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Home Edition Late News Briefs U.S. On Offensive SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP) U.S. troops pressed big offensives in pursuit of the Viet Cong today in dense for- ests north of Saigon and in the central highlands of South Viet Nam. Seventy-five guerrillas were killed and 48 others captured, U.S. military spokesmen said. Order Reviewed WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed today to review an order transfer- ring to a federal court in Atlanta cases against 20 per- sons arrested by city police there during restaurant sit-in demonstrations in 1963. Ruling Declined WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court declined today to rule on an appeal by three white parents of Malverne, N.Y., who said their children were required to go to distant schools under a plan to elimi- nate racial imbalance in the Woodfield Road school. Lab Equipment Moved Today Athens General Hospital Expanding Into New Wing By COKE ELLINGTON Banner-Herald Writer Athens General Hospital is gradually expanding sparkling new wing. into its Outpatient and physical thera- py clinics are already in opera- tion in the $2.3 million addition. Laboratory equipment is being moved today and emer- gency room and physical thera- py supplies will follow tomor- row. Surgery, X-ray and central supply departments will be moved later, according to as- sistant administrator Craig Barnes. Barnes said it may take as long as two months for the transfer to be completed. SEVEN CLINICS The wing includes facilities for seven existing outpatient clinics, a clinical laboratory, a pharmacy unit, a five-room sur- gical suit, a central supply de- partment and a physical thera- py department. Physical therapy facilities will be available in the hopsital for the first time. A registered physical therapist, Mrs. Donna Jean Wischmann from Pekin, Ill., will be in charge of the new department. Mrs. Wischmann is a gradu- ate of the University of Wiscon- sin and before coming to Athens worked at Milwaukee County Hospital and Colonial Manor Nursing Home, Madison, Wis. The outpatient program in- cludes a mental health clinic under the direction of Dr. John Trice. Barnes hopes the new wing will bring an increase in all out- patient services. The opening of the new wing will bring 30 additional em- MRS. WISCHMANN New Therapist ... ployes to General Hospital, ad- ministrator William Barrett said. Barnes says the new wing is "just the beginning." He says it will enable the hospital to take care of more beds efficiently, but it hasn't dented the need for more beds." CENTRAL SERVICES He explained that a hospital must have central services to provide for additional beds be- fore it can receive grants to se- cure them. Barrett and Barnes are sub- mitting plans for a $3.66 million, addition to the present facilities. Long-range planning foresees a 500-bed hospital eventually. The proposed addition would include 80 beds for general use and 40 beds for chronic care pa- tients. Barnes pointed out that more than 2,700 elderly persons live in Clarke County, and many of them will be eligible for free hospitalization under the Medi- care Act next July. Barnes said the hospital now has 93 per cent occupancy. Seventeen beds have been added in the new third-story portion of the hospital, and the opening of a 20-bed intensive care unit Sept. 22 will bring the total number of beds in the hos- pital to 195. The hospital now has all cen- tral services necessary for the addition of 120 beds, except die- tary and laundry facilities, Barnes said. The pharmacy is large enough for a 500-bed hos- pital. The basement level of the 81,- 400 square foot wing has space for a dietary department and cafeteria. An expanded laundry is included in the proposed addi- tion. The basement also includes storeroom space, maintenance facilities, and storage space for cylinders of oxygen and other gases to be piped into the rooms. The space formerly occupied by the facilities that are being transferred into the new wing will not be wasted. The old X-ray room will be used for radioactive isotopes for treatment and research. Administrative offices will be renovated. LAUNDRY EXPANDED The laundry, which was origi- nally designed for a 75-bed hos- pital, will be expanded to meet present needs. The old emergency room will be used as storage space for the dietary department for medical records, medical library and doctors' lounge. Barnes said the hospital is moving toward a four-step pro- gram of progressive patient care (PPC). The first step in the PPC plan is intensive treatment. This is for patients who are on the bor- derline between life and death. The intensive care unit of the hospital will open Sept. 22. The second phase of PPC is acute care. This is for patients who are seriously ill, but have passed the medical crisis. The hospital will continue to provide this care, and 80 beds of the proposed addition will be in this category. The third part of PPC is chronic care. This is long-term (more than 30 days) treatment and rehabilitation. The pro- posed addition will include 40 beds for this purpose. The fourth and final segment of PPC is care of ambulatory patients, those who are able to care for themselves, but are undergoing examination. Such care is now in the planning stage for General Hospital. Barnes said PPC would result in less expense for patients. Athens Man Charged With 102 Burglaries A 21-year-old Athens man ac- cused of committing 102 bur- glaries in less than a year was bound over today under $1,000 bond at a preliminary hearing before Recorder's Court Judge Olin Price. City police said Joseph Henry Pritchett of 187 Third St. ad- mitted the numerous break-ins, which have occurred in all sec- tions of Athens beginning in January, 1965. Pritchett was ordered held for grand jury action in connec- tion with the Friday night burglary of Davis Bakery on West Baxter Street. City Police Chief E. E. Hardy said other charges of burglary and attempted burglary will be filed against Pritchett later. Chief Hardy said Capt. W. E. McKinnon and Sgt. Olin Wood Vol. CXXXIV, No. 165. ATHENS BANNER-HERALD 10 PAGES TODAY Banner-Herald Photo by REM Miss Homecoming 1965 Miss Ann Brown, sponsored by Sigma Pi, was named Miss Homecoming 1965 at the Saturday night Homecoming Con- cert sponsored by the Interfraternity Council. Other finalists and their sponsors were Frances Gay, Phi Delta Theta; Jane Kimbrell, Sigma Nu; Bickie Rutherford, Lambda Chi Alpha, and Celeste Shoffner, Phi Mu. were patroling W. Baxter Street around 10:30 p. m. Friday when they saw Pritchett in Davis Bakery. The officers rushed to the back of the building and caught Pritchett before he could flee with a sack of groceries. Pritchett had broken in the back door of the store, Hardy said. During the year, Pritchett had broken in the same places as many as eight or ten times, the chief said. His chief source of revenue was change from cigarette machines. Pritchett, who has no criminal record, made his living solely from the burglaries, Hardy said. Chief Hardy commended Capt. McKinnon and Sgt. Wood for their quick action in appre- hending Pritchett. PHONE 543-2512 SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SINCE 1832 ATHENS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1965 ALICOM JK. 99821 State Board Fires Reidsville Warden Negroes Stage Sit-In CRAWFORDVILLE, Ga. (AP) -About 200 civil rights demon- strators staged a sit-in at the Taliaferro County Courthouse to- day after they learned the coun- ty school superintendent was not in her office. The demonstrators, mostly Negroes, attempted to enter the building but were turned away by Sheriff M. B. Moore, who said they could enter six at a time. One demonstrator entered and returned to say the school su- perintendent, Mrs. Lola Wil- liams, was not inside. The dem- onstrators said they would not leave until Mrs. Williams ap- peared and received their pro- tests on school segregation. They sat in front of the court- house and sang songs and heard speeches. TURNED BACK Earlier, about 15 Negro youths attempted to board school buses carrying white pu- pils to nearby counties. They were turned back by state troopers without incident. Meanwhile, W. E. Watson, chairman of the Taliaferro County Commission, told news- men that county officials are willing to meet with recognized local Negro leaders to discuss the racial situation. Watson issued a prepared statement in which he said county leaders felt they had been unjustly criticized during the racial situation and that many statements they had made were either misunder- stood or misinterpreted. Watson said he thought the demonstrations had caused a se- rious setback in race relations in the county and that county offi- cials will do their best to restore good relations. He said negotia- tions alone will not be sufficient. KING TO VISIT Negro leaders planned a se- ries of activities to be climaxed today by a visit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They said they will picket the downtown area of Crawfordville and attempt to boycott a Negro school in ad- joining Warren County. Some Negroes said that fluor- escent red stickers with a warn- ing message were found on win- dows of Negro-operated service stations and some autos in Crawfordville. The stickers said, "The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is watching you." King is scheduled to lead a march to the courthouse and then address a rally there to- night. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) workers said Sunday they expect a de- cision on a proposed march. from Crawfordville to Atlanta sometime this week. The march is intended to express Negro dissatisfaction with token inte- gration, they said. Lone Candidate In GOP Primary Jack Curtis, a lone Republi- can, will be running in his party's local primary Tuesday. He is a candidate for the Third Ward seat on the Athens City Council. Curtis, 33, is a businessman. and farmer who has been living in Athens since 1957. He will oppose the winner of Wednesday's Democratic pri- mary race between incumbent Walter N. Danner and Rev. William James Hudson. Exact Reasons Unclear REIDSVILLE, Ga. (AP)-The warden of Reidsville State Pris- on, R. P. Balkcom Jr., has been fired for "neglect and ineffi- ciency," by the State Board of Corrections. Balkcom, a powerful figure in Georgia penal affairs, con- firmed the dismissal today. He had been warden of the prison since 1948. The prison has 2,900 inmates. Corrections Director R. H. Burson and 12 staff members fired Balkcom Sunday in the main office of the prison com- pound. CLOSE-MOUTHED Burson was close-mouthed about the dismissal and would not elaborate on the reason for the firing, saying only that there were "other aspects with rather serious overtones." The corrections director said Balkcom's dismissal was done with the knowledge of Gov. Carl E. Sanders and the approval of the state Board of Corrections. Burson said he is assuming full charge of all operations at the prison. "I am doing so," he said in a statement, 'because it is my belief that this is in the best in- terest of the inmates, the per- sonnel at this institution and the citizens of the State of Geor- gia.” AF Wirepn PRESIDENT JOHNSON MANAGES A SMILE FOR THE CAMERA Chief Executive Is Recuperating At Bethesda Naval Hospital Took No Sedatives Chief Executive Spends 'Most Unpleasant Night' WASHINGTON (AP) Presi- dent Johnson conferred for 45 minutes today with Vice Presi- dent Hubert H. Humphrey after spending what was described as his "most unpleasant night" since gall bladder surgery. The unpleasant aspects were attributed by press secretary Bill D. Moyers to the fact John- son took no sedatives gefore go- ing to sleep. Moyers said doc- tors feel, that at about this point, patients recovering from major abdominal surgery ex- perience their greatest discom- fort. "UNCOMFORTABLE" "He is uncomfortable this morning," Moyers reported. The press secretary said John- son's pain did not discourage him from covering a wide range of topics, foreign and domestic, with Humphrey. Their conversation ranged from discussion of a possible American visit next month by West German Chancellor Lud- wig Erhardt to current ma- neuverings in Congress. Doctors reported Sunday night that the President had put in "another splendid day" and was making steady progress following last Friday's opera- tion to remove his gall bladder and a stone that had formed in his kidney. GETTING REST Johnson, who normally pic- tures himself as enjoying the best of health and requiring only a minimum of sleep, con- fessed Sunday his stay at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in sub- urban Maryland offered a chance to get some rest. "I have seen rather tired for some time," Johnson told four newsmen invited to his third- floor bedroom, "So we're going to use this the best we can." Johnson spoke softly but dis- played plenty of conversational vitality. "I'll be all right," said the President. But he admitted to being "a little sore on the side." Later in the day, Johnson lis- tened intently as his pastor, the Rev. Dr. George R. Davis of the National City Christian church, conducted a private communion service in the bedroom. When adjusting his position in a green leather reclining chair, Johnson seemed to grimace. FED INTRAVENOUSLY The doctors let him begin feeding himself-consomme in the morning, strawberry gelatin in the afternoon. But a needle for intravenous feeding re- mained in place in a large vein of his right forearm standard procedure after major abdomi- nal surgery. - Johnson told the visiting newsmen he expected official visitors during the week- "not wholesale, but selective cases." And it was evident that the week would see more of the offi- cial business that Johnson laced into his first postoperative days. Sunday, for example, he signed three more bills and an- nounced plans to nominate four new ambassadors, two judges and several federal marshals. Fourteen other bills had been signed earlier, starting just 20 hours after the President came out of surgery. He also received his first offi- cial visitors Vice President and Mrs. Hubert H. Humphrey. They gave him a pair of mono- grammed yellow pajamas as a get-well gift. The President devoted much of Sunday to visiting with his family wife Lady Bird and daughters Lynda and Luci. Aft- er a weekend visit, Lynda flew - back to Austin, Tex., to resume her studies at the University of Texas. Newspaper Strike Ends NEW YORK (AP)-New York's 25-day newspaper dim- out is over, with the return to work of striking employes of the New York Times. After accepting contract terms Sunday afternoon by an almost unanimous voice vote, more than 1,900 members of the AFL-CIO New York Newspaper Guild returned to turn. out today's Times-an 80-page edition. Tentative settlement of the strike came last Friday when negotiators for the Guild and Time accepted contract terms proposed by Theodore W. Kheel, special mediator for Mayor Robert F. Wagner. The terms were subject to union mem- bership ratification. The Guild struck the Times Sept. 16. Craft unions refused to cross picket lines. The publishers Association of New York City charged a contract violation and closed down its six non-struck members leaving only the New York Post publishing. The Herald Tribune withdrew from the association and resumed publication Sept. 27. The Post withdrew from the assoication during the 114- day strike and shutdown of 1962-63. Publishing Sunday editions were the Daily News and the Journal-American and Long Island Press. The Press had been publishing its Nassau and Suffolk County editions during the dimout. 315 WEATHER Mostly fair and mild this afternoon and to- night; partly cloudy and a little cooler Tuesday. DOPE, PERVERSION The Atlanta Journal reported that another source amplified on the reasons for the firing as re- sulting from a "promiscuous" flow of dope and dangerous drugs into the prison, homosex- ual promiscuity and violence. including eight murders within the prison compound in 17 months. The board was reported in session at Reidsville, but Bur- son said only routine business will be discussed. "I was notified to present my- self before the board and the director at the prison at 11:30 a.m. (Sunday)." Balkcom said. "At that time they told me that I was discontinued immediate- ly. I have no further comment at this time." KNEW IN ADVANCE Asked if he had any advance information that he might be discharged, Balkcom said, "I had heard in a roundabout way that it was going to happen." Burson spoke to the prison's custodial staff today before prisoners were assigned to their daily jobs. The corrections di- rector said "things are going nicely" and that he wanted to "alleviate some of the tension." Civil Session Begins In Court Civil cases were scheduled for Clarke Superior Court today as the court convenes for its Octo- ber term. Criminal cases will come be- fore Judge James Barrow Oct. 18. When the criminal docket has been completed civil cases will again be tried until Nov. 3. The court will convene Mon- day, Nov. 8, with divorce cases. Judge Barrow will hear these cases with no jury. DEATHS Mrs. Bessie Childers Stewart, Athens Bryan Standard, Athens H. P. Addington, Athens Dally. Se Sunday, 10e
