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Thursday, March 20, 1-969
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CHARTER MEMBERS of Newton County Post 32 American Legion present at the 50th Anniversary
program March 11 in Covington, are shown standing in front of Post 32 charter at Legion Home. From
left; Tom Greer, Tom Binford, Bernard Greer and Dr. J. R. Sams.
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We put green
in the cloverleaf
And in city streets, county roads,
schools, police and fire protection.
Plus many other vitally important
public programs.
Yes, our tax dollar runs full circle
in helping pay the way for thousands
of things that benefit all of us, in
some way, every day.
Our 1968 tax bill totaled $52,260,000.
That included federal income, state
income and state property taxes. And
tax payments to 154 counties, 449 cities
and 184 school and fire districts.
Just like you, we pay taxes —in full
measure. And we have ever since our
company was founded. It’s one more
way of practicing good citizenship.
Wherever we serve.
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A citizen wherever we serve 9
TAX RETURN
NOTICE
STATE AND COUNTY TAX BOOKS WERE
OPENED JANUARY, 2ND, 1969. PLEASE MAKE
YOUR RETURNS PROMPTLY. AVOID THE
10% PENALTY BY MAKING YOUR RETURNS
BEFORE APRIL, IST.
BOOKS CLOSE APRIL IST.
B. L. JOHNSON
TAX COMMISSIONER
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Employment Situation Continues Upward
WASHINGTON — Employment
continued to rise substantially in
December while unemployment
remained at post-Korean lows,
the U.S. Department of Labor’s
Bureau of Labor Statistics has
reported.
Unemployment rates declined
slightly for adult men, married
men, Negroes, and full-time wor
kers, although the overall unem
ployment rate, at 3.3 percent was
unchanged over the month at the
15-year low reached in Novem
ber. The jobless rate for wor
kers covered under State unem
ployment insurance programs
moved down to 2.0 percent, sett
ing a post-World War II record
low. For 1968 as a whole,
the unemployment rate for aU
workers averaged 3.6 percent,
the lowest annual rate since the
Korean war period.
Nonfarm payroll employment
rose 460,000 to a record 70.0
million. The December increase
was 265,000 more than seasona
lly expected and represented the
third consecutive month of subst
antial gains. In the last 3 mon
ths, non-farm payroll employ
ment has risen 800,000 (season
ally adjusted). About 30,000 of
the December increase was due
to the net return of workers who
were off payrolls in November
because of strikes.
Average hourly earnings rose
1 cent in December to $2.93 for
rank and file workers. Average
weekly earnings advanced $1.25
over the month to $110.75, with
the largest gain — $lO — oc
curring in construction.
The number of unemployed
persons was 2.4 miHion in De
cember, a decrease of 150,000
over the month. Unemployment
among adult men declined on a
seasonally adjusted basis in De
cember; their unemployment rate
edged down 0.2 percentage point
to 1.8 percent — the lowest rate
since the series began in 1948.
The jobless rate for nonwhite
workers showed some improve
ment in December. At 6.0 per
cent, the rate was down from
6.5 percent in November and was
the lowest rate since 1953, At
2.9 percent, the white rate also
reached a new post-Korean low.
The Year In Review
The Nation’s employment si
tuation improved in 1968. For the
year as a whole, total employment
advanced by 1.5 million to 75.9
million, and the number of un
employed persons fell 150,000
to 2.8 million. Jobless rates for
most groups in the labor force
were at or near Korean war
lows. The total unemployment
rate averaged 3.6 percent in
1968, compared with 3.8 per
cent in 1966 and 1967, and was
at its lowest point since 1953.
The civilian labor force reac-
Post 32 Has 50th Anniversary Program
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NEWTON COUNTY POST 32 American Legion’s 50th Anniversary program was held at Legion Home
March 11. Guest speaker was Lt. Bobby Rutledge (left) of Covington. Shown with Lt. Rutledge is
Mrs. Hugh Sams, vice-president of the Legion Auxiliary; and Post 32 Commander Charles Smith.
hed 78.7 million in 1968—a pick
up of 1.4 million over 1967.
The 1968 rise was the second
largest of the 1960’s but was
about 200,000 below the record
gain of 1967.
Unemployment rates edged
down from 2.3 to 2.2 percent for
adult men and from 4.2 to 3.8
percent for adult women. The
teenage jobless rate remained
virtually unchanged at 12.7 per
cent. The jobless rate for full
§ News Notes From §
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By Mrs. T. W, Binford §
Spiritual education and growth
are relevant to our daily pro
blems, R. O. Mills.
** * *
Rev. Ralph Burton filled his
regular appointments here Sun
day. He announced that a joint
Starrsville Palm Sunday Service
will be at Starrsville.
** * *
Miss Mellie Pitts is at Emory
University Hospital where she
had surgery last week. We wish
for her and all who are on the
sick list an early and complete
recovery.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Brown,
Burt and Candance of Gaines
ville spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Brown and
Ricky.
** * *
Mrs. R. A. Parks of Atlanta
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. R. D. Murelle. Other
visitors were Tommy, Billy and
Randy Terrell of Atlanta who
spent last Friday with Mr. and
Mrs. Murelle. Tommy is attend
ing Southern College in Lake
land, Fla.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Porter
visited Miss Mellie Pitts at
Emory Hospital Sunday after
noon.
♦* * *
Donald Sams spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fo
garty of Macon.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Murelle
left Monday to spend a few days
with Mrs. Boykin Elliott and
Mrs. Fred Bacon of Culloden.
** * *
Mrs. Hugh Sams and Randy
spent Friday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Childs of Decatur.
** * *
The following College students
are at home for Spring Holi
days, Miss Ellen Sams and Wayne
Sams, and Miss Sandra Brown.
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Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Grant
visited Mrs. Victoria Grant in
Monroe Sunday morning and visi
ted Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Grant,
Pam and Kim Sunday afternoon.
♦* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Sams visit
ed Mrs. Ora Childs in Conyers
at the Westbury Nursing Home
Sunday afternoon.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
time workers dropped 0.3 per
centage point in 1968 to 3.1
percent, while that for part
time workers declined from 6.9
to 6.5 percent.
The nonwhite unemployment
rate dropped more sharply than
that for whites in 1968. The non
white rate fell from 7.4 percent
in 1967 to 6.7 percent in 1968,
while the white rate declined from
3.4 to 3.2 percent. However, the
nonwhite rate continued to be
more than double the white rate.
The number of workers un
employed 15 weeks or longer
averaged 400,000 in 1968, down
50,000 from 1967. The number
was at the lowest level since
1953.
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“Early to bed, early to rise,
enables you to save enough to
do otherwise.”
Highway Patrol
Educates Public
On Safety Rules
ATLANTA (GPS)—The State
Patrol’s Education Division,
whose primary function is to edu
cate Georgians in matters per
taining to traffic safety and help
make them aware of the urgency
for more safety education in the
home, in schools and in the com
munity, got its message across
in a big way during 1968.
For example, the division’s
16-member staff last year ap
peared before audiences totaling
712,705, according to division
supervisor Capt. L. F. Butler's
1968 annual report released by
Col. R. H. Burson, director of
the Georgia Department of Pub
lic Safety.
Patrolmen assigned to this di
vision visited schools, driver
training classes, school pat
rols; provided 209,877 radio spot
announcements pertaining to
traffic safety, distributed safety
literature, exhibited safety films.
Inspected school buses, conduct
ed first aid classes; made
speeches to civic clubs and other
community groups.
NOTICE
In a recent meeting the Newton
County Commissioners passed a
resolution that delinquent taxes
bear interest at 7% from December
20th of the year in which they
were due, as provided by law.
Also in the near future a notice
will be sent to taxpayers advising
them that their past due taxes,
plus interest at 7% per annum,
must be paid within thirty days
from date of notice or a fi fa will
be issued and turned over to the
Sheriff for Collection.
81. JOHNSON
Tax Commissioner,
Newton County
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Georgia Planning Association
Meeting In Atlanta, April 24-25
The First Annual Conference
of the newly-organized Georgia
Planning Association will beheld
in Atlanta on April 24 and 25 at
the Marriott Motor Hotel. Jim
my Carter of Plains, President
of GPA, stated that the purpose
of the Conference is to Identify
the real planning and develop
ment problems and opportunities
of the urban and rural com
munities, area and metropolitan
regions, and the State of Georgia,
and to devise practical ways to
utlize this information.
Title of the Conference is "The
Four Faces of Planning.” Speak
ers will include Mr. Arthur Naf
talln, Mayor of Minneapolis, Min
nesota; Robert H. Doyle, Presi
dent of INTERPLAN Corporation,
Sarasota, Florida; Irving Hand,
Executive Director of the Penn
sylvania State Planning Board;
Walter Blucher, Planning Con
sultant of Arlington, Vermont;
and J. W. Fanning, Vice Presi
dent of the University of Georgia.
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State and local leaders and
re resentatlves of government
agencies are being invited to the
Conference. An attendance of
approximately 1,000 is expected.
Other officers of GPA Include
First Vice-President Frank Hood
of Atlanta, Manager of Communi
ty Development for the Georgia
Power Company; Second Vice-
President Howard Menhinick of
Dunwoody, Director of Planning
and Development for Keck and
Wood, Inc; Third Vice-Presi
dent Sylvan Meyer of Miami, Edi
tor of the Miami News (formerly
of Gainesville, Georgia, and Edi
tor of the Gainesville Dally Tim
es); and Secretary -Treasurer
Elmer George of Atlanta, Exe
cutive Director of Georgia Muni
cipal Association.
According to GPA President,
Jimmy Carter, this conference
will give the conferees the op
portunity of meeting with other
state leaders to learn about the
applications of planning
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