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VOLUME 53
Talmadge Urges
Complete Study
Os Trade Policy
Stressing the need for effective
control of textiles and man-made
fiber imports, U. S. Sen. Herman
E. Talmadge has called for a
“total red complete re-evalua
tion” of U.S. .policy on textile im
ports to avoid the “total disrup
tion’’ of the domestic textile in
dustry.
The senator told the Georgia
Textile Manufacturers Associa
tion's annual convention, meeting
at Hollywood Beach, Fla., that a
re-evaluation is vital “to bring
some semblance of order to our
current trade situation.” He add
ed:
“Our government cannot long
continue to look the other way or
sit on its hands, without risking
the total disruption of the Ameri
can textile and apparel industry.
The need for action is clear. And
we must go all the way. Piece
meal or half solutions are not
enough.”
In an effort to remedy the sit
uation Talmadge is co-sponsoring
a bill in the Senate to require the
Secretary of Commerce to de
termine whether certain imports
were damaging the domestic in
dustry and, upon such a finding,
have the President place restric
tions against imports of such
products.
The Georgia senator said, “Im
ports are now taking more than
10 per cent” of the domestic mar
ket.” as compared to less than
five per cent in 1961.”
"These arc more than just cold
statistics,” he asserted. “They rep
resent vast sums of money and
they :(present jobs and pay
checks. They represent the live
lihood of entire communities in
Georgia, and throughout the na
tion.”
Sen. Talmadge called for im
mediate steps “to roll back the
extremely high level of imports”
reached in 1966, and for the U.S.
government to examine import
ing to this country “to be sure
that these are nations which con
tribute most substantially to our
international economic develop
ment policy.”
Golden Jubilee At
Middle Ga. College
Week of May 15-19
During the week of May 15-19
Middle Georgia College will cele
brate its Golden Jubilee. A parade
on Monday will launch the cele
bration. It will feature costumed
■tudents. faculty members, and
tow n.-people, as well as vehicles
reminiscent of the 1887 date of the
founding of the college of the New
Ebenezer Association.
The week’s activities will cul
minate in a Grand Ball in the
school gymnasium on Friday
night. The decorations will simu
late an ornate ballroom of the
1890 era. There will be a Grand
March, cotillion numbers, and
other dances of the period.
A pageant during the interims-1
sion will depict through dramati
aztion, tableau, and narration the
the history of the college from
the 1887 founding through the
change in 1917 to the 12th Con
gressional District Agricultural
and Mechanical School and the
change in 1927 to the Junior Col
lege.
Solons To Study
Bets On Horses
House Speaker George L. Smith
disclosed that he will appoint a
a three-man committee from the
House of Representatives to study
the feasibility of parimutuel race
track betting in Georgia.
He said he has not yet de
termined who will be on the.
committee which will study the
practicality of legalized horse rac
ing and betting and report back
to the House with recommenda
tions at next year’s session.
Smith pointed out that he is:
merely carrying through with a
resolution calling for the study
which was passed in the House
in the 1967 session.
The resolution was sponsored
by Rep. Dick Starnes of Rome
and passed through the General
Assembly near the end of the
session.
Wheeler County Eagle
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JETTISON JUMBO freight car of the near future will soon get its
prototype test on the lines of its innovator, the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company. L & N President William Kendall displays working
model in Atlanta to President W. Thomas Rice of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad and Charles R. Yates, Vice President of both lines. The 100-
ton car will dump its load beside the track in 10 seconds and open and
close its own unique gate.
NeSmith Resigns As
Heart Os Georgia
Program Developer
Dr. Jame- Keeney, chairman of
; the board, announced today that
the Board of Directors of the
I Heart of Georgia Community Ac
(lion Council has. accepted, with
regrets, rhe" resignation of Eugene
NeSmith.
Mr. NeSmith, a resident of
; Cochran, has held the position of
program developer with the
Council since January 1965. He is
a graduate of Toccoa Falls Col
lege and was the first employee
hired by the Heart of Georgia
Planning and Development Com
mission to administer the poverty
program which, at that time and
until Febrauary of this year, was
Hinder the direction of the com
mission.
The Heart of Georgia Commun
ity Action Council took control of
the poverty program for the nine
■ county area on February 1. Mr.
NeSmith announced that he was
: going to be a sales representative
in the fishing aaccessories field.
John Aitesani, executive direc-’
tor of the council stated, “Mr. No
■ Smith’s leaving the council is a •
.great loss to the council and to;
the citizens of the nine-county
area.”
Thoughts For Soil
Stewardship Week
By Virgil Cameron
Soil Conservation Service
A growing population in the !
' United States and throughout the
world is a constant lerninder of
the increasing demands being
made on our land . . . and on the
resources associated with the,
lord. Food, rhelle. and clothing
must come fiom the land for this
increasing population'.
By the year 2000—just 33 years
from now—the total number of
people on earth is expected to
reach six billion. This will be an :
i reuse of two billion, 900 mil- ■
lien people.
Population in North America is!
expected to increase by 64 per-;
cent. Latin America by 157 per-|
cent, Europe by J 5 percent, Africa .
by 151 percent, and Asia by 89;
percent. Here at home, more
Americans will want more prod- I
ucts of the land more often.
Focd which has been in surplus :
may never again be in that cate-,
gory. Agricultural leaders feel we
can increase food production to
meet our domestic needs for the
foreseeable future.
With good stewardship of the.
soil, water and other natural re- ’
sources, we can produce more per
acre and we can farm more land
more intensively.
These are s ome thoughts we
should ponder on during this Soil
Stewardship Week.
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ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA
Consider Our Land,
It Provides Us With
Many Blessings
By David W. Williams
Spreading acre by acre and
mile by mile across Wheeler Coun
ty, Georgia and the heart of North
America is the largest single ex
par-e of productive land on earth
--the United States.
It is an awesome land, magnifi
cent in the variety and richness
with which God endowed it. And
’ it is, in fact. God’s land. He has
entrusted it to our care during
our lifetime.
1 Soil Steward l hip Week, April
30-May 7, is a good time to be
reminded of this fact.
Soil water and sunshine—we
’ have no greater blessing. Our very
lives depend- on it.
From these resources mu s t
1 come more and still more food—
for our own growing need's and to
help those abroad who are hun
■ gry-
Consider our lard. Consider it.
well.
It is -the land inhere we can
I add to the supply and quality of ।
; our water; and where our timber |
; will be grown.
1 ; It is the lard where ou-r outdoor
recreation needs can be met; and ■
where it our wildfire will be pro-'
1 duced.
It is the land of democracy, ■
where we rely on Ihe voluntary
exercise of individual responsi- ■
‘ bility rather than regulation by I
government as the favored ave
j rue to accompli hment.
; It is the land of still unmeasur
ed values, deserving new and
, । higher regard as -a vital and irre
' phiceable treasure.
It is a land privately owned. f oi
' the most oart, but it belongs to all
' of us—whether we live in the
’ s -
’ lucse-t asphalt and concrete city
or on the most remote and isolat
ed fa m. All Os us depend on the
' !?-d—for our very lives.
Consider it. Consider it well.
Then pledge to,support our farm-
I ers -and our agricultural workers
; in being -good stewards and con
■ servationists of it.
Soil Stewardship Week is a
I good time to -begin.
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James H. Turner
Receives Promotion
i FT. RILEY, KAN. (AHTNC)—
I James H. Turner, son of Mrs. La
; vada Turner, Route 1, Glenwood,
' was promoted to Army first ser
-1 geant April 6 at Ft. Riley, where
he is serving with Irwin Army
। Hospital.
Sergeant Turner, first sergeant
:of Medical Company at the hos
pital, entered the Army in 1945
and was last stationed in Ger
’ many. He holds the Army Com
mendation Medal.
Sergeant Turner is a graduate ;
I of Wheeler County High School in
• Alamo. His wife. Mariam, i- with
i him at the fort.
Alpha Omega Os
Delta Kappa Gamma
Meeting April 27
Twenty-three members of the !
Alpha Ornaga Chapter of Delta I
Kappa Gamma (Women Teach- 1
lers Honorary Society) met at the:
Southern Case in Vidalia for their I
quarterly dinner meeting on I
Thursday night, April 27. “Travel”
' was the theme for the meeting.
Mrs. Mary C. Shelby and Mrs.
Glennie Riddle (teachers of Brew-;
ton Parker College) gave a re- ’
view of their separate trips to I
Europe and the Holy Land last
summer, illustrating with slides!
; and pictures. Preceding the re-1
i view, Mrs. Maude Ford and Miss I
Nellie Johnson (Brewton Parker;
teacher's), gave an impressive
; ceremony commemorating Foun-1
ders Day. The entire program was <
I .introduced by Mrs. Eileene Leßoy ।
of Montgomery County High
School.
Mrs, Jeanette Mims, president,
Jefif Davis Counity High School,
presided over the business sec
tion.
i Decorations carried out the;
; “Travel” theme, using toy air- 1
i planes 'and miniature suitcases for |
place cards and favors and toy ’
planes in flower arrangements.
•Members from local schools I
! are: Mro Hazel Joyce and Mrs.
Annie Mary Hopkins.
Attention Urged
To Nursing Careers
The Georgia Hospital Associa
tion has warned that the shortage
of professional nurses in Georgia I
! i.s rapidly reaching a critical stage.
; Unless way's' are soon found to;
step up the supply of registered •
misses in substantial numbers,
hospital.-: will be faced with cur -;
tailing their services, the Asso-;
‘ciation says.
The Association has mailed a
report to every physician in Geor
gia and al) school counselors
pointing to the steadily growing;
demand for professional nurses;
and asking for their assistance in
an intensified recruiting effort.
Georgia’s Schools of Nursing;
are still accepting students for en
rollment in September 1967 fre-h- ,
; men classes.
GHA President W. Daniel Bar
ker says: “The career profession
of nursing today has more to of
; fer the young men and women of
- than ever in the past.
Salaries are attractive, opportuni
ties for advancement are assured,
employment is secure and person
al rewards are obvious for those
with a motivation to render a pio
fessional service to others.”
Nursing scholarships are avail
able through the State Scholar
ship Commission, 838 Hurt Build
ing, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
For information on programs in
nursing eduaction. write Georgia
Hospital Association, 1720 Peach
tree Rd., N.W., Atlanta.
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1967
Homecoming Day
At Alamo Methodist
Church May 7
This Sunday, May 7th, marks
| the annual observance cf Home
• coming Day. A former pastor, the
’ Rev. R. Loren Harris, will be the
I guest speaker for the 11 o’clock
i worship service. Rev. Harris is the
: present pastor of the Helena
: Charge, composed of Scotland, Mt.
; Olivet and Helena Methodist
i Churches. He iwias pastor of the
Alamo church and neighboring
i churches during 1942 to 1944. Rev.
i Harris ha® served churches in
South Georgia since 1925. Other
j neighboring churches in which he
Ihas served are Dexter and Abbe
-1 ville.
Special music will be provided
by the choir and Miss Diane
O’Neal of Uwlda, a student at
, Wesleyan College of Macon.
A covered dish dinner will be
provided l by the members of the
church, which will begin approx
| innately at 12:45. There will be no
I evening service.
The pastor invites friends of
J Rev. and Mrs. Harris, former
; members and pastors to join the
i day of fellowship.
I
Gasoline Should Not
Be Kept In Plastic
| Or Glass Containers
Gasoline for use in lawn mow
! ers must be purchased and trans-
I ported in metal containers, Comp
| troller Geenral James L. Bentley
I warned today.
!
“In the spring and summer
I months, people often begin buy
, inig gasoliine for use in lawn mow-
Jers and other powered equipment
. I and often attempt to buy gaso
. I line in plastic or glass containers.
.; This can be extremely danger
-11 ous”, Mr. Bentley said.
’- Bentley, state fire safety com
missioner since 1963, warned that
. 1 any service station or other re
.' tail dispenser of gasoline would be
. J violating the law in selling gaso
i ■ line in other than a metal con
tainer.
; I The law says specifically that
I no delivery of any Class I flam
mable liquid “shall be made in
’ I portable containers -unless the
container is constructed of metal
I and has a tight closure with 8
! screwed or a spring cover and is
। silted with a spout or so designed
, that the contents can be poured
! without spilling.”
Class I flammable liquids in
clude gasoline, as well as ether,
I carbon disulfide, naptha benzol,
I colloid um, and acetone.
Any person or firm violating
i provision of the Georgia Safety
i Fire Act is quilty of a misde
■ meanor, Bentley said.
“This is simply a safety meas
; ore. I would urge every Georgia
citizen to practice such safety
1 measures always, and if you are
1 purchasing gasoline for lawn
j mower or other use, be sure you
i first obtain a metal container,”
, he concluded 1 .
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Left to right. Sonny Fox, radio and tv personality and
National Childrens Carnival Chairman for Muscular Dystro
phy Associations of America, Inc., Mrs. John Young, lovely
wife of astronaut John Young, who acts as Honorary lexas
State Chairman for Muscular Dystrophy are shown with Mes
j dames Elizabeth P. Little and Sally Baron, who are Muscular
Dystrophy Directors in the State of Georgia. This photograph
was taken at a tri-regional staff conference which was held
recently in Houston, Texas. Mr. Fox and Mrs. Young assisted
staff members from 13 states in planning the 1967 Jerry
Lewis March for Muscular Dystrophy. Mrs. Little is District
Director for Georgia, exclusive of the ten- county marketing
' area of Atlanta, where Mrs. Barron is in charge.
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12,325 Georgia Drivers Lose Licenses
For Traffic Violations First Quarter
ij Many thousands of Georgians
■. become simple-minded when they
:; get into the driver’s seat of a car.
■ ;As a result, they lose their driv-
Ling privileges be. use they vio-
U late the state trafi" ■ laws.
i; Latest evidence of this is seen
-• in a three-month report of the
11 State Patrol released by Col. R.
i ■H. Burson, director of the Geor
! i gia Department of Public Safety.
For example, a total of 12,352
11 persons had their driver’s licences
’ i revoked, suspended or cancelled
> in Georgia during the first three
•: months of 1967. This was an in
| crease of 1,454, or 13.3 per cent,
11 over 1966*s first quarter.
A breakdown of the action tak
-11 en by the patrol this year .-hows
Georgia Campers
JPay Tribute To
| Parks Director
EI
. 1 State Parks Director Horace
,| G. Caldwell has received many
I plaudits for the job he has done
| in improving and expanding Geor-
I gia’s parks system during the past
i four years. But none perhaps is i
| more meaningful than the one he j
। received ithe other day in the;
presence of some 1,500 Georgia;
campers.
The occasion was the spring
convention of Georgia members
i of the National Campers and Hik- ‘
■ers Association held at Indian
; Springs State Park near Jackson.
i Climax of the three-day outing :
: was when the campers presented
’ the director a bronze plaque. It
, i carried this inscription:
i “To Horace G. Caldwell, Di-.
! rector, Georgia Department of
■ I State Parks, January, 1963 —Jan-,
■ nary, 1967 In Sincere Appre-
, | elation of His Foresight, Unsel
। 1 fishness, Devotion and Service
.i in Promoting and 1 Developing
, • Camping in Georgia — Georgia
. ; State Association of the National
Campers >and Hikers Association.”!
As a result of improved faicilities j
and conditions throughout the 40-j
I park system during the past four
years, the number of family Camp
-11 ers utilizing the statge parks rose
j from 181,302 to 683,617, an in-
I crease of 277 per cent.
National Golf Day
Set Tuesday, May 30
National Golf Day, the golf
event for all golfers, has been of
ficialiy recognized by the State
of Georgia.
In an official Proclamation, Les
ter Maddox, Governor of Georgia,
designated Tuesday, May 30 as
National Golf Day in Georgia and
urged all golfers in his state to
participate in this worthwhile
venture by playing a round of
golf on National Golf Day.
Governor Maddox’ proclama
tion was foiwarded to Max Elbin,
presiden t of the Professional
Golfers’ Association of America,
which is sponsoring National Golf
Day for the 16th consecutive year.
s I that of the 2,751 revocations, 2,689'
■ were for driving under the influ
. ence of intoxicants; 51 for leaving.
the scene of an accident; five for
• hit-and-run accidents; two for
transporting whisky or contra
i band, amd four ifor other causes.
' Os the 9,601 suspensions, 2,48®'
■ were for failure to have liability
insurance coverage when involv
■ ed in a hazardous violation. Sec
; ond highest, with 1,321, was foe
; committing two hazardous viola
* tions within 12 months. Speeding
! I ranked third with 547 drivers.
■ having their licenses suspended;
’ | Among the other leading causes
were: Driving while licenses were
' I revoked, suspended or cancelled,
’ 367; persistent violators, 195; fof
i lowing too close to another vehi
| cle, 107; stop light or red light:
violations, 105; failure to yield;
I right-of-way, 66; reckless driving,
J 65: driving on wrong side of road,
! 58; racing, 28; physical disability,
J 26.
Cf the total suspensions, 3,725
■; came under the Georgia safety
■ । responsibility law which is ad.-
.; ministered by the Department ot
Public Safety. Among these 395>
-1 were non-residen ts of Georgia.
; ! — —.
Maddox Plans To
Confer On Crime,
Highway Safety
Gov. Lester G. Maddox, who is
gaining a reputation of being a
“conference-minded” chief execu
tive, has revealed- plans to hold
', conferences on crime, prisons and
highway and traffic safety.
. i He made his announcement in a
recent speech to the Atlanta Ro-
’ i tary Club. He gave no dates for
the conferences. Immediately fol
'; lowing his speech, the governor’s
' office issued the following press
’ । release covering his plans.
Gov. Maddox announced plans
. for a series of special Governor’s
conferences on traffic safety and
I penal reform. He is also schedul-
I ing a conference with prison war
dens and 1 officials in Atlanta to'
discuss penal problems and re
form.
He also said that he will hold'
a governor’s conference on high
way and traffic safety to look into'
ways by which local and state
law enforcement officers l can im
prove Georgia’s highway safety
program.
The governor said he will in
vite -sheriffs, officials from the De
partment of Public Safety, may
ors and others involved with traf
fic safety to the meeting.
“I believe that the best manner
to approach our problems along
these lines is to air them and take
a concensus approach toward their
solutions.” Gov. Maddox said. “I
am specially interested in hearing;
from those directly involved with
these programs how they feel the
state can be more helpful and
more cooperative.”
Patrol Reports
Arrests Are Up,
Warnings Down
The long arm of the law ts>
; reaching out even farther oa
i Georgia’s highways and byroads.,
i Evidence of this was seen during'
I the first quarter of 1967 where:
| state troopers made more arrests:
I and issued fewer warnings to trap-
I sic violators.
They made a total of 23,938 ar—
I rests, an increase of six per cent
, over a year ago, while issuing 41,-
| 092 wanning tickets-, a three per
j cent drop, according to a report
' released by Col. R. H. Burson-,
! director of the Georgia Depart-
I ment of Public Safety.
In catching these traffic law
breakers, a total of 15,933 patrols*
■spent 126,663 hours patrolling
i 2, 646,265 miles throughout the
■ state.
Total hours devoted to invests—
Igations were 8,458, up 19 per cent-
Overall, members of the State
Patrol were on duty for a total
of 219,273 hours, an increase off
2,673 hours over 1966’c compara
ble period.
More than 90 per cent of the
travel between cities is by motor
i vehicles, and more than 80 pet
cent of workers use their cars'
i for travel to their jobs.
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