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EBI Reports On Crime Increase
The Federal Bureau of Investigationgm) issued
a report recently on the increase of lawlessness
in the United States during the past several months,
In the report FBI said that the National crime
rate increased 16 percent in 1967,
No city, State or geographic region appeared
immune from the tide of crime, Serious crimes
in 1967 were up 16 percent over the previous
year in the suburbs, 17 percent in the large
cities and 12 percent in the countryside,
In Washingto& D, C,, the only city in the
Nation under Federal jurisdiction, crime shot up
37 percent in 1967 over the previous year, This
is double the national average and three times
the rate a year ago. Robbery soared 56 percenlß
rape was up 28 percent and murder increased 2
percent,
Although the one-year nationwide increase in
serious crimes was startling, even more shocking
were the comparative figures for the decade, These
showed an increase in serious crime since 1960
of 89 percent, with a rise in crimes of violence
of 73 percent,
More than 3.8 million serious crimes were re=-
ported during 1967, 494,000 of them crimes of a
violent nature, Here is a summary of some of the
trends:
. Crimes of violence increased 16 percent last
year, the same as the incidence of all serious
crimes, Violent crimes have increased 73 percent
since 1960,
. Firearms were used in 63 percent of all
homicides, a 17 percent increase over 1966, Mur
ders were up 17 percent,
THE COVINGTON NEWS
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Editor and Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
To The People
Os Newton County
During the past week I have been quoted, misquoted and
misunderstood regarding my political stand at this time,
This statement should clarify my position.
The National Democratic Party Nominee for President,
The National Democratic Party - it’s platform and it’s
policies are today no longer in the best interest of the
people of the United States, the people of Georgia or the
people of this Senatorial District,
I have fought and am fighting to correct this situation, The Chicago Con
vention proved the politicians in the National Democratic Party now are trying
to control the Georgia Party and that they are willing to sacrifice the best
interest of the people of Georgia for their own political good.
I cannot, in good faith, remain aligned with such a party as the present
National Democratic Party. To show my dissatisfaction and to focus attention
state-wide and nationally on this situation I intend to offer my resignation
as a member of the Democratic Executive Committee,
However, I have only the highest praise and esteem for Georgia Democrats.
I am one of the few Democratic members of the General Assembly that re
fused to sign the Democratic Party Loyalty Oath when qualifying for re
nomination to the State Senate in May of this year,
I advised officials of the Party at the time of qualifying that I could not
swear to support the Party Nominee without knowing who he might be,
I further stated at that time in May ----
“I feel very strongly thatour country is in need of strong, capable, effective,
conscientious leadership at the National level.”’
Today, I observe that the Democratic Nominee, Hubert Humphrey, by his
support of the draft card burners, the student rioters and his failure to support
a strong win or get out position for our boys in Vietnam is not at this time of
fering the leadership we need.
Therefore, since I am under no oath to support the Nominee of the National
Democratic Party on November sth, I will, like you, vote for the man I feel
to be at that time best qualified for the job of President, and in the future I
will continue to support the men I feel best qualified for office- regardless
of whether they be Republican, Democrat or Independants,
Brooks Pennington
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. Narcotics arrests were up 60 percent, largely
involving marijuana cases,
. Forcible rape was up seven percent,
. Robbery was up 27 percent with an increase
in bank robberies of 45 percent,
. Crimes against property were up 17 percent,
Crimes against property have increased 91 per
cent since 1960,
. Last year, serious crime occurred at the
rate of seven a minute: someone was being mur
dered every 43 minutes and woman was raped
every 19 minutes,
ALL IN ALL, the FBI report painted a bleak
picutre of lawlessness in America, For example,
it contained this sobering thought: If there are 100
people on your block, the odds are that two of you
will be murdered, raped, robbed or beaten in the
coming year, This “‘risk’’ of becoming a victim
of serious crime increased 15 percent in 1967,
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The petroleum requirements of the U, S, armed
forces have doubled since the Korean war, but
military officials report that the men in Viet
Nam are being kept well supplied with fuels,
Oil Facts, published by the American Petroleum
Institute, quotes military spokesmen as saying that
more than half of the tonnage shipped to Viet
Nam consists of petroleum products, Once the
oil reaches Viet Nam, it is kept moving to its
distination by barges, pipelines, trucks and air
craft, Oilmen and the military have created
complete petroleum installations where nothing had
previously existed but sand or jungle,
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OUR WEEKLY LESSON
FOR
Sunday School
LIVING IN HOPE
Devotional Reading: Psalms
91:1-6, 14-16.
Memory Selection: Behold, I
create new heavens and a
new earth; and the former th
ings shall not be remembered
or come into mind, Isaiah 65:
17.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
Living in Hope.
Young People - Adult Topic:
Living in Hope.
When man lives without hope
he is of all men most miser
able. It is hope that changes
mere existence into vital life.
Hope is the very essence of
life itself, and without it life
is drab and impossible.
To live in hope is to know
the joy of meaningful life. The
Christian finds his hope in Je
sus Christ and in the promises
of the Master. To this thought,
then, we turn our attention in
today’s lesson. ‘¢Livingin Hope’’
is our topic for study, and there
is a real need to determine the
sure foundation for the Christ
ian’s faith and life. Hope is the
appropriate ground - work upon
which we may build for future
secruity and realization. It de=-
mands that our hope be set in
Jesus Christ.
Os all our hopes Christ is
the ground of our only true joy
and happiness.,
We turn first to the prophet
Isaiah and see that the Resto
ration failed to fulfill the pro
phet’s hope for a new day. This
failure gave birth to the recog
nition of the necessity of the
Messiah’s (Deliverer’s) coming.
We also examine the reference by
Luke to Simeon who was one of
Israel’s privileged few who were
waiting with hope for God’s Ch=
rist to come.
Isaiah gives us the forward
look and the hope for the day
when God would more fully re
veal Himself and his will for
his children. Simeon shows us
the rewards of persistent hope.
As this lesson opens we find
that an Isaiah also lived during
the Exile. We see this man as=-
suming the role of prophet and
thus setting forth on his divine
mission to proclaim a message
of hope.
Here is the forward look of
the prophet toward a new day
and to a time when his hope
for the future would be realized,
THE COVINGTON NEWS
He sensed in his prophetic of=-
fice the requirement that he
preach good tidings. He also
saw his function as demand=-
ing the proclamation of ¢the
acceptable year of the Lord.”
We are immediately reminded
of our Lord’s declaration (Luke
4:16-21) of his divine mission
and purpose. Those to whom he
preached were to sense their
new covenant relationship. They
could conclude with little doubt
that their message of hope was
God=-given, for they felt the stamp
of divine approval on Jesus as
centuries before the children in
exile sensed God’s purpose work=
ing in and through his prophet
Isaiah.
Both Isaiah and Jesus were
impelled with evangelistic fer
vor, and their enthusiasm gave
rise in men’s hearts to a re=-
newed hope in God’s providen=-
tial deliverance of his children,
Isaiah 61 is notable because we
sense in this monumental chapter
of the Scriptures the personal
note of the prophet. Isaiah was
compelled by the thought that he
was being directed and led by the
Holy Spirit. ¢‘The Spirit of the
Lord is upon me. . .”’ he said.
He was aware that he was being
Spirit-led. He was influenced
wholly and completely by God’s
Spirit. In other words, God was
using him as his prophet, Is
aiah was thus anointed for a God=-
directed task. He was ordained
to be God’s servant.
The Holy Spirit was the me=-
diator whereby the man was used
by God to serve as God’s mouth
piece—-his prophet, to preach
the glad tidings of salvation to
Zion.
Isaiah was God’s evangelist
who was consecrated toproclaim
to God’s children that hope would
overtake their despondency., His
essential function was to declare
the coming of the Lord, and also
the approach of a day of judg=-
ment. The prophet was sent
primarily to the oppressed and
downtrodden, to those who felt
the pressures of the Exile and
the death of hope in their souls.
These were described by Is
aiah the prophet as the ‘‘meek’’
or the ¢‘afflicted’’ (RSV). They
were the underprivileged of their
day. They were the ‘‘broken=-
hearted,?’ the ‘‘captives,’’ and the
‘“bound.’’ They had been caught
in the bind of a confining and
oppressive social dilemma. Th=-
ose who were permitted to re
turn from exile and be a part
of the Restoration in Jerusalem
and in their homeland endured a
number of most chaotic years.
Confusion reigned supreme, Bad
government, great poverty, and
moral deterioration describe th=-
ose sinister times, and it is
little wonder that the people nee~
ded ‘‘good tidings.’’ In their
plight God raised up a great
prophet to proclaim the good
news and the hope for the coming
of God’s Messiah.
Not only did this prophet preach
good tidings to the afflicted child
ren of Zion, but he was also to
proclaim ¢the acceptable year
of the Lord’” and ¢‘the day of
vengeance of our God.”?
The prophet’s task is not only
to foretell future events—to pre=
dict—but also to forth-tell (to
proclaim) God’s message to his
people.
The Restoration had indeed
been a ¢‘year of the Lord’s fa=-
vor?” (RSV). It served as a year
of grace when God displayed his
gracious nature. However, his
children would also have to ex=-
perience’ the day of ven
geance’’ when He would bring
deliverance to this politically,
economically, and spiritually
bound people.
Those to whom Isaiah’s mes=
sage came were the ones who
mourned because of their nate
ion’s discontent,
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The Editanr
Dear Sir;
1 want to take this opportunity
to commend and publicly thank
two Covington families, the W,
H. Lunsfords and their friends,
the Cooks, for an act of extreme
kindness in rescuring my friends
and I from the high seas off the
Coast of Florida, \
The act of these Good Sama=-
ritans occurred in the Gulf of
Mexico about 5 miles off the sh
ore at Panama City on Labor Day
when our boat’s engine just quit.
Many of the local charter and
pleasure craft went by within
shouting distance but most of the
skippers just waved and went on
which seems in tune with today’s
theme of noninvolvement — es=
pecially where trouble may lurk
and help may be needed,
In any event, these good peo
ple from Georgia, the Lunsfords
and Cooks, who were vacationing
and fishing in the area, came al
ong side and without being asked
offered to take us on into port.
When you consider that without
us in tow they could have easily
made it in 15 minutes and with
us it took them a laborious hour
and 40 minutes plus more than
doubling their gas consumption—
it was indeed a generous and th
oughtful deed on their part,
In an effort to show our ap
preciation we asked the Panama
City officials to make the Luns=-
fords and Cooks Admirals in the
Panama City Navy and our State
has made them Honorary Citizens
as of Labor Day (see xerox copy
enclosed) in recognition of their
extraordinary display of kind
ness to us poor stranded Flo
ridians.
Wwith sincere thanks to these
outstanding Georgians of your
community whom we now call
Honorary Citizens of Florida, I
remain personally and on behalf
of the several of us who were
saved from the briny deep,
Sincerely,
Wwilson W, Wright
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also,
Friends, . .He said: “Untothe
least of these unto ME!”’ What
more can we say? Here in our
County this is true, and in our
own Covington Schools, Won’t
somebody please HELP, , ,AND
NOW? Call your Office Boy and
let’s talk it over. Let’s work
together that this never happens
again in our_midst, We send mis
sion money. to many nations to
feed the hungry, . .We have fa
milies right here who donothave
the proper food and clothing, « «
and it could be you or any one of
us. . out we did not lose our
job. + .we are not too ill to
work, ~ .we do not have so many
we can’t feed an clothe them
properly, . .so they can go to
Church and School ~ ~ .Let’s
wake up to the fact that Charity
begins at home, but this is not
CHARITY, , .it is Brotherly love
for our fellow man, ~ .‘‘Unto the
least of these unto me,” We'll
start the fund if you will join
¢“THE CLUB”. . .but let’s do
something about it and NOW!
Time to get your pretty pot
plants thinking about coming in
the house or into a nice hot
house, pit, or do you have one?
We always wanted one, . .but
we house our flowers, Any time
you come you will find them all
over the house, Sure they make
a mess, dropping their leaves...
dripping water sometimes. . .
but they are worth it! Brighten
your corner with bulbs, plants
and ferns, . .your Florists and
Seed and Bulb men will soon
be filling the NEWS with ads,
Buy yours now and let’s have
some friendly competition in
seeing who can grow the pret
tiest pot plants, Our fine Flo
rists and Seed men are right
on the job, . .See them! NOW,
For an early start., Opps. « «
we’ve gotter get on the job of
o o oJest, « S*SWEEPIN’ UP,”
Newton County fans have been
delighted on the past two Friday
nights by the much improved—
bothy physically and psychologi=
cally — ¢“RAM”’ football team.
Their spirited play forced their
opponents to play ¢‘‘catch - up”’
football in last week’s game.
1t is discouraging for a foot=-
ball team to have a record of one
loss and two ties out of the first
three games of the season, but,
our ‘‘RAM’’ team need not be
ashamed. After the first loss
to Rockdale it seems that they
knitted together as a team, with
team effort, against Morgan and
Newnan.
These anxious young men must
also realize that as a unit they
distinguished themselves the last
two Friday nights against two
teams that most people rated over
them, A tie, under any circum=
stance, is always better than a
loss, and the goal of a win still
looms on the horizon as a chal=
lenge and a reward.
Also noted at last week’s game
was the more enthusiastic crowd
on hand to cheer encouragement
to the ¢¢Rams’., It was quite
evident that the Newton fans were
no longer able to sit in the bl
eachers, quietly indifferent, as
was the case during the season
opener against Rockdale.
Those who have played the
game of football realize that the
Repo
BY MRS, ROBERT 1, BURALL
TENTH DISTRICT DIR:;
GEORGIA CONGRESS OF PARENTS
AND TEACHERS
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PARENT TEACHER REPORTS
by
Mrs. Robert I, Burall
Tenth District Director GCPT
Local, State and National Leg
islation is of the utmost impor
tance and I think most of us know
and understand how important it
is to know what the people we
vote for, represent, If we don’t
- we should, for what they re
present affects our lives daily.
I wonder how many of us really
study a State Legislation Pro
gram, or even a part of it, Th
ere are many Items that need
Implementation, such as:
*See that provisions of Senate
Bill 180 (the Master Planin Edu~
cation) are carried out,
*To become informed of the de
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Thursday, September 2!
‘RAMS’ COMEBACK
By: Leo S. Mallard
«qun-- part of the game is every
Friday night. Few people give
much thought to the effort, sweat;
blood, and anguish that goes into
the preparation to meet each new
opponent every Monday through
Thursday before the appearance
on Friday night. :
Os course it’s great to win,
but we can be proud of each
member of the team for his con=
tribution to the squad as it pre=
pares to meet each new oppo=
nent. These individual contris«
butions have been knitted toget=
her, into the ‘best’ team effort
local fans have seen in several
games, this year. :
This week the “Rams’’ travel
to Cummings to play Forsyth
County on foreign soile If the
same team effort is evident, a
victory may not be too far away
for the local eleven., Here’shop=-
ing that a large number of New=
ton fans will join the NEWS staff
along the sidelines in support of
our boys. :
A great improvement has been
seen in the team, and much of the
credit goes to the coaches, but
more of the credit goes to the
¢¢desire to win’? within each boy.
We hope to see this desire
overcome Forsyth County Friday
night and we want the Newton
team to know that we are behind
them in their effort winor lose—
preferably win! :
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so as to assist locally and state=
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*Expand the work of Juvenile
Courts and case work services
in all counties, g
This is a few of the many Bills
passed into law, which should be
put into effect and enforced, :
If you are not familiar with
these bills, and you want to know
more about them, ask your Re
presentatives, Congressmen, Se=
nators, Public Officials, and your
PTA, P'm sure any of these cag
and will help you secure a copy
so that you may study them care=
fully, You can and should help
to Implement these and all other
laws that affect your daily lives,