no
thing new to say. The situation
is worsening. There is no reason
to talk again.”
Again, the intermediary in
sisted : “There is something very
important -- perhaps the most
important juncture of our
exchanges.”
But Bo again repeated word
for word the original phrase.
No wonder the Bible
says:“Blessed are the peace
makers.”
The Gray Ghosts
The Gray Ghosts are raising
havoc inside North Vietnam.
They are blowing up military
installations, disrupting com
munications lines and spotting
targets for American bombers.
They are called Gray Ghosts
because they usually wear gray
fatigues and disappear like
ghosts. But they are really
South Vietnamese commandos
and Meo tribesmen, who have
been recruited and trained by
the CIA to operate behind the
lines.
In the past, they have
harassed the Ho Chi Minh trail
complex. They planted electro
nic devices to measure the traf
fic, laid booby traps on the
trails and staged hit-and-run
attacks against truck parks and
supply depots.
Sometimes, the raids were
conducted by joint teams of
U.S. special forces and South
Vietnamese rangers. These were
called MACSOG teams. Un
happily, the raiders often found
Public Hearing to gain the op
inions of people involved. We
hope that the Board’s mind is
not already made up and op
inions formed. If so, we will
call on our Board of Comm
issioners to act on behalf of all
the citizens and to turn down
this unwanted, unneeded and
very undesirable zoning mea
sure.
We especially ask the Con
cerned Taxpayers and the For
syth County Democratic Party
to have representatives at this
hearing as both groups have ex
pressed opposition to any
Zoning measure that would fur
ther increase the tax load on
individual property owners.
This change would certainly fit
in this category as the 40 acres
of very desirable property
would be removed from the Di
gest forever and all of us would
have to assume a greater sh
are to make up for it. We be
lieve that this would also de
value the remaining properties
in this area further reducing
our digest and thereby increa
sing other peoples’ tax burden.
We are not opposed to ce
meteries as such. In fact we
have a large cemetery nearby
and is owned by the church me
the enemy waiting for them and
suffered severe casualties.
Other intelligence teams slip
ped inside North Vietnam to
gather intelligence and to guide
U.S. planes by clandestine radio
to bombing targets.
The MACSOG teams and the
Gray Ghosts have now com
bined to harass the North
Vietnamese on their home
grounds. The Americans no
longer accompany the raiders
into North Vietnam. But crack
raiders, skilled at hit-and-run
warfare, are slipping into North
Vietnam fr'm Laos and landing
by boats o. the North Viet
namese coast. They are striking
at the nerve enters of the
North.
The secret it,'diligence re
ports indicate these Gray
Ghosts are giving the North
Vietnamese a lesson in guerrilla
warfare.
Intelligence Notes
• The Arab extremists who
recruited four Japanese ter
rorists to shoot up Lod airport
in Tel Aviv are loosely affiliated
with extremist groups around
the world. Intelligence reports
claim that the Arab group has
ties stretching from Japan's
United Red Army to South
America's Tupamaros. The
Arab extremists have even had
contact with a Jewish Maoist
group, called Matzpen, inside
Israel.
• The Air Force has been
showering North Vietnam not
only with bombs but with
propaganda leaflets. There has
been criticism inside the Penta
gon, however, that the leaflets
are amateurish and aren’t likely
to influence the North Vietna
mese. The Voice of America has
also stepped up its broadcasts
to North Vietnam from six to 13
hours a day.
mbers. Many of these members
don’t think this one is nec
essary and they believe that they
can provide all necessary burial
in this community without a pri
vate one. We all are in agree
ment that dlls Community and
County has no binding duty to
provide profit-making, burial
space for people of Fulton Co
unty.
Again, may we request all
interested citizens throughout
Cumming City Park
‘Finest Ever Seen’
Honorable Ford Gravitt, Mayor
City of Cumming
Cumming, Ga. 30130
Dear Ford
First permit me to thank you
for the invitation to be a part
of the program last Monday and
dedicating die new City Park.
You and the other fine members
of the Council and the Park
Committee are to be highly co
mmended for the most out
standing job that was done in
creating tis fine park. I have
been privileged to see a num
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this county to appear at this he
aring and give us your moral
support. It is very important
when we contend that our ideas
of Zoning deal wth following
the wishes of the Community
First, County next and Specu
lators last. We need all your
support. You may need ours
at a later date.
Sincerely,
Weldon H. Stewart
ber of parks and may I say
in my opinion this is the finest
one that I have ever seen yet.
I know that every citizen, but
especially the Youth of Cum
ming and Forsyth County will
thank each of you for what you
have done not only for the pre
sent but the future.
If at anytime I can be of any
help to you personally or for
the City, please do not hesi
tate to advise. As I only make
one promise, is that I will try.
Sincerely
JOE T. WOOD
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Rescuing The ‘Drunk’l
Dear Editor:
We must rescue that poor
drunk from the week before last
edition of the “County News,’’
so if you can wade through this
doggerel:
I opened my eyes, and to
my surprise
I wasn’t alone at the Gate.
A self-proclaimed saint, a bit
garish, I grant,
Pretentiously awaited his fate.
The door was ajar; we
stepped to the bar
And faced the Recorder’s nec
rology.
He then took my hand, and said
to me, “Stand!"
Beginning his terse soliloquy.
“I shudder to think what drove
you to drink—
Your case is up for review.
Let us compare and see how you
fare
With Pharisee <72.
My goodness, just look at the
good in this book
Which far exceeds the bad.
It seems your great sin was
just giving in
To a bottle of spirits, my lad.
The fellow who lay in the
gutter that day
Was one of the least of them.
You brushed off the dirt and
gave him your shirt
Inadvertently serving Him.
And you, sir, were there,
but you didn’t dare
To reach through the filth and
the grime.
You thought you’d besmirch the
name of your church
If seen in the presence of
crime.”
My crutch was a flask; his
was a mask
Of unimitable bigotry—
An unlikely two to rendezvous
On yonder side of Death’s Sea.
You see we've both sinned,
and now in the end
As we move beyond the facade
Of earthly trials and Satan’s
wiles,
We’re here through the mercy
of God.
Molly Smith
P.S. Incidentally, I do not
condone the use of intoxicants.