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FHA — “Toward Flew Horizons”
This is the overall motto of the Future Home
makers of America, whom the nation is current
ly saluting during FHA Week, March 23-29.
We are grateful for the privilege of paying
tribute to their leaders, and these fine young
women, who are training themselves for the
greatest role they could possibly fill in life.
There are 160 FHA members enrolled in the New
ton High School Chapter, under the leadership
of Misses Jeri Sessions apd Sarah Ann Hamil
ton; and 90 members ih theß. L. Cousins Chapter,
under the direction of Mrs. Maxine Lucas.
One of Newton County’s finest assets is the
In this age of computers, many people are
wondering whether their tax return will be check
ed. The answer is 100 per cent affirmative.
The fromer Commissioner of Internal Revenue
says that every one of the 75 million separate
returns will be subjected to computer surveill
ance. In addition, about 3 million returns will
be selected for detailed audit. And, of course,
the more money you make, the better your chance
of receiving a visit from an Internal Revenue
Service examiner. The former Commissioner
stresses that the 65,000 employees of the In
ternal Revenue Service endeavor to be fair. Ap
parently, they are mindful that in the final anyaly
sis the majority of U. S. taxpayers recognize
Attempts to protect consumers against al
leged imperfections of the free market take many
forms. One of the most pernicious of these
rests on the notion that prices could be reduced
if the cost of business getting promotion, which
is an integral part of the free market system,
could be restricted or eliminated by law. The
notion is as phony as a forty-cent piece, but it
persists as is evidenced by continuing agitation
in state legislatures and in Washington, D. C.,
for passage of legislation to curb promotion
and advertising.
An article in the Home Furnishings Daily
recently remarked, “How can a company that
helps Quakers provide assistance to deprived Al
gerians, helps Catholics build a chapel in India
and helps a Navaio mission buv a school bus be
considered a menace?” He was referring of
course to the constant harassment of trading
stamp companies on the fallacious grounds that
giving trading stamps with purchases increases
prices. That is a premise that is obviously fal
se, since the mechanism of the free market it
self tends to reject uneconomic costs.
$7,513,000 Tax Bill
Beware the Ides of April, for
that is when the taxman cometh
to Newton County.
He will be on hand to collect
personal income taxes from local
residents on the basis of their
1968 earnings.
And the likelihood is that his
visit will be more profitable for
him than ever before.
The way it sizes up, local tax
payers will be forking up con
siderably more than they did last
April 15th, when they produced
close to $6,118,000 for Uncle Sam.
That is the approx! mate amount
that was turned in locally, as
determined by an unofficial
breakdown of the statewide
figures announced by the Internal
Revenue Service, and from local
income reports.
They show that the personal
tax payments from the State of
Georgia as a whole came to
$1,330,000,000.
Some 0.46 percent of this total
was contributed by residents of
Newton County.
And this year, because of the
10 percent surtax that is now in
effect and because of the bigger
earnings and higher employment
ratio that prevailed in 1968, the
expectation is that the tax yield
generally will be about 20 per
cent greater than it was a year
ago.
The current budget, submitted
to Congress in January, indicated
just how much of an increase is
counted on by the Treasury De
partment. It calls for $84.4
billion in personal income taxes,
as against $68.7 billion last year.
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MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Editor and Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Check Your Arithmetic
Watch The Next Step
Taxpayers in the local area will
be paying a commensurate share
of this $15.7 billion rise. On the
basis of their economic gains in
the past year, their forthcoming
contribution is expected to be
close to $?,513,000 or about
$1,395,000 moe than in 1968.
Some idea of what the next
fiscal year will be like, from the
standpoint of Federal taxes, is
indicated in the new budget.
SS Deadline March 31
For Some Persons Over 65
Time is running out fast for
about 200,000 of the Nation’s el
derly people and the Social Se
curity Administration has noway
to get in touch with them. Some
of these people may be living here
in Newton County, Neil W. Quar
les, social security field rep
resentative, said today.
They are people 65 and over
who have never signed up with
the Social Security Administra
tion for either cash benefits or
for hospital Insurance under
Medicare, and who may lose their
last chance to enroll in Medi
care’s doctor bill insurance if
they wa.t until after March 31.
Quarles urged relatives and
friends of these older people to
remind them that for those born
October 1, 1901 or earlier, this
will be their last chance to get
the protection that helps pay phy
sicians’ and surgeons’ bills and
other medical expenses. Those
born during the last 3 months
of 1901, in 1902, or 1903, will
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State FFA—FHA Camp on Jackson Lake.
Over 1,500 Future Homemakers enroll
at the camp each summer for leadership
training and recreation. We take great pride
in the. fact that Newton County is the State
FHA Center; and feel that our environment is
greatly enriched by its influence.
We join the nation in congratulating these fine
girls, who are preparing themselves to give us
the kind of homes that are truly the “cradles
of Democracy”, and guardians of our nation’s
integrity and strength.
and willingly accept the obligation of citizens to
pay taxes. Survival of the tax system and orderly
government rests upon citizen cooperation. The
penalties are reserved for a minority of violators.
Computerization may make tax collecting more
efficient But it is unlikely that it will change
to an important degree the need for citizen co
operation to make the tax system work. That is
why taxes must be kept within the ability of people
to pay and why officials have expressed fear of
a taxpayer revolt in recent months. Taxes of all
kinds are becoming excessive as the cost of
government rises faster than productivity. Human
brains, not electronic brains, are needed to solve
this problem.
In reality, as the head of a trading stamp
company has intimated, trading stamps are used
in myriad ways to the benefit of countless people
and organizations. An aviation magazine,
The AOPA Pilot presents an interesting illus
tration of such use. It tells how a Madagas
car missionary, with the help of millions of
trading stamps contributed by thousands of per
sons in the U. S., obtained a much needed air
plane. With the plane, this missionary is able
to bring medical and spiritual assistance to na
tives in remote areas.
Many times people will give trading stamps
to a good cause when they might not feel they
could give money. And yet, if the hide-bound
regulators, with their shortsighted views of the
free market, had their way, trading stamps—and
even the advertising—which are part of our daily
lives, would be abolished. They don’t mention
that tiie next step could be the abolishment of a
free press which gains its independent financial
support from those who must advertise to sell
their products in a free market
With the 10 percent surtax
retained, it counts on collections
of $90.4 billion In personal in
come taxes a year hence, or $6
billion more than at present.
For Newton County residents
to carry their share of this rise
without adjusting their mode of
living would necessitate an
average increase of 7 percent In
earnings during 1969.
have to wait a year for another
opportunity.
Over 95 percent of the 19.7
million people 65 and over were
enrolled In this program that
supplements the basic hospital
insurance under Medicare as
the open enrollment period be
gan on January 1 of this year,
according to Quarles.
The Social Security Adminis
tration has addresses for 800,-
000 of the estimated 1 million
not yet enrolled for the doctor
bill insurance because they have
been issued cards showing that
they are eligible for the basic
hospital insurance. But the agency
has no addresses for the other
200,000 who have never applied
to establish their eligibility.
Last month, the Commissioner
of Social Security sent letters
to the 800,000 reminding them
of the open enrollment period.
With the letter was a card for
the person to send back, marked
“yes” or “no”,
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
LEO MALLARD
Advertising Manager
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at Covington, Georgia
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JESUS REJECTED AND
CRUCIFIED
Devotional Reading: Isaiah 53.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
The Day Christ Died.
Memory Selection: But he was
wounded for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our Iniqui
ties; upon him was the chastise
ment that made us whole.
Isaiah 53:5.
Young People - Adult Topic:
Jesus Rejected and Crucified.
Jesus had been betrayed by
one of his twelve disciples. Ju
das had delivered him to the au
thorities for thirty pieces of sil
ver.
It is hard to realize that the
only perfect man that ever lived
was put to death, and indeed put
to death because of his good
ness. That he lived a life of
mercy, healing, and good works
is set forth in detail by all
the Gospel writers.
Jesus was put to death, not
because he did these good works,
but because he opposed the “Es
tablishment.” If Jesus had gone
to the chief priests and leaders
of the church, had announced to
them that he could and would
perform miracles of mercy, and
had asked their permission that
he do so, he would have been
everywhere acclaimed. He would
not, however, have emerged as
Saviour of the World.
The tribunal before which Je
sus was tried was presided over
by the crafty and unscrupulous
Annas. The high priest at that
time was Calaphas, son-in-law
of Annas. Hie Sanhedrin was the
ruling body before which the tr
ial took place, and over this the
high priest presided. But An
nas was the power behind the
throne. In addition to scribes
and Pharisees, there were many
Sadducees In the Sanhedrin. Th
ese were political opportunists
seeking for nothing but their own
personal advancement.
The Sanhedrin had watched and
pursued Jesus with eagerness.
They had set spies upon him.
They were enraged over his cri
ticism of them and were deter
mined to bring to death this man
who had branded them as frauds
and hypocrites.
We should always remember
that Jesus might have died a
natural death after a long and
useful life. He died in his early
thirties and chiefly because he
defied the established religious
hierarchy. These men loved
their power, and in the case of
many, religion was for them a
business. They owned the booths
which surrounded the temple wh
ere sacrificial animals were sold
as well as food for the visiting
pilgrims. The money-changers
among them were an evil lot of
thieves who scraped a bit of
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♦ TENTH DISTRICT DIR. ♦
। GEORGIA CONGRESS OF PARENTS I
♦ AND TEACHERS ♦
Ever so often we hear a lot
of talk about "Father Image”.
According to psychiatrist and
Psychologist, a child needs a
Father Image to use as a guide
while growing up. Especially boys
but little girls needs this Father
Image very much also.
While reading an old issue of
The PTA Magazine, the other
day, I found several definate
ideas of Father Image expressed
by a few interesting personali
ties that I’m sure you will re
cognize. I thought perhaps you
might enjoy these quotes as much
as I:
FATHER IMAGES
One father is more than a
hundred schoolmasters. (George
Herbert)
THE COVINGTON NEWS
silver off the coins they hand
led.
Altogether it was a group of
power-seeking, proud, unscrupu
lous men who plotted the death
of this carpenter from Nazareth
who made the highest possible
claims of divine authority.
“And the chief priests and all
the council sought for witness
against Jesus to put him to death;
and found none. For many bare
false witness against him, but
their witness agreed not toget
her.”
The leaders of the religious
Establishment were determined
to rid themselves of this perni
cious rebel. He was gaining in
power every day, and his in
crease in power meant loss of
power for them. These lead
ers put great stock In the fact
that the common people looked up
to them in admiration and fear.
In cleansing the temple, Jesus
had interfered with the business
of these leaders, for he had cast
out “all them that sold and boug
ht in the temple and overthrew
the tables of the money-chan
gers, and the seats of them
that sold doves, and said unto
them, It is written, My house
shall be called the house of
prayer; but ye have made it a
den of thieves.”
We can easily see why the
unscrupulous leaders behind this
wicked conspiracy sought to put
an end to the man who had thus
defied them. But the more they
searched for witnesses, the more
they found that “their witnesses
agreed not together.” They be
gun then to twist what Jesus said
so as to make it either blasp
hemy or sedition.
Jesus had said, “Destroy this
temple (body), and in three days
I will raise it up” (John 2:19),
but the Scripture account makes
it plain that Jesus was speaking
here of the temple of his own
body (John 2:18-21X This state
ment the enemies of Jesus twis
ted into the declaration that he,
Jesus, would destroy the temple
made with hands and within three
days build another made without
hands.
“But he held his peace, and
answered nothing. Again the high
priests asked him, and said unto
him, Art thou the Christ, the Son
of the Blessed? And Jesus said,
I am: and ye shall see the Son
of man sitting on the right hand
of power, and coming in the
clouds of heaven. Then the high
priest rent his clothes, and saith,
What need we any further wit
nesses? Ye have heard the blasp
hemy: what think ye? And they
all condemned him to be guilty
of death.”
The Son of the Blessed was the
Messiah, and generations had
been awaiting his coming. One
reason why Jesus was forsaken
Directly after God in heaven
comes Papa. ("Tbe Boy Mozart”)
There’s a blessing on the
hearth, A special providence for
fatherhood! (Robert Browning)
There must always be a strug
gle between a father and son,
while one alms at power the
other at independence. (Samuel
Johnson)
It behooves a father to be vir
tuous if he expects his son to be
more virtuous than he has been.
(Plautus, Pseudolus 195 8.C.)
I am a firm believer in the
Father Image and hope every
father will make it a GOOD
one, as our children are our lead
ers of tomorrow and the Father
Image is a great factor in child
rens own attitudes, spiritually,
mentally and physically.
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Just needs time to open all those
cans and count the nickels, di
mes, pennies, quarters and hal
ves that make a grand sum to
tal.
We wish to thank our fine Ra
dio Station WGFS, Theaters and
all who have promoted Easter
Seal Work. Each person had his
or her part in making this Cam
paign a great success. Your
County Chairman is humbly
grateful to you.
Newton County’s “pride and
Joy”...Basil Rigney and his band,
or a portion of it, will be on the
Square Friday around 3 or 3;30
P.M. to close the Easter seal
Drive, which closes with Eas
ter Sunday. . .We know that this
will complete our fund in a grand
way. Our appreciation to this
fine group! Until we can see you
in person. Don’t you, in Newton
County fail to see and greet
them on the square FRIDAY a
little after 3 P.M. and help them
all you can. They all have Fri
day P.M. after 3 o’clock off. ..
until Monday. . .but they are
giving of their time and talents
to EASTER SEALS, as is their
Director, Mr. Basil Rigney. . .
so you express your apprecia
tion to them also.
Covington and Newton County
is the grandest place in the world
to live . . . WHERE PEOPLE
REALLY CARE . . . WHERE
PEOPLE are FRIENDS. Where
churches work together for the
good of the Community.. .where
pastors work week by week at
Newton County Hospital, visiting
ill patients. This caring, and
sharing is what makes life really
worth living. None of us know
how long we have to live. . .but
we are praying that we may live
the rest of our days in this Coun
ty and City where they keep
that admonition (all over the
county) “LOVE THY NEIGH
BOR AS THY SELF.”
One great heartache in this
County is the illness of Sena
tor Richard Russell. We had
the pleasure of seeing him elec
ted Governor of this great State,
and a better governor we never
had! We also had the joy of
having Robert Russell Jr., as
a member of the Children of the
Confederacy when we served as
State Director. He won the de
clamation contest. . .State Wide,
at the Convention as a very young
boy. . .we loved him dearly.
The last time we saw him was
when we went to Chicago, the
husband and I, to some meet
ing, and when the Georgia Dele
gation came in for this special
luncheon.. .in walked my “Little
Robert”.. .a fine grown up young
Lawyer. Senator Richard Rus
sell loved Robert dearly, and Ro
bert died some few years ago.
Georgia lost one of its very
finest young men.
We in Georgia are praying
for an early recovery for Mr.
Richard Russell for we have li
ved in the hope that we might
see him President of these Uni
ted States one of these days.
We have a grand drive in the
planning for the Cancer Fund,
with Mr. Ray Reece as County
Chairman. We understand it will
begin in full force around the
middle of April. We have many
cancer cases in Newton County,
and have just lost two good
friends in Covington with this
dreadful thing called Cancer.
WOW! It’s closing time—l
gotter get to my job of ’jest
—“SWEEPIN’ UP”
As we lunched, at the Crest
Resturant Friday we saw a lo
vely looking couple come in.
Strangers, of course. They had
no more than been seated when he
came back to the cashier and
said; “How do you get The Cov
ington News out of that contrap
tion out there?”
Out they went with him and
secured a paper for him. As
they started to leave after lun
ch, I saw them pass me, on
across and stop and speak to
Dr. Sams. He came back say
ing something about the Cov
ington News. . .Sure it was nice!
So we asked him if he liked
our County paper. That was all
they wanted! They LIKED IT
VERY MUCH! They, were Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Bowie, of Deca
tur. However, she was the for
mer Lucile Hendrix of Newborn!
What a small world!
Mrs. Bowie and her husband
were enroute to Newborn to place,
or have placed a marker in their
old family cemetery. Her father
was J. W. Hendrix, former post
master . . . (we believe for 30
years) at Mansfield.
This day happened to be their
51st Wedding Anniversairy. She
was in school with Dr. Roscoe
Sams, Mr. Grady Smith, Mr.
by the common people was be
cause he disappointed their ex
pectations of what the Messiah
should accomplish. The Roman
overlord was not a harsh mas
ter, but he was an overlord,
and this the Jews resented. They
were God’s Chosen People and as
such believed that no one should
rule over them. It was the eager
hope and expectation, therefore,
of all the people that when the
Messiah came he would over
whelm the Roman and expel
him from the country. Jesus
made no attempt to do this. He
talked about a kingdom which
was nonmilitary. He called it
the kingdom of God, or of hea
ven.
This kingdom of God consis
ted In the establishment In men’s
hearts and in society of the will
and power of God. It was in
terested, not in political and mi
litary power, but in spiritual
power.
ALCOVY WATERSHED
PROJECT . . NO. 2
। By: Leo S. Mallard
The battle of words and facts
between the Georgia Game and
Fish Commission and the Upper
Ocmulgee Soil Conservation
District of the U. S. Soil Con
servation Service might be com
pared with a spat between a young
married couple. . .both want
something but they haven’t fig
ured out yet how to get it with
out getting the others dander
up.
The Alcovy Watershed Pro
ject is good and should be of
great benefit to the people of
Gwinnett, Walton, and Newton Co
unties as recreation areas and as
well as city and county water
supply reservoirs to service their
ever growing population and ex
panding Industry. Flood control
along the Alcovy River is also
one of the main advantages of
the project.
But, on the other hand, pro
gress in this area need not be
made at the expense of our
wildlife habitat and good fish
ing in Jackson Lake. There
has got to be a compromise and
coordination of plans to protect
our natural resources and at the
same time prepare for the future
and control, but not change, nat
ures processes. . .flood waters,
river beds, banks, and natural
meandering.
The Game and Fish Com
mission has presented some valid
points concerning the destruction
of wildlife habitat and fishing
along the Alcovy River and in
Jackson Lake if what the present
SCS plans are what the Georgia
Game and Fish Commission th
inks they are.
Now that’s a funny statement,
but, my understanding is that
the U. S. Soil Conservation Ser
vice has refused to give the Com-
Sen. Pennington Reviews
1969 General Assembly Work
The General Assembly reaches
the finish line of the 1969 session
with a maximum effort to com
plete work on revenue-raising
plans and pass an appropriations
bill that fits within next year’s
anticipated revenue. Although
money matters have dominated
legislative news, the Senate has
acted affirmatively on a number
of other significant issues.
HOUSE BILLS APPROVED
The Senate passed by Commit
tee Substitute a House bill that
would raise to S2OO the ceiling
on license tax fees for profes
sional occupations. Under pre
sent law the maximum license
tax is sls. Hie bill will affect
lawyers, doctors, osteopaths,
chiropractors, dentists, opto
metrists, masseurs, public ac
countants, embalmers, funeral
directors, chiropodists, engin
eers, and architects.
A bill designed to save money on
legal expenses received un
animous approval in the Senate
last week. Under the bill’s pro
visions, the Georgia Attorney
General’s office would become
the designated counsel for all
major state authorities, rather
than permitting these agencies to
hire private legal counsel. Some
authorities already use the ser
vices of the Attorney General, but
many now have private attorneys
on retainer. It was pointed out
during the Senate debate that en
action of this legislation would
result in a “vast and tremen
dous” savings to the state.
The Senate has approved a
House-passed election bill and
added an amendment which will
prohibit party loyalty oaths by
stating that candidates need only
swear allegiance to a party and
not other nominees of that party.
Another section extends absentee
voter rights to persons who are
outside the united States at
election time. A further provis
ion would require political parties
to keep qualification dates open
for at least two weeks.
The Senate approved a House
measure that would permit the
State Highway Department to sell
up to SIOO million in bonds for
roads in urban areas. These
funds would be specifically desig
nated for use in 7 counties and
59 municipalities in the state.
Abe Loyd, and we believe she
said Miss Mellle Pitts, to name
a few.
She showed me a real nice
scar on her wrist. “I got that
in a fight with another little
girl, in the Ist grade. Who do
you think that little girl was
. . .the other one? Annie Lois
Stowe, now Mrs. Fleming. Mr.
Bruce Sams was Principle of
the school at Newborn, and her
first teacher was Miss Maggie
Blassengame.
They have promised to come
back by, that we might show
them how our town has grown,
and our lovely additions to Em
ory College, at Emory. We shall
look forward to this.
That day has come! The Geor
gia Press Association has been
wanting a home of its very own
for years. Early this year we
purchased a building—that home
is now complete and invitations
have been extended to all Press
Association members to attend
OPEN HOUSE at 4:30-6:30 P.M.
Friday, March 28, 1969. our new
home is located at 1075 Spring
Street, NW., Atlanta. You can bet
every editor and member
will be there with bells on!
Thursday, March 27, 1969
mission a step by step plan of
how they propose to proceed on
the Alcovy Watershed Project.
If this is true, somebody is
being bullheaded and causing one
“heck-of-a-lot” of public de
bate on a subject that darn few
of them know what they are talk
ing about. In other words, all
the facts have not been laid on
the table and “common sense”
has not been used in the coord
ination of this project so that it
will be clear and beneficial to
the people and not be presented
as a disaster of a project in its
entirety.
Few projects are ever drawn
that don’t need some alteration
before being approved and built,
but, the whole project need not be
condemned when only a few al
terations are needed to make it
a success.
What’s needed now is a “peace
conference” where parties con
cerned can sit down across a
table and apply some common
sense, backed by studies and sta
tistics, to the project at hand,
leaving the “hurt ego’s” on the
sidelines.
This is a fine project, but far
be it from me, a fisherman, to
let it interfere with my fishing
or destroy the living quarters for
the abundant game that resides
in our rich, natural habitat.
The Alcovy Watershed Project
has already been approved and
now awaits funding from Con
gress. Let’s work to change
the project, before final ap
proval, for the better, but let’s
don’t destroy this Investment for
the future in our area and
county. It’s kinda like courtin’;
a little tact and keepin’ your big
mouth shut makes it possible to
date more than one gal at a time!
A Senate amendment adds a for
mula for distribution of all future
funds derived from bond sales.
Implementation of this act is con
tingent upon approval by the Gov
ernor of the one and a half cent
increase In gasoline tax.
Both houses have acted favor
ably on a bill to provide members
of the General Assembly with
more accurate budget infor
mation. Any department with
plans to institute a new program
would have to furnish legislators
with a description of the program,
its costs, and personnel require
ments at least 45 days prior to a
session that will consider appro
priations.
SENATE BILLS APPROVED BY
HOUSE
A number of Senate penal re
form bills, resulting from sev
eral state investigations of prison
conditions, were approved in the
House last week.
One measure would provide for
implementation of a work-release
program by allowing selected pri
soners to work in private employ
ment during the day, returning to
custody at night. They would use
part of their earnings to pay the
state for room and board, sending
most of the remainder to their
families.
Another bill in the package re
quires that money, clothing, and
transportation home be provided
for released prisoners. And
children under 17 convicted of a
non-capital offense would be pla
ced under the jurisdiction of the
State Department of Family and
Children’s Services.
Two bills have been approved
which will help growing cities to
receive a fairer share of state
grants. Cities would be allowed
to spend municipal funds for an
updated population survey by the
U. S. Census Bureau. Those
current figures would be sub
stituted for 1960 population sta
tistics which are now used in
distribution formulas for state
grants on a per capita basis.
Legislation has been approved
which will give tenants the right
to legal appeal before being ev
icted from their homes. A te
nant could request a preliminary
court hearing to contest eviction.
If the court decides there is
probably cause against eviction,
the tenant would be allowed to
remain in his residence and pay
his rent until the matter is finally
settled.
The Blue Ridge Scenic Parkway
will be extended into Georgia as
a result of legislative action.
The state will acquire the land
needed for the highway route,
stretching from the north Geor
gia border to the Kennesaw Moun
tain area. The federal govern
ment will then assume financial
responsibility for constructing
the Parkway extension.
Amendments to the Georgia
Criminal Code have been ap
proved, including a provision that
will allow juries to be given the
past record of persons they con
vict before passing sentence on
them. Another section revises
the no lo contendere plea by mak
ing it the same in effect as ple
ading guilty. Also, a judge will
no longer have the power to
impose a death penalty in a cap
ital case when the jury is hung.
The "In" Metal
Sixteen denominations of pure
nickel and nickel alloy coins were
introduced by seven different
countries in 1968 to replace coins
previously struck in silver.