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President Nixon Decries High Rate
Os Farm Accidents; Urges Preventive Action
“The efficiency of American
agriculture and the quality of
life for agricultural workers is
threatened today by the con
tinued high rate of farm acci
dents. noted President Rich
ard Nixon in signing a proc
lamation designating the week
of July 19 as National Farm
Safety Week.
Urging the prevention of
farm accidents. Mr. Nixon said
that “a quarter century of ex
perience in organizing for rural
COMPUTERS THAT SPEAK MAY~
SOON HELP YOU TRAVEL
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BEA IS PEOPLE CRUNCH — Automatic computer-aided
passenger check-in devices for air travelers are being developed
by Sperry Rand Corporation’s Univac Division to ease crowded
conditions at terminals as air travel triples in the 1970’5. The
self-service devices include credit card verifier, left, and ticket
encoder, right. Automatic passenger processing systems may
also include talking computers, which would provide flight
schedules, reservations service, and flight status reports.
The day may not be far off
when you visit a travel agent,
watch him dial an airline for
reservations, hear a sweet, fem
inine voice tell him whether
space is available on the flight
you want—and realize that
your travel agent is talking not
to a girl, but to a computer!
Talking computers already
exist.
And computer-aided sys
tems are expected to confirm
your reservations, order food
for you, issue tickets, route
your baggage, admit you to
your plane, perform all the bil-
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safety has shown that most
farm accidents could be pre
vented through sensible prac
tices and protective devices.”
The President went on to ob
serve that safety information
and the use of safeguards are
readily available to the agri
cultural community, and that
their consistent use should be
actively encouraged. “Many
thousands of farm residents
lose their lives or are seriously
injured in accidents every
ling, and take care of many
other details.
Before these Super-jet
seventies are over, Jet Age Joe
may use his touch-tone tele
phone to request a seat, speci
fying flight number, class of
service, departure city, destina
tion and travel date. A gracious
voice will immediately tell him
if his seat is confirmed. And if
Joe doesn't happen to speak
English, the computer may talk
to him in Spanish, French,
German, Japanese, or some
other language.
Joe may zip from the city
year,” stated Mr. Nixon. “Both
the human and the financial
costs of these accidents are
intolerable.”
In issuing the proclamation,
the President stressed the ne
cessity of reducing accidents
by encouraging all farm fami
lies, and every person and
group allied with agriculture,
to make every effort to per
manently reduce the number
of serious injuries which occur
at work, in homes, at recrea
tion and on the roadways.
to the airport on a- computer
controlled monorail. Near the
entrance to the terminal, he
inserts his airline credit card
into a passenger check-in
device linked to a giant
computer hundreds of miles
away. After the electronic
brain verifies that the card is
not lost or stolen, Joe pushes
several buttons, and his ticket
and baggage tags, completely
printed, appear.
Joe places his bags on a con
veyor belt which carries them
to his flight. He then moves to
the boarding area on a mono
rail or moving walkway, and
inserts his ticket into a slot.
“Welcome aboard,” says the
soft, feminine voice, from the
computer, as the gate opens
automatically. A short walk
down an enclosed ramp has Joe
comfortably aboard an aircraft
less than 30 minutes after he
made his reservation.
Millions of Joe Jets will
benefit from computer-aided
systems being developed by air
lines to ease the people crunch
at airports as air travel con
tinues to boom and bigger and
mightier super—jets enter serv
ice. An estimated 273—million
people will travel by air in
1970. By 1975, the figure is
expected to exceed 450 million
passengers.
Comments E. C. Schwanke,
national manager of airline
marketing for Sperry Rand’s
Univac Division:
“In the 1970’5, computers
will expedite almost every
facet of airline operations,
from reservations and ticketing
to baggage handling, inter
airline communications, run
way traffic, navigation and air
traffic control.
“Univac, in conjunction
with the airlines, is already
developing automated or semi
automated passenger proces
sing systems. These could in
clude automated devices to
verify credit cards, print tickets
and boarding passes, and admit
passengers to planes.”
Credit cards and tickets or
boarding passes would carry
magnetically stored informa
tion which could be ready by
special sensor equipment
attached to computers,
Schwanke adds. This equip
ment could obtain, directly
from information on a credit
card, all facts necessary for
reservations and billing. Similar
automatic gear at the gate
—where the biggest bottlenecks
occur—would quickly read data
on tickets or boarding passes.
The credit card and ticket
ing devices could be placed at
many remote locations outside
the terminal, Schwanke points
out. You could pick up your
ticket, for instance, at travel
agencies, hotels, or even the
airport parking lot. This would
mean that many people could
bypass potential crowded
areas.
“Within five years, self
service may be an established
part of the airline industry,”
Schwanke asserts. Such sys
tems, however, are expected to
enter use gradually, partly to
allow time for psychological
adjustment.
Major airlines around the
world are already using com
puters for reservations, inven
tory, passenger name records.
Smith Names Committee
On Counrl - City Needs
ATLANTA (PRN e I -
Lieutenant Governor "ilorge
T. Smith has appoi Id a
special Senate Commi—re to
develop a plan of actioiAo aid
Georgia counties and cities.
The study panel will hold
public hearings in every region
of the state, taking testimony
from public officials and
interested citizens on the
present - and future - urgent
needs of Georgia’s 159
counties and approximately
400 municipal subdivisions.
Senator Stanley Smith of
Perry will serve as Chairman of
the Study Committee on
Problems and Needs of
Counties and Municipal
Governments. Committee
members include Senators
Hugh Gillis of Soperton, Cy
Chapman of Smyrna, Al
Holloway of Albany, Leroy
Johnson of Atlanta, John
Riley of Savannah, Jack Hardy
of Atlanta, and Bobby Rowan
of Enigma.
To encourage public
involvement in the study,
Lieutenant Governor Smith
has also appointed a Citizens
Advisory Council composed of
thirteen members representing
a cross section of Georgia’s
economic structure, civic
associations, city and county
government subdivisions, voter
organizations, and age groups.
The Council will participate in
every phase of the
Committee’s investigation and
deliberation.
Specifically, the Senate
Study Committee is directed
ASCS
NEWS
By Evelyn R.Strickland
County Exec. Director
farmers Receive Early
Program Payments
Farmers who have
contributed to stabiliz
ing markets for food and
fiber and to the conser
vation of soil and water
resources by taking part
in the 1970 wheat, feed
grain, and cotton pro
grams are receiving
their program pay
ments earlier this year
than ever before, ac
cording to H.L. Page,
Chairman of the Bryan
County Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation (ASC) Com
mittee.
The first batch of
payments will be made
beginning July 1. Addi
tional payments will
continue to be made
as rapidly as farmers
certify compliance with
program requirements
and as fast as individual
farm records can be
processed and checks
returned to ASCS county
offices for distribution
by Lieutenant Governor Smith
to submit a program of
legislation or legislative-re
vision aimed toward four
major objectives:
-making county and city
government more effective
and efficient;
--providing necessary
safeguards for environmental
protection; (
-getting . the maximum
benefits from corrections and
rehabilitation institutions;
-making housing codes and
local ordinances adequate for
current needs.
Before December 1, the
Study Committee is to
complete 'action on this
legislative program for
submission to the 1971
General Assembly session.
In announcing the creation
of the Study Committee at the
Georgia Municipal Association
Conventiqin, Lieutenant
Governor Smith declared:
“I am excited about the
potential this plan for
action for Serving the needs of
Georgia in a period of
unprecedented growth. I
pledge my continued support
to implementing the
recommencfyions of this
Committee,' ^whatever they be.
No matter what positions of
importance, we may or may
not hold in government, we
must always be willing to raise
responsible, voices for what is
right, for what is just, and for
what will serve the needs of all
our fellow citizens of
Georgia.”
to farmers.
“Because of the excel
lent cooperation be
tween farmers and their
local ASCS office, 90
percent of the partici
pating producers in
Bryan County will re
ceive their payments by
August 1, Page said.
Most payments should
be completed by mid-
August, if farmers who
signed up will complete
the necessary certifica
tion indicating that they
have complied with all
of the program provi
sions.
Farm program pay
ments help maintain
a balance between sup
ply and demand, the
chairman explained. He
pointed out that both
farmers and consumers
benefit from this ba
lance.
‘ ‘Agricultural pro
ductivity almost doubl
ed in the past 20
years, but farmers’
markets take only about
a third of this increase,’
said Page. This means
we need new markets.
Farm programs help us
hold down farm pro
duction and maintain
farm income until new
markets are developed
and old ones expanded.”
“Hugh surpluses mu
st be avoided. They are
costly in tax dollars and
are wasteful of food and
fiber.”
“Farm programs he
lp farmers make adjust
ments in their in
dividual farming opera
tions that in the long
run will result in more
farm income from the
marketplace and less
from the public trea
sury.
“Since farmers are
SSO-billion-a-year pur
chasers of goods and
services produced in
our cities and rural to
wns, the workers and
business firms in cit
ies and towns benefit
from farm programs,
too.”
Farm programs also
make important contri
butions to conservation
of natural resources and
help fight pollution,
Page said. Acres that
are diverted out of crop
production under farm
programs are put to
conserving uses such as
the growing of grass and
trees. Such practices
conserve soil and water,
THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL, Thursday, July 2, 1970-
Social Security
Squibs
In these days and
times, life can be very
complicated- and Social
Security is no exception.
Most of us know that
Social Security is a Fe
derally operated pro
gram for paying retire
ment, survivors, disa
bility and Medicare be
nefits. But did you know
that your social security
taxes pay all of the costs
of administering this
program. Most of us
now that to collect any
money from Social Se
curity, we have to ask
for it- or file a claim
as it is called in the
social security office.
A simple phone call to
the Social Security
Office, 101 E. Liberty
St, Savannah can save
you a mint of .money,
hours of time and peace
of mind. By calling
ahead, you will know
just what papers to bring
with you- or may even
find it is not necessary
to visit the office but
can just take care of
the whole business on
the phone. Just call
Savannah - 232 4321,
Extension 274. Then if
you do need to see a
representative, you can
meet her at the Bryan
Co. Courthouse in Pem
broke, Ga. The repre
sentative comes to this
area the third Monday
of each month between
9:30 and 10:30 a.m.
and her next trip will
be Monday, July 20,
1970.
provide habitat for
wildlife and small game,
help prevent pollution of
our streams from sedi
ment and agricultural
chemicals or waste pro
ducts, and reduce air
pollution caused by
blowing dust, the chair
man explained.
“When a farmer takes
land out of production
and puts it to a soil
and —water conserving
use, he gives up the
value of the production
he normally would have
received as income. At
the same time, the far
mer pays taxes on land
removed from product
ion even though that land
produces no crops. Por
gram payments are des
ighed to compensate him
for these voluntary con
tributions toward a
more stable farm eco
nomy and a better en
viroment”, Page said.
“In recent years, the
U.S. Department of Ag
ricultural had advanced
partial payments to far
mers during the spring
signup period for the
feed grain program on
ly. The balance of the
feed grain payment, and
cotton and wheat pay
ments were generally
made starting in late
July and continuing th
rough August and Sep
tember, or later, the
chairman explained.
“Because of budget
restraints, partial pay
ments could not be made
this year. However, the
department made a
commitment to farmers
that full payments would
be made as early as
possible. That commit
ment is now being ful
filled?^
Summer Color
There is still time
to plant annuals for cut
flower use or summer
color in the landscape,
say horticulturists with
the University of Geor
gia Cooperative Exten
sion Service. Plants
such as marigold, zin
nia, salvia, geraniums
and petunias are still
available.
N.M. BACON’S
ENTERTAIN
SUNDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Nor
man M. Bacon en
tertained at their home
Sunday with a birthday
dinner honoring Mrs.
Bacon’s mother, Mrs.
J.L. Youmans of Guy
ton on her 80th birthday.
Assisting Mrs. Bacon
in entertaining were the
grandchildren of Mrs.
Youmans.
The dinner was ser
ved buffet style to the
thirty guest.
The guests besides
Mrs. Youmans included
Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Rickert of Guyton; Mr.
and Mrs. Noel Osteen
and sons of Hinesville;
E.J. Burnsed, Mr. and
The name of Mrs.
Mary H. Spinks has been
added to the Memorial
Plaque which hangs in
the main entrance of
the local bank accord
ing to Mrs. Robert Neal
memorial chairman, of
Bryan County Unit of
American Cancer So
ciety.
808 SHORT
VISITS JOURNAL
Dropping by the
Journal office during the
week was Bob Short who
is running for Public
Service Commission for
Georgia. Mr. Short for
merly lived in Bruns
wick and worked with
Coastal Area Planning
and Development Com
mission.
Watch those container
grown plants during the
hot summer days.
That’s the advice of
Troy Keeble, Exten
sion Service horti
culturist. He says you
will need to pay parti
oultar attention to
the moisture content of
these planters.
Be careful about
swimming too soon after
eating. A muscle cramp
might result in your be
ing unable to swim and
could be your downfall.
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Mrs. Jimmy Burnset
and sons; Mr. a»d Mrs.-
David Blissett and chil
dren; Mrs. Hal Burn
sed and children and
Mrs. Irene Kessler all
of Savannah, and Miss
Norma Bacon.
Rev. and Mrs. Gordon
Hunter and family are
spending this week at
Hilton Head. S.C. Mrs.
Lucile Hunter of Co
lumbus, Mother of Rev.
Hunter came during the
week end and is visiting
with them at the Beach.
Other guests will in
clude their daughter
Mrs. Mike Wallace and
Mr. Wallace.
Mr. and Mrs. James
Curl of Pittsburgh, Pa.
and Mrs. William W.
Curl 111 of Columbus
spent the week end with
Mrs. W.W. Curl Ur. The
four-some attended the
birthday dinner on Sun
day for Mrs. Curl’s mo
ther, Mrs. Fair Durden
at Twin City.
Mrs. George Evans
and sons George Jr. and
David are spending the
week here with her mo
ther, Mrs. Roscoff
Deal.
Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
L. White, Jr. announce
the birth of a son Fri
day, June 26. He has
been named Kenneth
One al and he weighed
10 lbs. 5 oz.
His grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Randall
Carter of Richmond Hill
and Mrs. W.J. Butler
of Pembroke and Wal
lace L. White Sr., of
Richmond Hill.
Ellabell I
Cabinet Shop
Home Building
repair work
painting
ceramic tile
& roofing
JOE HUGGINS,
owner
phone 653-4737
