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WEEKEND
EDITION
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Perry & Houston County's
offical Legal Organ
HOME JOURNAL
HIGHLIGHTS
Deaths
lona Miller, Martha Pearl
Walker. For a complete
listing, please see page 3A.
Welcome home
. .. Guardsman Sgt. Larry W.
Calark, Perry. We hope you
have a wonderful Christmas
with your family.
Kmart employees give a
helping hand
Members of the Perry Kmart
"Good News” committee
have been working hard to
help others have a better
Christmas. For a photo,
please see page 3A
Dear Santa Claus
As Santa prepares for his
long journey from the North
Pole, area youngsters share
their wishes to him by letter.
Paper coming out
early for Christmas
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joy Christmas Day with their
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per on Christmas morning, in
stead of Wednesday. Included
in the Christmas Day edition
will be numerous "Christmas
Greetings" from local mer
chants.
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CALENDAR 3A
CLASSIFIED SB
DEATH NOTICES 3A
EDITORIALS 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS IB
SHERIFF'S REPORT 2A
JIM SHIPLEY 4A
JOHN TRUSSEL 4B
BOBBY TUGGLE 4B
TV WEEK 1C
ALAN WILUS 4A
WOODS N WATER 4B
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New deep well
dedicated, will
satisfy growth
By ALAN WILLIS
Staff Writer
"Every one here has played a
role," said Mayor James Worrall to
the crowd gathered at the Perry
Works for the dedication of the new
deep well.
On hand was Mrs. Dot Hendrix,
whose late husband, Councilman
Jim Hendrix. Worrall said "one
thing he [Hendrix] always wanted
done... make sure the community
never ever ran short of water."
Hervia Ingram, Chairman of the
Public Works Planning Commit
tee, gave a brief history of the pro
ject, saying that "Perry has a his
tory of leadership that looks ahead
of the game."
Ingram said that it was the
growth in the north section of
town, especially with the arrival of
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Carlene Howze, of the Travel Center, introduces Mayor James Worrall and Victor Ivliev, Chief of
Soyuzsnabimport, the Soviet company in charge of international trade.
Representative Larry Walker, Senator-elect Sonny Perdue and Representative -elect Jay Walker
present a Georgia Flag to Victor Ivliev.
Soviet visit puts Georgia's Agricenter
in spotlight as a 'world-class' facility
By ALAN WILLIS
Staff Writer
The visit of five Soviet digni
taries to Perry put the Georgia Na
tional Fairgrounds and Agriccnlcr in
the spotlight.
"It reinforced what we always
knew," said Representative Larry
Walker, "that it is a world-class
facility."
According to Agriccnlcr Director
Wilson Sparks, the visit means ”a
tremendous amount, not only to
Perry and the Agriccnlcr, but to
Middle Georgia as a whole."
Sparks stressed that the Agriccn
lcr, while it is in Perry, belongs to
all of Georgia. The visit was, he
said "very worthwhile."
"We can only be speculative
Mayor James Worrall, Mrs. Dot Hendrix, Councilmen Hervia Ingram, James Moore, and Bobby
Glover were among the many Perry officials attending the dedication of the new deep well at the
Perry Water Works Friday Morning.
about what it means to agricultural
trade," said Sparks. But Walker
clearly believes that it is good
news.
"Mr. Ivlicv's [the delegations
leader] role is to buy what the So
viet people need," said Walker. He
pointed out that Ivliev has "billions
of dollars" at his disposal.
Walker is confidant that the visit
means "some products our people
produce could be sold," though he
did not specify any particular prod
uct.
Perry Mayor James Worrall be
lieves that if an international trade
fare at roughly the same time the
Soviet Union begins to expand its
agricultural economy it will be "a
big plus."
"...they arc going to duplicate it
[the Agriccnlcr) outside of
Moscow," noted Walker, agreeing
with Sparks who said "word is out
it is one of the best."
The Soviets arc not the only
group interested in duplicating
Perry's Agriccnter. An Australian
delegation looked at die center with
an eye to build one outside of Sid
ney. However, Sparks said "you
don't get much higher ranking
[officials] on a fact finding mis
sion."
According to Sparks, the visit of
the Soviets and the other delega
tions all boost the reputation of the
Agriccnter. "If people arc pleased,
impressed, they talk about it...that
stimulates more interest."
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USSR group
opens doors
of friendship
Delegation visits ageenter
on fact-finding tour of U.S.
By ALAN WILLIS
Staff Writer
"We are grateful., .we are here in this beautiful town,"
Victor Ivliev told Perry's Mayor and Councilmen. Ivliev is
the leader of a five member delegation touring the I nited
States which came to Perry Wednesday.
The focus of Ivliev's visit to Perry was the Georgia Agri
center. The Soviet Government is interested in building a
similar center in a rural area of the Moscow District.
Ivliev is head of Soyuzsnabim
port (the Government company
which deals with international trade)
and is on the Committee of USSR
State Supply for Trade Unions. He
is one of the lop officials in the
Soviet Government.
The other members of the
delegation are Valeri N. Gaurishko,
chief of the marketing department
and Ivlicv's deputy, Alexey P.
Sobolev, head of the department of
Joint Ventures Sovinlcrinvest,
Anatoly I. Borisov, the financial
director, and Victor V. Polyvannyi.
Ivliev told American business
men and officials that he
"considers] the job of agriculture
one of the most important."
With the visit, Ivliev believes
that business relations between the
countries "made a step forward." He
believes that people will support
the policy of good relations.
According to Carlene Howze of
the Travel Center, the Soviet Cen
ter would serve two function.
"Everything people would need
for agriculture would be available at
the center," said Howze, noting that
the economic system in the Soviet
Union docs not utilize dealers for
the equipment. The center would
fill that type of role.
In addition, the center would be
the host of exhibitions, much like
the function of the Georgia Agri
ccnlcr.
According to Howze, the purpose
of visiting the Agricenter was to
learn how it was built, and to avoid
any mistakes which studying Geor
gia's center could help them avoid.
At the city’s reception for the
delegation, Mayor James Worrall
presented each member of the dele
gation with a key to the City, say
ing they "open doors of friendship."
Ivliev told the Mayor that al
though they are businessmen on a
business trip, they "also try to es
tablish peace."
Houston County's 'R-
U-O.K' system on line
By MIKE PRINCIPATO
Staff Writer
Houston County's 911 "R-U
-0.K." system is now a reality.
County 911 Supervisor Ron Ott
announced Thursday the system,
designed to assist elderly and shut
in’s in Houston County, is now
operational.
"We’re ready to begin providing
service to county residents,” said
Ott.
"All we're waiting for is
notification by an individual that
they would like to receive the ser
vice."
"R-U-0.K." is a computer gen
erated reassurance telephone system
for area shut-ins and elderly inde
pendents. The system checks daily
with subscribers to see if every
thing is O.K.
Designed by Northland Innova
tion Corporation, St. Paul, the
computerized system provides an
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Wilson Sparks,Director,
Georgia Agricenter
At a dinner at the Agriccnter,
Rep. Larry Walker told the Soviets
and American businessmen and of
ficials that he "hopefed] our friends
from the Soviet Union have en
joyed their visit as much as we
have enjoyed having them.
Ivliev presented Larry Walker
with a platter, which Walker said
he would put on display at the
Agriccnlcr "where all people can
enjoy it and its beauty."
Walker invited Ivliev back to the
Agriccnter when the international
center was completed. And Ivliev
said he wanted to sec the center in
the year 2000. He also said he
would be happy if the Americans
would be able to see the Soviet
Center.
Finally, L,arry Walker, Sonny
Perdue and Jay Walker presented
Ivliev with a Georgia Slate flag.
"Not every delegation has the honor
to have a flag as a gift," Ivliev said
in thanks.
Larry Walker wished the delega
tion a good time at Disney World,
the only part of their trip that is
not business. They will go from
there to New York.
automatic dialing service which is
monitored by police, fire and emer
gency services.
Once an individual's name is en
tered into the computer, the system
automatically dials subscribers
phone numbers at predetermined
limes of day, checking to sec if all
is O.K.
When the subscriber picks up the
telephone to answer, the computer
ized system registers an O.K. and
continues on to the next number.
If a subscriber fails to answer, the
system hangs up and tries again.
Three attempts arc made to reach
the party. If a client has not an
swered by the third attempt, the
system sounds an alarm, printing
out vital information including
medical history, place of residency
and family doctor. Clients may
designate family members they
wish to be notified in case of an
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