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VOL. 102 NO. 11
$50,000 Campaign Check Presented At Political Rally
Nunn Reveals Plans To Seek
Post Os United States Senator
State Wide News Coverage At Rally
Houston County State Representative and Perry attorney
Sam Nunn Jr. officially announced his candidacy here Wed
nesday for the post of United States Senator. Nunn delivered
his announcement speech before a crowd of hundreds of his
friends and supporters at a barbecue and rally held at the
Nunn Farm near here.
Television and newspaper
reporters from all around
the state were also in at
tendance to cover the
speech. A press tent was set
up on the farm and there
were more than 40 members
of the news media in at
tendance writing stories and
taking pictures of the
ceremonies.
(The full text of Sam
Nunn’s announcement ad
dress appears on this page
and page 5A of this section.
Seated on the platform at
the rally were members of
the Perry, Warner Robins,
and Centerville City Councils
and the Houston County
Commissioners along with a
number of other Houston
County elected officials.
Perry Mayor Malcolm
Reese served as master of
Woman Announces
For School Board Race
Mrs. G. N. (Sandy) Elliott
of 403 Pine Valley Drive,
Warner Robins, has an
nounced that she will be a
candidate for election to the
Houston County Board of
Education Post N 0.2 this
fall, now held by Dr. W. G.
Talbert, Jr.
“As a concerned and
active mother, I believe
there is an urgent need for
the influence of a mother in
the important decisions that
directly affect the welfare
and destiny of the children in
the public schools of this
county.” Mrs. Elliott said.
“It is with deep concern
and an irrevocable desire to
serve that I am seeking this
post and I am seeking the
support of all concerned
parents in my efforts to be
elected,” she said.
Mrs. Elliott is the wife of
Lt. Col. (Ret.) T.A. Elliott.
She is the mother of three
daughters, Vivian Ann (Mrs.
j Houston Countians Pay $6,127,000 Towards The National Debt |
What is it that Houston County residents pay
three times as much for, via their Federal taxes,
than for aid to education?
What is it that takes a bigger piece out of their
U. S. tax dollar than Federal spending for
:$ pollution control, aid to housing, price support for
agriculture, manpower training and the space
program, all combined?
Interest on the national debt, that’s what.
Because the ceiling on the national debt, $430
billion, is about to be reached, the Nixon ad
The Houston Home Journal
The Perry Area’s Favorite Newspaper For The Past 100 Years
ceremonies and he, along
with Warner Robins Mayor
Homer J. Walker, Cen
terville Mayor Hollis Molton
and County Commission
Chairman Robert Byrd,
presented Nunn with a check
for $50,000 for his campaign
fund. The check represen
ted a portion of the funds
raised in Houston County for
Nunn’s campaign.
Houston Representative
Vince Moyer introduced
Senator Stanley Smith of
Perry who introduced Sam
Nunn. Nunn’s speech, a “
get tough in Washington”
type theme was en
thusiastically accepted by
the hundreds of Nunn sup
porters gathered at the rally.
Nunn has been a rumored
candiate for the U. S. Senate
seat now held by David
Gambrell for the past few
months. A source close to the
James W.) Holler of
Alexandria Virginia, who
was graduated summa cum
laude from the Macon
Hospital School of Nursing;
Tomi Elaine Elliott, a 1969
honor graduate of Warner
Robins High School and now
a freshman at the University
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Mrs. Sandy Elliott
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candidate said he has taken
a long, hard look at the race
and that he (Nunn) sincerely
believes he can fill a void in
the race for U.S. Senate and
win the campaign.
Opposing the Perry lawyer
and farmer for the race will
be Senator David Gambrell,
former Governor Ernest
Vandiver and State
Treasurer Bill Burson.
Those are the announced
candidates, however there
are several others con
sidering the race but have
not yet made their decisions.
A veteran political ob
server at the rally stated, “If
Sam can come on strong in
the next few months around
the State, he can win this
thing. There’s no doubt about
him being the best man for
the job. But he’s got to get to
the people.”
Evidently Nunn will “get
to the people” beginning this
week as the long schedule of
campaigning begins right
away, according to a
member of his campaign
staff.
of Georgia; and Joni Alberta
a second grade student at
Miller Elementary School in
Warner Robins.
The Elliotts were tran
sferred to Robins Air Force
Base in 1965. Just before his
retirement in 1969
Lt. Col. Elliott was tran
sferred for five and a half
months to Fairchild Air
Force Base in Spokane,
Washington but the family
like this area so much that
they returned to Warner
Robins to live after his
retiremnt.
Mrs. Elliott and her family
attend the First Methodist
Church in Warner Robins.
She has been very active in
many youth organizations
such as Girl Scouts; has
taught Sunday School; is a
past president of the Officers
Wives Club; has been PTA
president in various schools;
has been a substitute school
teacher; and is an active
sports enthusiast.
ministration, faced with a massive deficit in the
next fiscal year, has requested a multi-billion
boost in the legal debt limit
Since $430 billion is a sum too colossal to grasp,
it is broken down for better understanding.
If it had to be paid off at this time and if
everyone in Houston County and in the rest of the
country had to chip in an equal share to liquidate
it it would require $2,160 from every man, woman
and child, or more than SB,OOO per family.
Since there is, of course, no plan to pay off the
debt, it presents no immediate problem. What is
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1972 28 PAGES
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Rep. Sam Nunn Jr.
Perry Has Many
Big Blood Donors
At least 29 persons in the
Perry area have given one or
more gallons of blood at Red
Cross Bloodmoble visits,
according to Cliff Hamer,
recently appointed chairman
of Perry’s blood committee.
Hamer, administrator of
the Perry-Houston County
Hospital serves as a Red
Cross volunteer under Dr. J.
L. Gallamore, co-chairman
of the Houston County blood
program. “We have
Church Sets
Revival Here
Rev. John Padgett, pastor
of the Perry Assembly of
God Church on l>ee Street,
announced that revival
services will begin on
Monday, March 20 at 7:30
p.m. Guest evangelist will be
Cortez Frazier, Presbyter of
the Macon Section.
On the night of Sunday,
March 19, the Crossroads
Quartet will be featured at
the 7:30 p.m. service of the
church.
A cordial invitation is
issued to the public to attend
any of the services.
numerous people on our lists
who have to give only one or
two more pints to be included
on our gallon-donnor lists,”
says Hammer, “and they
will have an opportunity to
donate blood Wednesday,
March 22 when the Blood
mobile will be stationed at
the Agricultural Building
from 10:30 a.m. until 3:30
p.m.”
At least six Perryites are
multi gallon-donors. They
are: Raymond Gornto,
Harold F. Green, T. F.
Hardy, William Kelly, Billy
Barrett and W. J. Sexton.
Citizens who have given at
least one gallon of blood are:
Wylene B. Andel, Dan
Britton, Caroline Brown,
Marion L. Brown, Alma
Dayton, Bobbie J. Dean,
Robert Downing, Joe A.
Gaylor, Donald A, Colder,
David Hawk, Vivian Hawk,
David Helm, Betty D.
Howard, Duane Inskeep,
Virginia Jones, John War
ner, Robert D. Vance, Perl
Sholl, Isobel M. Schell, Allen
C. Pritchett, Jr., Martin
Luther Mosteller, Vemetta
Monroe and Una Martin.
of concern, however, is the huge amount of in
terest that must be paid on it annually.
It will total no less than $21.2 billion during the
next fiscal year, second only to the cost of national
defense, the new budget shows.
Residents of Houston County will be paying
approximately $6,127,000 toward these interest
charges, in line with their normal share of the
overall tax load. Per local family, it amounts to
some $340.
Since 1941, when Congress moved to put a limit
★ An Editorial ★
Sam Nunn On The Horizon
SAM NUNN JR. ANNOUNCED his
candidacy this week for the United
States Senate. It was an an
nouncement that came only after
weeks and months of decision making
and thought about the future. Sam
Nunn made the decision with a
positive attitude of winning the race
in November. He sincerely believes
he can run successfully and so do his
supporters. It has been a positive pre
campaign approach from the
beginning with all obstacles taken
into consideration.
The Home Journal also believes
Sam Nunn can and should be elected
United States Senator. Our opinion is
not based solely on the fact that Sam
Nunn is a favorite son candidate. We
have taken a long look at those
candidates who are officially running
and those who might offer for election
and we see only one bright spot on the
horizon. That’s Sam Nunn.
In the weeks and months ahead,
Georgians from Ringgold to Cobb
Town to Whigham will know who Sam
Nunn is and that he is the man all
Georgians solely need to represent
them in Washington.
Nunn’s Speech Carries
‘Get Tough ’ Theme
(Editor’s note; Follows is
the full text of the an
nouncement speech made by
Sam Nunn here Wednesday
when he revealed his plans to
run for the U. S. Senate.)
The office of the United
States Senate is the highest
position which can be
bestowed by the people of a
sovereign state.
Georgia has been ac
customed in the long years of
her history to send to
represent her in the United
States Senate men of vision,
men of character and men of
ability who exercise their
own independent judgments
on matters affecting our
state and our nation.
There are two reasons why
I seek to be your United
States Senator. First, the
heritage of our fathers -
Make no mistake about it Sam
Nunn has a long road to travel bet
ween now and November. I takes a lot
of effort, time and money to run for
the U. S. Senate. The Nunn campaign
is getting off to an impressive start
but the “home folks” will have to
keep busy in the months ahead to
insure that the campaign stays on a
sound base at home. This we believe
can be done. We hope that Houston
County gets behind Nunn like no other
county has ever gotten behind a
favorite son candidate. We believe it
will be done with the volunteer efforts
and financial support that a cam
paign of this magnitude demands.
We take considerable pride in being
the first newspaper in the State of
Georgia to officially endorse the
; candidacy of Sam Nunn Jr. for the
United States Senate. We believe in
1 Sam Nunn. We believe in his sincerity
and concern for all Georgians. We
believe in his qualifications. We
believe he is the bright spot on the
horizon for all Georgians. We believe
he will and should be United States
Senator from the great State of
Georgia.
--8.8.
second, the future of our
children.
Our heritage - My own
father believed that the
prime duty of government is
to protect the persons and
property of its citizens from
criminals at home and from
enemies abroad. Yet, over
the past few years, the crime
rate in our country has in
creased at an alarming pace.
Crime today is no
respecter of economic
levels; its victims are both
rich, poor, black and white.
Who today has so much
material wealth that he is
free of the fear of violence to
his family, to his children, or
to himself?
Who today is immune to
the heartbreak of drug ad
diction which threatens his
on Federal spending, during Franklin Roosevelt’s ijij
presidency, by placing a ceiling on the national i|!|;
debt there have been many changes in the ceiling.
Congress has raised the legal limit 23 times in
the subsequent years, as Federal spending ji|
continued to mount As a result, the ceiling is now ;i:j;
many times as large as it was initially.
The annual interest charges have grown :|:j
proportionately. Since 1960 alone, they have
climbed from $9.2 billion a year to the current rate
of $21.2 billion.
loved ones?
Who today is not afraid to
walk the streets after dark in
our large cities or even in
some of our small towns?
As to threats from other
nations, we have seen during
the past few years an
ominous and concerted ef
fort on the part of certain
elements in the United States
Senate to dismantle our
military and scientific
superiority.
This trend, if continued,
will reduce America to a
second-rate power, our
government will be in
capable of assuring the
future security and freedom
of its citizens.
The founders of our
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