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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—THURSDAY Af'< -UST 24, 1972-
May Be Getting Easier To Keep
Them Down On The Farm
WASHINGTON—The move
From farm to city may be com
ing to a halt, a new era of
iconomic and social growth for
rural, America may already be
launched.
These are two conclusions to
be drawn from various reports
on the progress of rural Amer
ica, from the arid stretches of
the Southwest to the green
fields of the Southeast. They
also are indications that the
much talked about goals of rural
development are beginning to
emerge as realized accom
plishments for an increasing
vnumber of communitites.
? Some signs of the recharged
within rural areas are:
a —More jobs: r '" ,,, ingthe 1960 s
Vnonfarm jobs ised by 39
cent in t atryside, a
ightly bette. than the
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The new man
for Georgia.
Sam Nunn.
Today we are faced with
tough problems that require
tough answers in Washington.
Action that a United States
Senator can not give if he is tied
by a mass of strings that run from
the Senate chamber back to the
elite millionaires who are in
Georgia, yet are so far from the
people.
But even though the big
money may belong to them, the vote belongs to you. Because
of this, a young leader like Sam Nunn can win.
Sam Nunn is recognized as one of the most outstanding
young legislators this State has ever produced. It is a man of
tough moral fibre who now steps forward.
Sam Nunn.
Vote for him and get new leadership instead of the same
old politics.
Get tough in Washington.
Put Sam Nunn in the Senate.
Sam Nunn for l T .S. Senate Committee, Main St., Perry, Georgia 31069.
34 per cent increase in metro
politan areas. This growth rate
has been high in completely
rural counties as well as in
those with cities of up to 50,000
population.
-Farm-exodus ending: The
farm population has dropped to
fewer than 9.5 million persons.
With so few people remaining
on the Nation’s farms, little fur
ther decline in the population is
possible. As the farm-to-city
migration dwindles to a negli
gible level, continued gains in
non-agricultural jobs will have
a more visible impact on the ov
erall economy and population of
rural areas.
—Greater Federal commit
ment to rural areas: The gov
ernment is stepping up its in
vestment in rural America
manyfold. For example, funds
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earmarked for housing in rural
areas amount to $2.2 billion
this year, four times the 1969
level; sewer and water pro
grams are allocated $342 mi
llion this year, nearly twice the
1969 level. Total funds devo
ted to rural development efforts
by the Department of Agricul
ture will amount to $3.5 bill
ion this year—four times the
level in 1961 and twice as much
as in 1969.
More important than the st
atistics or the governmental
expenditures, however, is the
determined individual in comm
unity after rural community who
resolves to solve the problem
on his own, who takes action to
set his own neighborhood on the
road to progress.
In Tulia, Texas, for example,
local leaders set out to combat
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decaying businesses, blighted
housing. As a result of their
efforts, the community has 386
new low - cost homes and jobs
and incomes are up because of
the construction work. In North
Carolina, citizens mounted a
driver education campaign as a
small but vital part of their
Statewide effort to connect more
rural workers with more better
paying jobs.
Rural development is an idea
whose time has come—mostly
because increasing numbers of
local groups are taking it upon
themselves to make sure that it
does.
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Veterans
Book
Published
“The Vietnam Veteran in
Contemporary Society” is the
title of a volume of articles
collected by the Veterans Ad
ministration and recently pub
lished by the U.S. Government
Printing Office, A. W. Tate,
Director, Atlanta VA Regional
Office, said this week.
The book is for medical and
education professionals and
thus concerned with the young
veteran. It is for sale by the
Superintendent of Documents,
U.S. Government Printing Of
fice, Washington, D.C., 20402,
at $2.75 a copy.
The volume consists of sec
tions on youth in the U.S. today,
the Vietnam era experience and
the new veteran. The last sec
tion deals with general readjus
tment, the black veteran, psy
chiatric disorders, medical
problems, drug abuse and em
ployment.
Tate said all orders should
be sent to the Government Pr
inting Office not to VA.
For further information one
may contact the nearest VA
office or your local service
organization representative.
60 Attend
Meeting
On Crime
Sixty Georgia high school stu
dents checked In at the Georgia
Police Academy Sunday after
noon, Aug. 20, to begin Criminal
Justice Youth Week a seven
day crash course in crime
fighting and control.
Jointly sponsored by the Aca
demy and the Urban Life Center
of Georgia State University, the
youth week program includes a
blend of lectures, films, de
monstrations and tours supple
mented by action such as the
firing of .38-caliber pistols on
the Academy’s East Point ra
nge and learning how to take
fingerprints and read intoxi
meters.
The pilot project is designed
to introduce high school sen
iors to the positive aspects of
the criminal justice system.
Also, through talks the stu
dents will make when they
return to school in the Fall,
the project sponsors hope to
foster further interest in the
criminal justice field.
The project is financed in
part by a grant from the Law
Enforcement Assistance Ad
ministration (LEAA) of theU.S.;
Department of Justice. In his
grant application, project co
ordinator Robert E. Croom,
Assistant Professor of Crim
inal Justice at Georgia State,
stated that the objective of the
project is “to help youth un
derstand the positive aspects
of the criminal justice system;
to give them an opportunity to
sqe the education and special
ized training required of one
who is in law enforcement; to
allow them to know personnel
in law enforcement as helpers;
and to provide each youth the
opportunity to influence atti
tudes toward criminal justice
in his own community.”
When the students return to
their schools, Dr. William J.
Mathias, Assistant Dean of the
School of Urban Life and Coor
dinator of the Criminal Justice
Programs at Georgia State,-
says he hopes they “will share
their experiences with others by
giving at least one talk at their
own high schools and by app
earing as guest speakers at
civic clubs and community or-i
ganizatlons.”
ELECT
Larry D.
Watson
FORSYTH COUNTY
COMMISSION POST 5
. BOBBY GILBERT
for
TAX COMMISSIONER
Forsvth Tax Commissioner
VOTE GILBERT
AUG. 29. 19,72
Human Resources Districts
«
Being Reorganized
In a joint announcement made
today in Atlanta, acting com
missioner J. Battle Hall and de
puty commissioner T.M. Jim
Parham of the Georgia Depart
ment of Human Resources re
vealed that the multi-service
agency’s districts are being re
organized to conform to the geo
graphic boundaries of the
state’s existing Area Planning
and Development Commissions.
The revisions are a require
ment of the reorganization bill
passed by the 1972 Georgia Gen
eral Assembly and signed into
law by Governor Jimmy Carter
in April of this year.
Deputy commissioner Par
ham,, who is coordinating com
munity srvices activities in the
Human Resources agency, said
that district staff presently
some 330 in number in the
divisions of physical health,
mental health, family and child
Two From Cumming Get NGC Degrees
DAHLONEGA— Two North
Georgia College seniors from
Cummine completed require
ments for their degrees during
summer quarter.
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ren services and vocational re
habilitation have been notified of
the revised district lines as ad
opted by the Human Resources
Board in July. “We have asked
the division directors to submit
plans to bring current districts
into conformity with these 14
common districts by October 1,
1972,” He stated. The multiple
range of services provided in
every county by the Department
of Human Resources will be
coordinated and guided by
a local district commissioner,
he added.
According to Parham, Dep
artmental officials are now
working with the State Merit
System to set qualifications and
pay grade levels for the district
commissiones. "When these
determinations have been made,
and approved,” he explained,
“we expect to begin actively re-
Miss Judy Marlene Mundy,
an English major, completed
requirements for the Bachelor
of Arts degree, and Ruth B.
Barnett, 302 Tribble Gap, com
cruiting candidates for the dis
trict commissioner posts an
an important first step toward
full implementation of reorgan
ization plans at the local level.”
“It is essential,” the deputy
commissioner went on, “that
the organization and the people
be in place in order to achieve
a full integration of services
which is the basic goal of
governmental reform in Geor
gia.
“We are attempting to
provide single easy access and
coordinated services to thou
sands of Georgians who need
some kind of health care, so
cial welfare or rehabilitative
assistance that they cannot pro
vide for themselves. Dis
trict organizations and staff re
present a vital link between the
state agency, the local comm
unity and the people to be ser
ved,” Parham concluded.
pleted requirements for the Ba
chelor of Science degree.
Miss Mundy is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mundy,
Route 3, Cumming.