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THE FORSYTH COl’N 'Y NEWS - DEC 23. ’972
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Editorial pa-?>
It’s sorta stimulating to know the Georgia Genera! Assem
bly will convene on January 8. We have watched legislators
through many sessions. We plan to watch them again this
session.
This year is going to he especially interesting. Forsyth
County and Georgians will receive a package from the Gov
ernor. It is called the “Governor’s Package Legislation.”
Out of the package. Governor Carter will propose 25 bills.
These bills come from state and local govermental studies,
which were drawn-up after studies were made last summer.
Here in Forsyth County, about the biggest present this
section of Georgians could receive is a tax reduction.
Dewayne Riner at the governor’s office told us one bill
could do just that.
Riner said it is probably the first tax reduction bill in
history. See, it’s sorta stimulating to know those guys are
about to convene.
The tax bill offers home owners and renters a tax reduc
tion of up to $75 a year on income tax. It offers, Riner said,
a rebate on property tax. That sounds mighty good.
Then, two other bills call for consumer protection. We
think quack methods and practices are dishonest. So, the
governor’s package will propose a bill which “would pun
ish deceptive business practices.” What do you want to tie?
We think the majority of people want to tie honest. There
fore, tamest people need a law to protect them from char
latan business procedures.
Another bill will ask that lenders “talk the same language.”
Like talk the same language on rates. What a bill! Let’s
hope that bill, the Consumer Protection Bill and ttie Tax
Bill float, rattier speedy, out of committee meetings, down
through the hopper, and up to the flash board.
All of this legislative fanfare is sorta stimulating. Again,
ttie Georgia General Assembly will make history; however,
this session we hope its constructive history.
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From a farm to
the White House
He grew up on a farm. He could recognize the smell of hay.
He knew how to catch a frog. Some described him as the last
living former President to know the feeling of mud between
his toes.
All the way from a country farm in Arkansas to the huge
White House desk, Harry S. Truman maintained his identity.
His parents were poor. Yet, his parents were honorable.
This honor of justice and peace produced a proud and res
pected 33rd President of the United States.
The U.S. Flag will fly at half mass on Thursday to pay tribute
to this President.
We join with the rest of the nation in mourning the death of a
poor farm boy who became President of the United States ol
America Harry S. Truman.
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JACK ANDERSON’S
WEEKLY
SPECIAL
THIEU’S VIEW
bv Jack Anderson
1972 Pulitzer Prize Winner for National Reporting
'Copyright 1572. In I n:;wt FV.irure S\n<l:i.iie lr,
WASHINGTON - A special
report from Saigon indicates
that President Thieu is gloat
ing over the latest setback in
the Vietnam peace talks.
According to the report, fil
ed from the American embas
sy in Saigon. Thieu is telling
intimates the setback con
firms his view that Kissinger
does not understand how to
deal with the Asian Com
munists.
Thieu, in the past, has com
plained that Kissinger treats
Hanoi's negotiators as if they
were Europeans. As a result.
Thieu has claimed that
Kissinger underestimates the
North Vietnamese and over
estimates his own ability to
get solid concessions out of
• the Communists.
Now. Thieu is saying
Kissinger failed to read
Hanoi's diplomatic signals
properly. The North Viet
namese are experts in hot
and-cold diplomacy, says
Thieu. They become most in
transigent just when they ap
pear to be most reasonable. A
setback, according to Thieu.
was inevitable when
Kissinger announced “peace
is at hand."
Kissinger, in contrast, has
battled hard for Thieu in the
long negotiations in Paris.
Before the most recent stale
mate. Kissinger had persuad
ed Hanoi to back off from
their demands for a coalition
government and for the
ouster of Thieu.
President Nixon, who is
doubtless aware of Thieu's
sentiments, still shows full
confidence in Kissinger's
ability to negotiate a cease
fire.
OTWELL
FORD MERCURY
The North Vietnamese
made only a small concession
at the latest truce session. A
secret summary of the meet
ing says they are willing to
put in writing that both South
Vietnamese and Communist
forces would demobilize after
the cease-fire and that the
demobilized troops would be
free to live where they wished.
Thieu insists that this is
unacceptable and the talks re
main deadlocked.
Fizzling Out
Dozens of congressmen may
be feeling a little queasy when
they return to the Capitol next
month. The reason: Miles
Laboratories, the huge drug
firm, has stopped providing
bushels of Alka-Seltzer to 24
senators and 44 congressmen
who are on the firm's official
gratuity list.
Confidential interoffice
memos in our possession
reveal that, for years. Miles
Laboratories took care of the
sneezes, wheezes and vitamin
deficiencies of important con
gressmen and other
Washington VIPs.
The Capitol Hill care
packages which contained
Alka-Seltzer. vitamins and
baetine were all personally
wrapped for the congressmen
and their staffs.
According to the memos.
Senate Republican Leader
Hugh Scott got a double allot
ment. which he requested us
his rightful due after he was
elevated above the rank of an
ordinary senator.
Last March, however. Miles
Laboratories abruptly cut off
the flow of free pills and
powders. The gifts were stop-
As the clock strikes twelve, a
New Year begins with the hope
that this will be a time of growth,
progress and peace in our
community... our nation.
Our sincere thanks for
favoring us with your loyal
patronage.
ped. according to Miles
spokesman C. N Jolly, for a
combination of reasons. The
most compelling was the new
campaign financial dis •
closure act which requires
disclosure of any gift or com
hination of gifts which total
SlO in value.
The company was afraid all
the free medicine, if disclos
ed. might appear improper
Setting An Example
The admirals are stirring
up a quiet rebellion against
their civilian bosses over
their favorite fighter plane
the F-14 Tomcat
Some time ago. Secretary of
Defense Melvin Laird, tired
of cost overruns, decided to
make an example of the next
defense contractor that tried
to saddle the taxpayers with a
big cost overrun.
This turned out to be Grum
man Aerospace Corporation,
which claims mournfully that
it has already lost SBS million
on the 86 Tomcats it is now
building for the Navy and
that it w-ould lose an addi
tional $lO5 million if it goes
ahead with the contract to
build another 48 Tomcats.
Grumman wants more
money, but Laird is demand
ing the 48 planes at the con
tract price.
We spoke to Laird, who told
us he is determined not ta
allow another huge cost over
run. But he still has to reckon
with the admirals who are
leaking stories around town
about how great a plane the
Tomcat is and how unfair
Laird is to Grumman.
For the Navy, the stakes are
high Many mili ta r v
strategists are questioning
the value of aircraft carriers,
which are highly vulnerable
to air and missile attack.
Without carriers, there w-ould
be little need for the Navy’s
air arm. The development of
the Tomcat, therefore, is part
of the Navy's campaign to
save the aircraft carriers
Behind the Scenes
SINO-SOVIET LEAK-The
press recently reported a
border clash between the
Chinese and Russians in
remote central Asia. The
report was leaked to Western
diplomats by Soviet officials
in Moscow. We have now seen
the secret intelligence reports
on the incident. As nearly as
CUMMING
our intelligence agencies can
determine what happened, n
was a minor incident. There
are no signs of new military
activity along the border,
all hough the Russians added
three new- divisions earlier
this fall. The reinforcements
bring the total Soviet force
along the border to 49 divi
sions or more than a million
men. The war of words bet
ween the two Communist
giants, meanwhile, has
become increasingly hostile
But astonishingly, trade has
been increasing across the
tense border. An intelligence
report from Moscow,
however, says the Soviets may
withhold strategic shipments
from China.
WESTWOOD WELCHED -
Former Democratic National
Chairman Jean Westwood
welched on a deal that would
have left her in a top party
post. She had agreed to resign
as national chairman and to
accept another position. Her
successor. Robert Strauss, had
agreed in turn, to give her a
face-saving job. But at the last
minute. Mrs. Westwood not
only reneged but made an at
tack on Strauss. Now she is out
in the cold.
CIA ON GRASS - The
Central Intelligence Agency
has quietly joined the environ
mental movement. As part of
an experiment, the CIA has
taken its excess classifed
documents, mulched them
into a grey mass and handed
the mulch over to a West
Virginia firm to be converted
into fertilizer. What used to he
secret documents have been
poured over the strip-mined
land of West Virginia to
revitalize the earth. The
program appears to be suc
cessful. If the CIA keeps
churning out its secret docu
ments. it may help the grass
grow in West Virginia.
Bloodhounds are so named
because they were the first
thorouifhbred dogs.