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-THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL, Thursday, March 13, 1969
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And BRYAN COUNTIAN
(Papers Merged December 29, 1967)
Published in The City of Pembroke Every Thursday
Prank O. Miller editor, Owner and Publisher
Mks. Frank O. Miller — ...Asst, Editor
Official Organ of Brqan County and The City of Pembroke
Gov. Lister Maddox
Reports People
ATLANTA (PRN) - We, in
Georgia, are battling highway
fatalities with every means at
our disposal. Starting back in
April, 1967, when I signed
into law our Highway Safety
Coordination Act, our
programs have moved forward.
1 appointed a dedicated
safety expert, Lt. Ben Jordan,
as the Coordinator of our
programs, and in the first year,
a compre-i
hensive stated
wide plan was!
formulated.
The admins
istra t i v e|
structure ofi
the coordi-|
nator’s office]
was used by
the Auto
motive Safety I
Foundation as a model for
conducting seminars across the
United States. Lieutenant
Jordan also served on the AD
HOC committee to assist and
advise the National Highway
Safety Bureau in preparing a
manual for the use of other
states in their highway safety
programs.
The National Highway
Safety Bureau selected two of
Georgia’s projects during fiscal
1968 as “outstanding first
examples of specific safety
projects” and two others were
mentioned as “outstanding
examples of specific projects.”
We completed 34 highway
safety projects in fiscal 1968,
all of which contributed to
our overall progress in road
safety.
In the present fiscal year,
Georgia is implementing 77
projects, and we are seeking in
the General Assembly an
increase in appropriations in
order to increase the staff at
work on these projects. In
fiscal 1970 and 1971,
approximately five million
dollars will be available to
Georgia on a matching basis
for highway safety programs.
We would be pennywise and
pound foolish if we fail to
fund an administrative
structure capable of utilizing
these funds. The estimated
cost of administering each
grant dollar is only 4.35 cents,
less than half the allowable 10
cents.
Just this past year, working
closely with the Office of
Coordinator of Highway
Safety as well as the Georgia
Safety Council, I inaugurated
the Governor’s Action
Program for Highway Safety.
I spoke at 11 meetings,
starting in August and ending
in November, and we tried to
arrange the locations so that
each county in our huge State
could be within easy reach of
at least one of the meetings.
The results of our program
were encouraging. Most of
those who attended were the
leaders, the prime movers in
Social Security
Squibs
1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7
AH good children go to heaven
When you have a gripe, or
doubt
Ask your questions, work it out.
Between now and April 15,
a lot of deadlines will come and
go-—and some of them are espe
cially important to people w’ho
get or pay Social Security. The
first date of importance is
March 31, 1969. Anyone who
became 65 in December, 1968
or earlier must sign up for
Part B, Doctor Bill Insurance,
under Medicare before this date
—or he’ll have to wait another
year before he gets another
chance—or for those who were
born before November, 1901 he
will never get another chance.
But of course April 15 remains
the biggest deadline of all. Not
only is this the deadline for
filing income tax returns for
calendar year 1968, it's also the
last date for paying self-em
ployment Social Security tax
for that year. And it is the
deadline for filing an annual
their communities. The great
majority, I am sure, left the
meetings with a better idea as
to the seriousness of traffic
accidents, both in terms of
suffering as well as in terms of
the economic losses to our
State.
It would be presumptuous
of me to conclude that these
11 meetings and all the efforts
that went into making them a
. success had the effect of
I saving any set number of lives
I or any set figure in property
I losses.
However, the first two
I months of this year have seen
I a noticeable drop in traffic
I fatalities. As of February 26,
I we were 38 deaths under the
I same period for last year, and
I I have only high praise for the
| hundreds, perhaps thousands
of earnest, dedicated
Georgians who have joined
this Governor in trying to save
lives on our highways.
Without the hard,
unremitting efforts of those in
our State Patrol, without the
community leaders and those
in the news media who have
given us a helping hand,
without the help of others
who have made up their minds
to drive more carefully, this
significant reduction in our
fatalities would not have been
possible.
If we can all join together
and continue to work to our
fullest, it could well be that
1969 will prove to be the
turning point in our long
battle against traffic deaths.
More and better qualified
troopers will help in this
battle, and I am seeking an
additional 100 men plus a
raise of SSOO in basic salary
annually in order to keep the
trained and qualified men we
have now.
In the field of highway
safety legislation, we were
fortunate in having a 1968
General Assembly that
recognized the seriousness of
the situation. A total of 11
bills and one resolution was
passed and this included most
of the important legislation on
the subject. Georgia got an
implied consent law, a law
requiring courts to report
traffic convictions to the
Department of Public Safety,
a traffic law violation point
system, a law enabling the use
of radar, and a law giving our
citizens reflectorized tags in
1970.
As you can see, we have
been busy in this State. We
have done much. There is
more to be done, but we have
able, dedicated men who have
their teeth in the problem and
they have the will to get it
done. All of us in Georgia are
trying very hard in 1969 to
better the performance we
gave in 1968, and I am
confident we will not fail. I
report of earnings for those
who received Social Security
checks in 1968 and earned more
than $1680.00 for that year. A
lot of people earned this much
money and think it would mean
no Social Security could be paid ।
—but this is not necessarily
true. But you must file a di- i
rect report of your total earn
ings so make sure that you are
not due some additional money
from Social Security, and so 1
Social Security can be sure you *
did not collect too much money. :
If you might be one of those 1
who should file a report, make 1
sure by contacting the Social
Security Representative. Miss
Kaufmann will be at the Court ■
House in Pembroke, Georgia on
Monday, April 14. 1969 from
9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
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WE STM ORE LAN D ON VIE TN AM
Atlantic City, N.J.— Army
Chief of Staff Gen. William C. 1
Westmoreland has predicted the ■
Communists will probably mount
another offensive in Vietnam,
but is confident the U.S. will
crush it. The former commander
of U.S. troops in Vietnam said
it was important that the enemy
has come to the conference
table.
Editor And Mrs. Miller Make First
Trip To Key West, Fla. And Found
It To Be Enjoyable And Interesting
On Thursday afternoon about four o’clock we loaded
up and headed for an overnight stop at Ocala, Fla., where
our friend B. B. Smith had secured reservations at one
of Florida’s finest motels, Hornes, and we arrived there
about nine and enjoyed a fine night in this deluxe motel
that has just recently been completed.
Friday morning we got up at 5 in the morning and
got onto Interstate 75 and started on our trip that was
educational, astonishing and full of surprises. After
traveling 1-75 about thirty miles we got onto the Sun
shine Parkway at Wildwood, Fla., which is a “super
duper job and we let’er go from there on, we got off of
the Parkway at Orlando and had breakfast and decided
we would go the old way, but soon got back onto the
Parkway where traffic was no worry at all. It costs two
cents a mile to run on the Parkway, and it was worth
the money.
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We made it to Miami, shortly after lunch, and head
ed out for Key West. Riding along we made some pic
tures from our “Flying Bonneville”, while the brother
in-law was driving. The first one of interest was of the
pipeline that runs from Homestead, Fla. to Key West
and carries the people of the city of Key West as well as
the Naval Base all of their drinking water, a picture of
the 24 inch iron pipe line is shown in our first picture.
Until this was put in by the Federal Government, the
only drinking water that the Naval Base and the citizens
of Key West had was rain water that they caught up.
As it is impossible to get water below Homestead that
will answer the purpose.
mm, .
The next picture shows a scene made from the seven
mile bridge, showing the Atlantic Ocean on either side.
There was nothing but water and then more water. At
places over the more than one hundred miles over the
Keys to Key West there would be some dirt, and a few
people lived at various spots along the road, but it is
more or less and “overseas” project, and the road is built
over the old road bed of the Florida East Coast Railroad
which ceased to operate years ago.
We were entertained on the huge Naval Base on
Friday night and had the pleasure and privilege of seeing
much and learning much, some of which is "unbeliev
able”, but we were told they were facts. Due to the
base being within ninety miles of Cuba, they stay on the
“ready to go” 24 hours a day, and we were told that if
the word was to come to “scram”, that within four minutes
the plants there would be over Cuba “loaded for Bear”.
An interesting thing to us was Duval Street in Key
West, who has the record of being the longest street
in the world, running from the Atlantic Ocean to the
Gulf of Mexico, and also of being the shortest street in
the world because it is only 1 mile long. We traveled it
from one end to the other, seeing both the Gulf of Mexico
and the Atlantic Ocean.
Key West is about fifty thousand population, a small
number of colored people there and the remainder about
one half Cubans and the other half Americans. But we
were told that never had there been the least racial
trouble of any kind.
We had the pleasure of visiting Key West Citizen
which was sold some time ago to the Morris family, for
one million seven hundred thousand dollars, and the
paper is now in charge of a Mr. Artman, who was the
son of the former owner, and the man that Ye Editor
worked for in St. Simons Island more than fifty years
ago, the late Mr. L. P. Artman a fine man and a wonderful
man to be associated with. We found his son to be a “chip
off of the old black”, and he and one of the younger Mr.
Morris' are getting out a fine afternoon paper. It is own
ed now by the same people who own the Savannah Morn
ing News, The Savannah Evening Press, The Augusta
Chronicle and The Augusta Herald and the two papers at
Athens, Ga., as well as many others.
On the way down to Key West we had lunch at the
Holiday Inn at South Miami, and made reservations for
Sunday night, and we think the manager of the hotel saw
our new Bonneville Pontiac Station Wagon .and saw our
sport coat, and mistook us for one of the rich yankees on
their way south, and when he told us what the
two rooms would cost us, $58.24, we didn’t bat an eye
just planked out a fifty and a twenty and paid the bill
But we are going to have to tighten the belt, now that we
are back home, and struggling to make both ends meet
The sad part of it was that the rooms we got in Ocala
for $25.16 was newer and nicer to our way of thinking.
To say the least Ye Editor and Mayor enjoyed the
short time that we were a “millionaire”, or at feast we
left before they found out that perhaps we were on “wel
fare”. It was a great trip and one that we will long
remember. 8
The use of words may conceal ideas but very often
the lack of ideas explains the use of words.
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People who are sick appreciate good health, you
might as well enjoy yours while it lasts.
More Patrolmen
With Better Pay
Needed-Maddox
ATLANTA, (GPS)—Declar
ing that his administration is
making an all-out effort to re
duce Georgia’s rising traffic
death toll, Gov. Lester G. Mad
dox told the recent Southern
Safety Conference in Atlanta
that 1969 may signal a turning
point in the battle against high
way fatalities.
Citing statistics for the first
two months of this year which
showed a slight decline over a
year ago in the number of traf
fic deaths, he said:
“Without the hard, unremit
ting efforts of those in our
State Patrol, without the com
munity leaders and those in the
news media who have given us
a helping hand, without the help
of others who have made up
their minds to drive more care
fully, this significant reduction
in our fatalities would not have
been possible.
“If we can all join together
and continue to work to our
fullest, it could well be that
1969 will prove to be the turn
ing point in our long battle
against traffic deaths
“More and better qualified
troopers will help in this battle,
and I am seeking an additional
100 men plus a raise of SSOO in
basic salary annually in order I
to keep the trained and quali- ,
fied men we have now.”
Asserting that “we in Geor
gia are battling highway fa- i
talities with every means at our ’
disposal,” Gov. Maddox said
Georgia is currently sponsoring j
77 highway safety projects and
increased appropriations are be
ing sought to adequately staff
them.
He said approximately $5-
million will be available to the
state in fiscal 1970 and 1971 >
on a matching basis for high- ,
way safety programs.
“We would be pennywise andj
pound foolish if we fail to fund
an administrative structure
capable of utilizing these funds, i
The estimated cost of administ-'
ering each grant dollar is only
4.35 cents, less than half the
allowable 10 cents,” the gover
nor said.
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All aboard for the “Georgia State of Adventure Tour” (PRN)
TOUR
GEORGIA
ATLANTA (PRN) - If you
are looking for a leisurely way
to spend a day or a weekend
and don’t want to fight the
traffic, the Tourist Division of
the Department of Industry
and Trade has a suggestion.
A new series of bus tours
thru Georgia has been
arranged by one of the
nation’s leading bus
companies. There is something
for everyone from fishing trips
to homes and garden tours.
Known as the “Georgia:
State of Adventure Tours”,
the trips include food, bus fare
and lodging on the overnight
trips. The one day tours of
homes and gardens are
scheduled to Macon,
Covington and Madison. A
three-day deluxe home and
garden tour of St. Simons
RECORD TAX RECEIPTS
The Internal Revenue Service
reports a sharp rise in individual
income tax payments which
pushes receipts of all types of
federal taxes in 1968 to a
record $153.6 billion. The total
was up 3.5 per cent from 1967.
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WASHINGTON, D. C. . . . Congressman G. Elliott Hagan welcomes Georgia Peanut Princess
Susan Branch to Washington. native of Chula, Georgia, the 18-year-old Miss Branch is a
student at Valdosta State College. She visited the Nation's Capital to help launch ational
Peanut Week, and to focus attention on Georgia's No. 1 crop.
Island, Savannah and Sea
Island is set for March 27 with
overnight lodging in Savannah
and Jekyll Island.
Dahlonega and the Georgia
mountains are the features of
a tour April 30. “Spring
Parade in North Georgia
Mountains” tour will coincide
with the peak of the spring
season in this scenic region of
the state.
Other tours offered by the
bus line include the “Apple
Blossom Tour” in the Georgia
Mountains; “Hartwell Lake
and Dam”; and Rock City,
Chicamauga Park and Rome.
For information concerning
the “Georgia: State of
Adventure Tours”, write
Greyhound Tours, 81 Cain
Street, Atlanta, Georgia.
F-14 CONTRACT ANNOUNCED
The Navy has awarded a
four-year S3BB-million contract
to Grumman Aircraft Engineer
ing Corporation to develop, its
new carrier-based F-14 fighter.
This fighter is a replacement
for the junked F-UIB.
VITAMINS GO TO
THE DOGS!
a
Feeding experiments using
dogs have taught scientists
many valuable things about the
human diet—and the canine one
as well! For a dog's life to be
good, he too requires an ade
quate intake of vitamins and
polyunsaturated fattv acids
which many processed dog foods
do not provide.
However, a tasty, easy-to-feed
liquid supplement. Viomul. as
sures your cat or dog of his
daily dosage and prevents nu
t ritional deficiencies
According to researchers at
Viomul, deficiencies in Vitamins
A, D and F are crucial ami can
affect muscular and nervous
systems, impede normal bone
growth, cause loss of hair, dry
ness of skin ami scaliness, as
well as interfere with reproduc
tion ami a healthy litter
BEER-toast to America's economy
The brewing industry is a massive and dynamic part of
the national economy. Each year it pours billions of
dollars into commerce and government.
■ SI .4 billion in state and federal excise taxes.
■ S 3 billion to employees, suppliers and distributors.
■ 5990 million in agricultural products and packaging
materials.
The brewing industry is a proud contributor to America's
prosperity.
UNITED STATES BREWERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
1655 TULLIE CIRCLE, N E, ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30329
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FOR SALE
House for sale — five room
house and bath on lot, with
runnifig water; deep well and
electric pump; located in Har
vey subdivision about 3% miles
from Pembroke. See or call 653-
2458 for further information,
LOST—A large breed barrow
; dog. White with brown and
' black spots wearing a collar.
, Answers to name Jeff. He has
. been lost about a week. Anyone
having seen this dog notify K.
I B. Shuman of Rt. 1, Box 269
4 Ellabell or call 653-4300.
1 W. S. (Buddy) BOWEN OF
WAYCROSS HAS
TOBACCO PLANTS
FOR SALE—tobacco plants,
. 5 acres good strong, sturdy
i and uniform. See or call
' W. S. Bowen, Phone 283-
1393. Farm at Route 2,
. Blackshear, Ga., 4 miles
south of Blackshear, You
mans Chapel Road.
