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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Restock Lake Jackson
Much interest has been shown lately in
Newton and surrounding counties in hav
ing Jackson Lake restocked with game fish.
Several petitions have been circulated in
Covington urging that the State Game and
Fish Commission act quickly to restore the
fish deleted waters of Jackson Lake so that
it may once more be the “fisherman’s para
dise” that it was in the 1940'5.
Jackson Lake once had an abundance of
large bass, crappie, bream, and catfish, but
the fish seem to have disappeared. The few
fish that are caught these days are small
and not very plentiful. Anglers once came
from all over the state to fish in Jackson
Lake for then they were assured of fine
fishing. These days have passed.
Merchants who handled fishing supplies
and groceries have also felt the blow of
Jackson Lake fading out of the limelight
as a favorite fishing spot and family rec
reation center. Many dollars that were once
spent in Newton. Butts, and Jasper, the
counties bordering Jackson Lake, are now
being spent in other counties where lakes
like Lanier, Allatoona, Blackshear, and
Seminole have an abundance of fish.
The anglers of our county must now
travel 50 or more miles to fish when they
go after the “big ones” that make fishing a
favorite passtime. This is not only expen
sive but it is ridiculous when in our own
county, just 20 miles from Covington, there
lies one of the largest and richest bodies of
water in the state.
We are very interested in seeing Jack
son Lake restocked with large and small
mouth bass, white bass, bream, crappie, cat
fish, shad and any other fish that will make
it luring to sportsmen. This lake can once
again become the fishing paradise that it
use to be, but local interest in restocking
must be made known to the State Game
and Fish Commission. The Commission
stands by ready to “revive" Jackson Lake
with fish if there is enough local interest.
Do your part to help develop this local
asset which can provide many hours of
sporting fun and pleasure for the whole
family. Write the State Game and Fish
Commission, State Capitol, Atlanta, Geor
gia, today and urge that Jackson Lake be
restocked.
Safety Hooks for Jets
Arresting gear, long used by Navy fliers
In carrier operations, may soon protect
commercial jet airliners in landings and
take-offs on the ground.
Hundreds of field tests conducted by
the Federal Aviation Agency, results of
which are now being studied by scientists
and engineers, have demonstrated that the
danger of running off a runway can be
gently yet effectively controlled by a hook
and cable connected to a hydraulic shock
absorber.
At Atlantic City recently, for example, a
175,000 pound FAA jet came roaring onto
a test runway at 150 miles an hour. Shortly
after it touched the ground a stainless steel
arresting hook in the tail engaged a steel
cable an inch and a half thick. Four million
pounds of impact were smoothly reduced to
zero and the huge jet brought to a gentle
halt in 1,600 feet!
Absorption of this tremendous shock is
accomplished by plungers which are pulled
through water-filled tubes buried in the
ground on either side of the runway. But
it’s hook and the cable that must take the
initial shock and sustain the resistance of
the water as it slows the plane to a gra
dual atop.
Thus, when such gear is installed in our
commercial airports — as now seems prob
able —air navigation will have achieved
another milestone in safety. A pilot who
sees he is going to overshoot the runway
either in landing or takeoff can engage the
‘‘safety hook”, rather than try to gun his
engines — either forward or in reverse to
avoid danger.
This application of the strength of mod
em steels to small airports with short
runways will create an additional safety
factor — making them available for emer
gency landings of giant jets.
Here again, in aviation as in most other
modern arts, today’s steel technology is
drawn upon to meet demands that only
yesterday would have seemed fantastic.
According to Dr. Ernest L. Wilkinson,
President, Brigham Young University, “Fed
•ral aid means federal control of education
— no matter how you get it.’’
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We've Crossed the Line
Next July 9, with a bit more than half
the year gone, the corporations of this
country — the myriad enterprises which
provide us with the great bulk of our goods
and services, as well as most of our employ
ment of people — will start working for
their owners.
What, one may ask, will they be doing
for the six-months-plus preceding that
date?
The answer is provided by a cursory
glance at a federal income tax form. The
profits tax on any corporation of any size
is a neat 52 percent. And this does not in
clude the swarm of other taxes a corpora
tion is burdened with — state income taxes,
property taxes, excise and sales taxes, li
cense taxes, transaction taxes and even, in
some instances, municipal income taxes.
Columnist Henry J. Taylor writes:
“Mussolini’s corporate state took 40 per
cent of any profits. Hitler took 44 percent.
Both these exploiters were pikers compar
ed to Washington’s 52 percent bite.
“Surely one definition of socialism is the
line behind which a government gets more
than the owners. We’ve crossed that line,
even excluding state, county and commun
ity taxes on corporations. In this sense,
we're not going socialist. We’ve gone. Thus
taxpayers are people who don’t need a Ci
vil Service examination to work for the
Government.”
This is the price we pay for two enor
mously different things. One is war, hot
and cold — past, present, and to come. The
other is a Welfare State. The enormous tax
for war, it seems, must continue to be paid
—we have no choice in this. But the Wel
fare State — coddling us, attempting to
shield us against our own follies and wast
es, substituting political decision for indi
vidual responsibility and pride — is some
thing we simply cannot afford.
Rotary Club Stresses
World Understanding
At a time when the world is being torn
apart by rival doctrines, scientific advances,
exploding populations, and rising expec
tations among the newly developing peop
les, better understanding among all peoples
is an urgent need.
There are several examples of enlight
ened leadership in the world today, which
can lead to improved understanding. One
of the most significant is the proclamation
by the president of Rotary International of
the week of 17-23 March as World Under
standing Week. His goal is a general recog
nition of the oneness of mankind, and as
the leader of more than a half million
men in more than 11,000 Rotary clubs in
128 countries, he can rightfully call atten
tion to opportunities of creating understand
ing among all peoples of the world. World
Understanding Week calls for a simulta
neous effort by everyone to focus on ac
tivities and characteristics which tend to
unite the peoples of the world rather than
divide them.
Rotary International, now in its 58th
year, has pioneered in numerous activities
to create world understanding. In 1947-48
an international exchange fellowship pro
gram was established by The Rotary Foun
dation for the purpose of giving outstand
ing graduate students a year of study
abroad. Since then 1.591 students from 71
countries have studied in 55 countries. The
Rotary Foundation has underwritten the
cost of the program — better than three
and one-half million dollars. Similarly, in
dividual Rotary clubs and districts have
initiated their own international exchange
programs. Upwards of 10,000 secondary
and graduate students are sponsored an
nually for some kind of international travel
or study. In addition to these efforts in
behalf of the younger generation, Rotarians
themselves contribute to world understand
ing by exchanging pictures, slides, tape
recordings, books, magazines, newspapers
on a world-wide basis.
These activities are not performed for
the benefit of headlines. They esent
the quiet service of men who are commit
ted to “the advancement of international
understanding, good will, and peace through
a world fellowship of business and pro
fessional men united in the ideal of ser
vice.”
It is Important, then, during this week
dedicated to understanding, that all citizens
join with Rotarians in making this observ
ance a success. We heartily salute the Cov
ington Rotary Club.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
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SOUR WEEKLY (O LESSON FOR
UNDAY SCHOOL
Jesus Answers His Critics
Bible Material: Mark 12:13-
44.
Devotional Reading: John
12:44-50; Memory Selection:
For I have not spoken on my
own authority: the Father who
sent me has himself given me
commandment what to say and
what to speak. John 12:49.
Intermediate-Senior Topic:
Facing Criticism.
Young People-Adult Topic:
Why Men Resist Christ.
Our lesson last week dealt
with authority, and we need
constantly to keep in mind that
the problem of authority is the
chief problem of religion. What
right do you have to make
these assertions about God, his
creation, his providence, his
Messiah, and the coming of his
kingdom? These are questions
which have puzzled the minds
of right-thinking persons for
centuries.
Our Lord’s critics were well
within their rights when they
demanded of Jesus at the time
of his cleansing of the temple,
“By what authority doest thou
these things?”
Our lesson this week extends
and amplifies the theme of last
week's lesson. Who? What’
Why? are questions which we
will continue to ask until the
end of time in connection with
our faith.
We question, and sometimes
resist, religious authority today
precisely as men did in our
Lord's day.
The Roman overlord was a
thorn in the side of every Jew
in our Lord’s day. This able
and warlike nation had con
quered practically all the civil
ized countries of the Mediter
ranean world. Their policy was
not harsh and repressive. They
allowed conquered people to
retain their religion, continue
their customs, manage their
local affairs. There was only
one demand and this was un
qualified: No one could rebel
against the political authority
of Rome.
Christianity was to get a bad
name among the Romans be
cause Christ’s followers held
that Jesus was a king. This
sounded like treason in the ears
of the Romans.
Christ was crucified and sev
eral centuries of persecution
followed because the Romans
could not appreciate the dis
tinction between a worldly
kingdom and that kingdom
which Jesus had declared was
not of this world (John 18:36).
The scene we study today
depicts the Jewish leaders
coming to Jesus, praising him
with hypocritical words, and
then asking a question which
we would say today is loaded
with dynamite: “Is it lawful to
give tribute to Caesar, or not?”
Our Lord’s reply was so quick
ly and aptly given that “they
marvelled at him.”
We note that the Herodians
and Pharisees joined together
in an attempt “to catch him in
his words.” No two groups
within the Jewish nation hated
each other more heartily than
did the Herodians and the
Pharisees. The Herodians were
time-serving J*wa who had
gone over to the sine of the
Roman conqueror and who fol
lowed the puppet king Herod
for what they got out of it. The
Pharisees, on the other hand,
believed that since the Jews
were God's chosen people, no
nation had a right to rule over
them. They hated the Romans
heartily, but they hated the
Herodians even more.
Yet on this occasion the
Pharisees and the Herodians
got together. It is an example
of the ever-recurring circum
stance that evil persons will
forget their enmities and pool
their interests in their common
assault against righteousness
and justice.
The issue involved in today’s
lesson is perennial in its nature
and significance. In our indi
vidual religious experience,
Caesar represents the worldly
interests that make up our
lives. To what extent shall we
give these worldly matters our
allegiance? The answer is clear
and imperative: Only to the
extent that they do not inter
fere with the duties we owe to
God. In political life Caesar re
presents the state. To what
extent shall men give in to the
demands of the state? And the
answer remains the same: Only
to the extent that these de
mands do not interfere with
the duties we owe to God.
“And one of the scribes
came,... and perceiving that
he had answered them well,
asked him. Which is the first
commandment of all?”
This was a much discussed
question in that day. This scri
be appears not to have been
hostile, and we should always
remember that even among
scribes and Pharisees there
were some who perceived, to
some extent at least, the sign
ificance of Jesus and his teach
ing. Nicodemus, a ruler of the
Jews, came by night to counsel
with Jesus (see John 3:1-21),
and it was this same Nicode
mus and Joseph of Arimathaea
who gave the body of Jesus
decent burial (John 19:38-42).
The scribe who asked the
question, “Which is the first
commandment of all?” appears
to have been friendly and fair
in his attitude.
It is interesting to note that
Jesus would not allow the
question to stand as it was
stated. When asked to name the
first commandment he insisted
on putting two commandments
together and calling them one.
The first commandment has to
do with our love toward God;
the second with our love to
ward man.
Unemployment Rises Slightly
During January-February Period
WASHINGTON, D C. - Unem
ployment rose by 250.000 between
January and February although
little change is expected at this
time of year, the U. S. Depart
ment of Labor announced in re
leasing the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics summary figures on em
ployment and unemployment.
Some 4 9 million persons were
unemployed in February 1963 as
compared with 4.5 million a year
earlier.
The seasonally adjusted rate of
unemployment rose from 5.8 per
cent in January to 6.1 percent in
February, the first time the rate
has reached 6 perce* since De
cember 1961.
Adult men accounted for about
half the jobless increase over
the month and teenagers the re
mainder. The seasonally adjust
ed unemployment rate for men
rose from 4.8 percent in January
to 5.1 percent in February, with
cutbacks in outdoor jobs contri
buting to the increase.
The number unemployed 15
weeks or longer was 13 million
in February, showing the expected
seasonal increase of 150.000 from
January, and more than 100.000
below the level of February 1962
Most of this over-the-year decline
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Senator
Pennington
Reports
The 1963 General Assembly
adjourned at 6:15 Friday. This
was the greatest General As
sembly in the history of Geor
gia according to all the ex
perts. I will not try to list all
of the legislation that was
passed during this historical
session; however, I would like
to list a few of the more im
portant bills:
1. The Highway Board was
reorganized giving each Con
gressional District a member.
There will now be ten High
way Board members.
2. A law was passed to ex
empt sales tax on certain ma
chinery to be used in industry
and agriculture.
3. The speed limit on the
new interstate highways was
set at 70 miles per hour maxi
mum and 45 miles per hour
minimum.
4. The age for death sen
tence was changed from 10
years old to 17 years old, but
will not be retroactive.
5. A bill to exempt seed,
fertilizer and agricultural
chemicals used directly in till
ing the soil from sales tax.
6. A bill to provide no con
struction contracts may be let
by the State unless it contains
a provision providing for the
exclusive use of Georgia forest
if forest products are to be
used.
7. A bill to create a State
Board to regulate beauty shops
and beauty salons.
8. A companion bill to pro
vide for a State Board of Bar
ber Examiners.
9. A bill to place the Comp
troller General on a salary in
lieu of fees and commissions.
10. A bill to provide for a
Sheriff Retirement Fund for
Georgia.
11. A bill to provide that no
Automobile Liability Ins ur
ance policy be issued unless a
loss coverage is provided for a
person driving an uninsured
vehicle.
These are part of the most
important legislation passed
during the 1963 session.
Next week I will list the re
maining important legislation
that was passed and during the
following weeks I hope to be
able to take some of these im
portant bills and explain them
in detail so that you will know’
exactly how they will affect
you.
Brooks Pennington, Jr.
Senator, 45th District
New York — Despite two
costly failures, the search for
Ireland’s first successful oil or
gas well is continuing, accord
ing to Oil Facts.
The American Petroleum In
stitute publication reports that
the subsidiaries of the three
American companies, which
began to search for oil in Ire
land about a year ago, have
now announced plans for a
third wildcat well. The first
two were abandoned as dry
holes at 5,975 feet and 10,715
feet, respectively.
Oil Facts notes that the dril
ling crews are hoping some of
the famed luck of the Irish
will show up in this third wild
cat effort.
was among those persons jobless
for six months or longer.
Included among the employed in
February were 2.2 million non
farm workers on short workweeks
for economic reasons; this was
about the same as in January al
though an increase would be ex
pected at this time of year.
Labor force time lost, an index
measuring the amount of avail
able man-hours lost to the econ
omy through short hours and
unemployment, rose from 6 8 to
7.1 percent in February resulting
entirely from the increase in un
employment.
The total labor force rose by
700.000 to 74.0 million in February.
This represented a gain of about
1 million from a year earlier —
in line with the pattern of an
nual growth recorded since the
middle of 1962.
More realistic control of all
drivers is the best means of
minimizing traffic accidents,
according to Judson B. Branch,
president of Allstate Insurance
Companies. Such control would
, involve broader license exami-
I nations, higher performance
j standards, thorough driver
[ training and adequate retrain
i ing of accident or violation re
' peaters.
—The Georgia
LEGISLETTER
ATLANTA — Gov. Carl E. San
ders got through what some call
the “honeymoon’’ session of the
General Assembly every major
piece of legislation he wanted ex
cept one — an act to place Geor
gia sheriffs on a salary rather
than a fee basis. He viewed it as
the most effective means of end
ing “speed traps” and promoting
tourism.
The combined political power of
the sheriffs and county commis
sioners proved too much for the
administration in this area. But
the Governor says the bill he
wants will be the “first order of
business” when the Legislature
convenes in January, 1964.
As a step toward controlling
“speed traps” the Administration
did get through a measure which
will enable it to deprive munici
palities of the right to police state
and federal highways within their
corporate limits for six months
if a state commission finds them
guilty of law enforcement for
profit rather than safety. The
State Patrol would take over in
the interim.
But the three prime measures
Gov. Sanders wanted passed went
through both houses with some
amendments but little real op
position. These were:
1. A detailed two- year appro
priation bill giving the ad
ministration $465,448,092.20 for
1963 - 64 and $488,741,352.90
for 1964 - 65. So closely does
this approximate estimated
revenue that fiscal experts
say the state wil Ihave only
$555 in the till when the bein
nial budget is spent.
2. An act creating a Department
of Youth to help Georgia’s
“troubled children” and get
them out of common jails. It
will function with federal wel
fare funds plus state money
for administration under the
direction of a 15-member
board headed by Mrs. Bruce
Schaefer, welfare director.
3. Reorganization of the State
Highway Board to provide 10
members one from each of
the Congressional districts
plus a full - time director. It
the beginning the members
will be appointed by the Gov
ernor, but after a four-year
transitional period they will be
named by the General Assem
bly. Legislators still are de
bating whether the act does,
in reality, “take the highway
board out of politics” as Gov.
Sanders promised to do.
As a result of a reapportioned
Senate and first Governor since
1915 to be elected by a popular
vote, Georgia's cities showed, as
expected, more political strength
than they have had in the memory
of “old- timers.” But the House,
still dominated by the rural coun
ties, proved that it has lost none
of its former strength when its
members are adamant.
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THE SECURITY of this coun
try and the rest of the free
world will be guaranteed only
so long as we maintain nuclear
superiority over the Soviet
Union.
A mighty military arm, poised
to strike against any aggression,
is the best de
terrent we have
today against
a war, which
at best would
be devastating
to both sides.
The balance of
nuclear - strike
power is now
held by the United States, and
constant vigilance is required if
the tables are not to be turned.
This balance of power is some
thing Mr. Khrushchev under
stands and apparently respects.
It is the only thing that will
hold him and his wily bunch of
Communists at bay.
In the rift between Red China
and the Soviets, Mao depicted
the United States as a “paper
tiger,” to which Chairman
Khrushchev retorted, with great
truth: “But the U.S. paper tiger
has nuclear teeth.”
• • •
CURRENT ATTEMPTS at the
Geneva Disarmament Conference
to reach a nuclear test ban
agreement with the Soviets call
for utmost caution and a clear
and resolute position that no
thing short of an ironclad assur
ance against cheating will be ac
ceptable to the American people.
With the Soviet negotiators
stubbornly seeking one conces
sion after another from the U.S., /
particularly regarding the num-
foot or fnnU4 a
Thursday, March 21, !9?S
-By Glenn McCullough
For example, the House on
Thursday killed, on a motion to
table by Rep. Louis Raulerson of
Echols County, a Senate-passed
bill to regulate billboards on
Georgia’s potential 1,105 miles of
the federal interstate highway sys
tem. The vote was 99-73.
The House turned thumbs down
on the bill despite a vigorous ap
peal in favor of it by Rep. Wil
liam Killian of Glynn County, who
pointed out that the state would
receive a $3,000,000 bonus from
the federal government if it con
trolled billboards. No doubt the
old-time “billboard lobby” was
active, but another reason for
House opposition was the feeling
of some members that it would
deprive farmers and land-owners
of a chance to rent billboard space
along the highways.
Another example of House
strength was the “watering down”
of a bill strongly sponsored by
Chairman Quimby Melton, Jr. of
the House Education Committee
to improve the educational stand
ards of county school superinten
dents. As originally drawn, it
would have required them to have
five years of college work. But it
proved politically impossible to
pass it until it has been amended
to require only four years with
planned work on a fifth, three
years of educational experience,
and to exampt present superin
tendents.
In the closing days the House
and Senate got into a quarrel over
prestige. A House - passed bill
setting up a Governor’s commis
sion to study Georgia education
and recommended improvements
provided for five House and three
Senate members. The Senate sent
it back to provide for five Sena
tors, too. No, said the House. The
conflicting bills went to confer
ence, where the House remained
adamant. Finally, Senate Floor
Leader Charles Pannell asked the
Senate to recede from its position
because the whole future of the
bill was at stake. It did.
The Senate imposed strict con
trols on traveling committees,
which have been the subject of
scandals in the past. They can
not go out of the state without the
written permission of their chair
man and the lieutenant - gover
nor. And they must turn in de
tailed expense accounts.
FARM OUTLOOK
Paul C. Bunce, Extension in
formation outlook specialist at
the University of Georgia, says
farmers can expect the demand
for farm products and food to
continue strong in 1963. Bunce
also predicted that farm in
come will continue at a high
level. However, he said costs
will go up also, probably faster
than gross. So net may be a
little lower.
ber of on-site inspections, there
are increasing indications that
such assurance will be impos
sible to achieve.
The Communists, who so far
as I know have not changed
their minds about world con
quest, indicate to me that they
have no intentions of observing
any treaty which may be
reached. If they had a sincere
wish to stop nuclear testing,
why would they balk at agreeing
to enough on-site inspections
each year to insure against
cheating!
THE COMMUNISTS eannoi
be trusted. They have proven
this time and time again in the
past in attempts to deal with
them over Berlin, Cuba, South
east Asia and other Cold War
hot spots. The captive people of
downtrodden nations in Europe
are saddening examples of what
comes from trying to “get
along” with Communism.
The Berlin Wall is much more
than mere masonry. It sym
bolises the ends Communists will
go to in order to enslave the
minds, hearts and spirits of free
men.
Our negotiators at Geneva
will have a tough job seeing
that any test ban treaty which
might be agreed upon is not
loaded in the Reds’ favor. The
Communists will do all within
their power to get a treaty ad
vantageous to them and against
the interests of the people of
this country.