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THE FOREST PARK NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 30,1964
The Forest Park News
1172 Mom St. Forest Pork, Go. 366-3080
Post Office Bom 25, Forest Pork, Oa.
Guy Butler, Editor
Subscfptor Ra’e $2 00 Year • Published Each Thursday
Entered As Second Class Matter ot Forest Pork, Go.
OUR MEN IN SERVICE [
JULIUS STRICKLAND
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA
(FHTNC) -- Marine Lance Cor
jxiral Julius U. Strickland, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius
V. Strickland, Sr. of Rte 2,
Riverdale, Ga., recently re
ported to the Naval Base, Gu
antanamo Bay, Cuba for duty.
He has been assigned to the
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GEORGIA HERITAGE—On the evening of May 9, 1865. a group
of weury travellers made camp at a creeksite about a mile from
li winvillc. Georgia. The tall, gaunt man who headed the party
was Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, who was
attempting to escape capture and eventually join with Confed
erate military leaders across the Mississippi. Davis had travelled
South from Richmond with hasty Cabinet meetings in Danville,
Greensboro, Charlotte, and Washington (Georgia). Among those
with President Davis were Mrs. Davis, whose slower-moving
party had joined him that evening, and Postmaster General-
Secretary of the rreasurj John H. Reagan. Davis' group was
scheduled to leave during the night, but the reported threat of
attack on Mrs Davis' party by marauders kept the anxious
President and his escort on hand until daylight. Just before
dawn the vh»el) pursuing Fourth Regiment of Michigan Ca
valry arrived on the scene and captured the Southerners. Thus,
on May 10. ISOS, the Confederate administration came to an
end, Davis was imprisoned in Fortress Monroe. Virginia, until
May of ISi'C A Georgia Historical Commission marker com
memorates the site of the capture, within the bounds of the
Jeff Davis Memorial State Park (on Highway 38 between Fitz
gerald and Tifton l. A Confederate Museum is maintained at
the park.
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He believes there’s no place
like home and travels 40,000
miles a year to prove it.
New Y". < C vugo. San Francisco.
Us tc. levy s the United States.
lie s. . Georgia Few er Company in-
Uusiiial development man . . . one of
u team coordinating its efforts with
trase et state agencies, chambers of
ccmireive and other businesses. Their
goal; more industry for GeoiTgia.
Eac new manufacturing plant
boosts t'.e state's economy and stand
ard of iivtng,
in the past year. 168 firms either
ou'.t new plants or expanded exist
ing ones in our service area. The
resulting gain was $67 million of
capital investment. 10.472 new jobs
and a y early payroll of more than
$8 J million.
Our men trad these figures and
consider them history. Chances are.
t-.e next tiling they read will be travel
schedules, continuing the quest for
new business for Georgia's future.
GEORGIA POWER COMPAMY
A Newspaper
Dedicated to Service
Guard Company which has the
i responsibilities of base secur
ity.
, The naval base Is a key mili
i tary stronghold against aggres
, slon and threat to freedom.
WILLIE F. GEORGE
LACKI AND AFB, TEX. -Air
man Willie F. George, son of
Mrs. Ruth George of Rt. 1,
Ellenwood, Ga., has been se
lected for technical training as
an air policeman at this Air
Force base.
Airman George, who enlisted
In the Air Force a short time
ago, has just completed his
basic military training here.
The airman Is a 1963 grad
uate of William Alfred Foun
tain High School In Forest Park,
Ga.
BRYSON BENTON
1 GENOA, ITALY (FHTNC) —
Marine Lance Corporal Bry
son O. Benton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. H. Benson of 117 Pharr
ave., Jonesbor, Ga., is serv
ing with Marine Corps Batta
lion Landing Team 3/2, the am
phibious striking force of the
Sixth Fleet operating In the
Mediterranean.
The landing team Is constant
ly undergoing amphibious war
fare training to maintain the
team’s combat effectiveness.
JOHNNY DODD
IWAKUNI, JAPAN (FHTNC) —
Marine Lance Corporal Johnny
D. Dodd, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. Dodd of 1212 Sequoia
dr., Forest Park, Ga., recently
received his first Good Con
duct medal.
The medal is awarded for dem
onstrating high achievement is
conduct and proficiency in rank
during three years of continu
ous active service.
He is serving with Marine Aer
ial Refueler/Transport squad
ron 152, a unit of the First
Marine Aircraft Wing based at
Marine Corps Air Station. Iwa
kuni, Japan.
A graduate of the Forest Park
High School, Corporal Dodd en
tered the Marines in July 1961.
EDWARD ROBERTS
GREAT LAKES, ILL. (FHTNC)
--Edward E. Roberts, 17, son
of Mrs. and Mrs. Hollis E.
Roberts of 330 Morrow rd.,
Forest Park, Ga., has begun
basic training at the Naval Tr
aining Center, Great Lakes, 111.
The nine-week training in
cludes naval orientation, his
tory and organization, seaman
ship, ordnance and gunnery,
military drill, first aid and
survival.
During the training recruits
receive tests and interviews
which determine their future
assignments in the Navy. Upon
completing the program they
are assigned to service scho
ols for technical training or
to ships and stations for on
the-job training In a Navy rat
ing specialty.
Naval training produces the
power in seapower by supply
ing qualified personnel to man
the ships, planes and shore
stations of today’s Navy.
THOMAS C. GIBBS
KEY WEST, FLA.(FHTNC>—-
Thomas C. Gibbs, aviation
storekeeper third class, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Gibbs of Jonesboro, Ga., is
serving with Fighter squadron
101, based at the Naval Air
Station, Key West, Fla.
The squadron trains pilots,
radar intercept officers, and
maintenance men for the FAB
Phantom H. a supersonic In
terceptor capable of flying
under all weather conditions.
Key West is the southernmost
military base in the United
States.
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EDGAR H. DOWD, JR.
BEAUFORT, S.C. (FHTNC? —
Marine Lance Corporal Edgar
N. Dowd, Jr., sort of Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce O. Chipman of 525
Rockcut rd., Coaley, G*., was
recently awarded the Marine
Corps’ Good Conduct Medal
while serving in the ptnnery
department at Marine Corps
.Air Facility, Beaufort, S. C.
Ke has the duties of mainten
ance and repair of aircraft
armament. Dowd entered O*
service in January,
• EDITORIAL A N EWS-yj EWS
• features © opinions
VAST NEW REGIONS OF FEDERAL POWER
OPENED UP BY COMPROMISE’ ON RIGHTS BILL
THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY JOHN C. SATTER
FIELD, PAST PRESIDENT (1961-62) OF THE AMERICAN BAR
ASSOCIATION. HE IS SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE CO
ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR FUNDAMENTAL AMERICAN
FREEDOMS, SUITE 520, 301 FIRST ST., N. E. WASHINGTON
3, D. C.
Supporters of the pending civil rights bill call it a “compromise”.
But those who have been following the progress of the debate
report that the latest version can hardly he called moderate.
The truth Is, two or three wildly extreme proposals have been
tightened into one extreme compromise.
No matter what minor adjustments have been made, the typical.
American citizen will find that it is his freedom which has
been compromised. Some vague passages have been more clearly
defined. But the bill still provides for a sweeping extension of
Federal power into new areas. And the penalties are harsher.
If a man belongs to a union, for instance, he’ll find that his
seniority rights take second place to the whim of Federal commis
sion. A union member may be laid off or fired and a non-union
member hired in his place If a Federal agent decides that his
employer has been discriminating.
A homeowner will discover that he can no longer choose the
buyer or tenant for his house. Federal personnel will make the
decision whether or not a prospect is acceptable. Federal
personnel will also have the authority to withhold or apply the
stamp of approval on architects, realtors, or lawyers involved
in the transaction.
A bank depositor may suddenly find out that his savings no
longer have the guarantee of Federal insurance. A Federal
agency can decide that the bank has discriminated against another
customer, and order FDIC Insurance withdrawn.
A soda fountain operator, for the first time, will have a require
ment to serve all customers, even if it is bad for his business.
The civil rights bill would make it impossible for him to ask
the police to protect his property in the event it appears that a
riot or disturbance may break out over racial problems. For,
since the bill construes such protection as a “state action’’
and, thus, prohibited by the Fourteenth Amendment, the State,
itself, is prohibited from Interfering (abetting).
A file clerk or a stenographer would soon realize that ability
or neatness may no longer be the crucial qualifications in getting
a job. Two girls of equal ability would, first, have to meet the
tests of race and religion. A person of one race could not be
hired where “too many” people of that particular race were
already employed. A person of one religion could not be con
sidered where there were “too many” of that faith already
at work.
In fact, the strangest thing about the bill, is that it requires
a re-emphasis on America’s dwindling race consciousness.
Federal agencies are explicitly empowered to demand racial
and religious records from business and unions. Elaborate
racial bookkeeping set-ups can be required, under heavy Fed
eral penalties. Federal agents are given the power to enter any
industrial or union property, seize records, question employees
and members, and investigate any “matters as may be ap
propriate”, to quote the words pf the bill.
In short, there are two vagt regions of new Federal power
opened up, in the name of pro Acting the civil rights of everyone.
The first one is the power to terminate Federal grants, which
total multiple billions of dollars each year, and bold a life and
death power over the financial stability of whole cities and regions.
This vast authority would be turned over to Federal agencies
without laying down any of the traditional protections of due
process of law, rules for receivelng evidence, or holding proper
hearings. Under this bill, a Federal agent has only to make
“an express finding.” In this, he would be quided by his own
whim, prejudice or caprice. The “judicial review” provided
will be of little value.
The other extraordinary power is the close regulation of em
ployment, promotion and firirg. Federal bureaucracy will control
the basic decisions of workers and their bosses. It means
that Federal control will move into such sensitive areas as the
teaching faculties of schools and colleges, public and private,
and the writing staffs of newspapers and magazines.
Many citizens have never realized that the scope of the civil
rights bill was so immoderate. They are writing their Repre
sentatives not to be fooled by talk of “compromise”.
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THE DEATH of Presn.ent :
Kennedy has focused national '
attention on the Constitutional <
and statutory provisions for <
ascension to the presidency.
There are some who favor
changing the presidential line !
of succession as to who is to 1
follow the
Vice President
as chief execu
t i v e in the
event of his
removal from
office. A good
argument also
can be made
for leaving it
just as st is.
The Constitution explicitly
provides that the presidency
automatically devolves :n the
Vice President, and ‘.eaves to the
Congress to establish by law
who would succeed hint and so
on down the line.
Present law. under a 134” en
actment. created this line of suc
cession after the Vice President:
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives, President Pro Tem
pore of the Senate. Secretary of
State. Secretary of Treasury
Secretary of Defense, the At
torney General, the Postmaster
General. Secretary of Interior.
Secretary of Agriculture. Secre
tary of Commerce Secretary of
Labor. and the Secretary of
Health. Educate or. and Welfare.
Cabinet members become only
■ acting” President until replaced
by a Speaker of the House or
JOHN E. HENRY
FORT EUSTIS, VA 'AHTNCI
—Sterad Lt. Jobs E, Beary,
wtose wde, Jobcay, lives at
4671 Ecaliercrest rd., EUe®-
wood. Ga, oom tie ret a ruse
week stevedore officer eosmse
at the Army Treaapcrtattos 9e-
Senate President Pre Tempore,
who upon elevation to the presi
dency serves for the remainder
of the term.
• • •
IT WILL BE noted that the
foremost consideration is that
the office of the President be
held by an elected official, rather
than an appointed one. This. I
think, is to be desired in order
to keep our government as close
as possible to the people, and
answerable to the people.
James Madison, in one of The
Federalist essays on the Consti
tution. wrote that “the geni s
of republican liberty" demands
that all power be derived from
the people and that those en
trusted with it should be sept
close to the people.
Tl.e United States is not a
perfect Republic in all its as
pects. of course, but we should
always give careful study to
any proposed changes in insti
tutions of our government which
have served us well, particularly
when it concerns the highest
and most powerful office in the
land.
We certainly never want
change just for the sake of
change. and whenever we decide
to bring it about, e.titer by law
or Constitutional amendment. we
must be certain that what we
are getting is an improvement
■ over what we had.
Socl, Fort cusus. Vt, tn late
December.
The bE-year-c-s officer is a
1956 gradate of Jonesboro Htgh
3c reel and attenied North Gecr
pa Callege u Dahle tegs.
Ei* parents, Mr. as: Mgs-
Jtabert L. Senry, fire is EHet-
Mail now for an early refund
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FEBRUARY IS HEART
MONTH’ IN GEORGIA
February has been designated
•Georgia Heart Month’ in a
proclamation released by Gov
ernor Sanders. The Governor’s
proclamation noted that “more
than 18,000 Georgians each year
die of diseases of the heart
and blood vessels which include
such major problems as heart
attack, stroke, high blood pres
sure, rheumatic fever and in
born heart defects.”
Os the total 36,051 Georgia
deaths in 1962, latest year for
which these figures are avail
able, SXI percent were attri
buted to diseases of the heart
TO THE VOTERS
OF CLAYTON COUNTY
In 1960 you paid me the great honor of electing me as Chairman of
Commissioners of Roads and Revenue. I have done the best I could, with
the cooperation of the other members of the Board, to give you an hon
est, efficient and progressive administration of your county affairs.
Many advancements have been made in our county and we have the po
tential of becoming the greatest county in Georgia. To take advantage of
our opportunities, it is necessary that we have a progressive Board of
County Commissioners who will not only handle our county affairs in a
business-like manner, but will cooperate to the fullest with our school au
thorities — which your present Commissioners have done.
To grasp our opportunities for progress and to make our county a more
desirable place in which to live we need many things, among which are:
A continuation of our road-paving program; a county hospital; authority
for Commissioners to set up speed limits, especially in our subdivisions;
a sidewalk building program in the vicinity of our schools; a house num
bering system; a county incinerator and a county wide garbage collection.
I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election subject to the Demo
cratic Primary of April 4th and pledge my efforts, if re-elected, towards
making our county the finest in Georgia,
four active support is requested.
, SINCERELY,
P. K. DIXON
and blood vessels, more than
all other causes of death com
bined.
In Georgia the Georgia Heart
Association is the only organi
zation devoted exclusively to the
fight against heart desease and
the Association is recognized
nationally as a leader in this
effort. The proclamation by
Governor Sanders further sta
tes “I urge that full coopera
tion be given to the HEART
FUND Drive and further urge
its support by churches, scho
ols, scientific, civic, social and
fraternal organizations, busi-
ness, industry and agriculture.
Dr. Frank G. Dickey, noted
educator and executive director
of the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools, will laun
ch Greater Atlanta’s Heart Fund
campaign next Tuesday.
He will address the "Kick-
Off” breakfast meeting of vo
lunteers from Fulton, DeKalb,
Cobb, Clayton, and Gwinnett
counties at the Biltmore Hotel
at 8 a.m.
R. L. Mathis, who with Dr.
Walter Bloom and George Smith
is co-chairman, will preside.