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Georgia Friendship Force To
Exchange Citizens With World
Jasper Dorsey, vice presi
dent and chief executive
officer of Southern Bell’s
Georgia operations, has been
named by Governor George
Busbee as the state director
of the Friendship Force for
Georgia.
The new state director has
appointed former Decatur
Mayor J. Walter Drake as
inaugural Flight Chairperson
of the foreign exchange visit
program, which is to be
nationwide in scope. The
Friendship Force is a
non-profit, private organiza
tion designed to promote
peace in the world through
“the force of friendship.”
The Friendship Force grew
out of a project started by
President and Mrs. Carter in
1973 when he was Governor
of Georgia and a 10-day
exchange between 200 Geor
gians and 200 citizens of the
State of Pernambuco in
Brazil was made. Mrs.
Carter is now serving as
national Honorary Chair
person of the Friendship
Force.
The first 10 day exchange
visit from Georgia, which is,
to be the first one from the
United States, is scheduled
for July. A plane load of
citizen-ambassadors will fly
from Atlanta by jet to
Newcastle upon Tyne in
Great Britain to stay in
private homes there. The
same plane will bring an
equal number of citizens
from Newcastle to stay in
private homes in the Atlanta
area.
“Four days will be spent in
the home of the host. The
other four days are optional,
either touring the host
country or continuing the
in-home visit. Independent
travel during this second four
days is done at the expense of
each ambassador,” Dorsey
said. “On every citizen-ex
change visit, each traveling
ambassador pays $250 re
gardless of the origin or
destination of the Friendship
flight. This low cost is made
possible through gifts from
individuals, corporations and
foundations,” he added.
Dorsey said that the
demand for space on the
initial flight from Georgia
greatly exceeds the amount
of space available. “We are
working towards having a
cross-section of citizens on
every flight and we are also
expecting the demand to
exceed the amount of space
of every flight,” Dorsey said.
“The object of these
citizen-exchange visits is to
transport a group of dedicat
ed Americans of diverse
backgrounds. Each Georgia
ambassador is asked to
nominate a host to welcome
and house a counterpart
from abroad. For the most
part, people of similar
interest will be chosen to
come together. A physician
would stay with a physician,
a teacher with a teacher, a
taxi-driver with a taxi
driver,” he said.
President Carter has said
that the goal for 1980 is to
have a flight a month from
all 50 states and countries all
over the world. This would
total 600 flights and involve a
half-million people. A goal of
The Friendship Force is that
on July 4, 1980, at 12 o’clock
noon, there will be a
simultaneous take off of 50
Friendship flights, with each
plane carrying approximate
ly 400 people.
President Carter said, “I
want to see the ties of our
country with other countries
—large and, small, powerful
and weak, very friendly and
not-so-friendly— strengthen
ed. This is the kind of
involvement that each of us
can do that is a little above
and beyond government.”
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FRIENDSHIP FORCE DIRECTOR— Jasper Dorsey,
chief executive officer of Southern Bell’s Georgia operations,
has been chosen by Governor Busbee as state director of The
Friendship Force, a people-to-people program designed to
increase international understanding.
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THURSDAY. MAY 5, 1977
Legal Authorities Agree That
School Spankings Can Be Given
In accord with the recent
U. S. Supreme Court ruling
that corporal punishment for
students may be administer
ed in public schools, Dr. Joe
Edwards, deputy superinten
dent of the Georgia Depart
ment of Education, says that
Georgia statutes have pro
vided for such punishment
for years.
The Supreme Court ruling
left school children with no
legal recourse when spanked
or paddled by school teach
ers or administrators, even
when the punishment is
proven to be excessive.
Under the terms of a recent
Georgia law, students may
be spanked, provided the
punishment is not unduly
harsh or severe and if it is
administered in the presence
of a witness. The only
exemptions are those stu
dents whose physicians indi
cate the possibility of
traumatic difficulties result
ing from corporal punish
ment.
“The U. S. Supreme Court
ruling will not negate the
Georgia law, and Georgia
school officials will be
expected to continue to act in
keeping with the state
statutes. I don’t see major
conflicts between the federal
ruling and the Georgia
statutes. I believe the court
ruling will cause local
teachers and school admini
strators to feel a bit more
secure as they move to
discipline those students who
might be unruly.
“Prior court rulings have
caused teachers, in some
instances, to be fearful of
being sued if they attempt to
punish a child. I think this
latest ruling will help
overcome some of those
fears,” said Edwards.
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