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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL tO 1 \ PSRP Y OFFIC E 1210 Wanhlngton St P.O. Box 1910 Pony, GA 31089 (478) 987-1823 See us online at www. hhjnews. com Reader trap® Classified Advertising: Call (478) 987-1823 between the hours of 8 a.m and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. You can fax an ad 24 hours a day to (478) 988-9194. Display Advertising: Call Nicole Crofutt at ext. 224. Delivery by mall: Delivery by mail is available for $62 in-county and SB2 elsewhere per year paid in advance. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box 1910, Perry, GA 31069 The Houston Home Journal, A peri odical, mailed (ISSN 1526-7393) at Perry. Ga„ is published Tuesday through Saturday for $62 per year by Evans Newspapers Inc., 1210 Washington St., Perry, GA 31069; (478) 987-1823 Fax (478) 988-1181, Not published Thanksgiving and Christmas. Office Hours: The office in Perry is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 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This newspaper is a member of The Georgia Press Association, The National Newspaper Association and The Associated Press State Briefs Defense: TV could taint Nichols case ATLANTA (AP) - Citing the “growing media frenzy” surrounding his case, attor neys representing a man accused of shooting to death a judge, his clerk, a sher iffs deputy and a federal law enforcement officer are arguing against television cameras in the courtroom during his murder trial. Brian Nichols’ attorneys say allowing television cam eras to cover the proceedings could intimidate witnesses and taint their testimony, and could prevent Nichols from receiving a fair trial by an impartial jury. In the eight-page docu ment filed late Friday, Brian Nichols’ attorneys said they are not asking for a closed trial, but want to “limit and hopefully contain the ongo ing damage” and the “cir cus-like atmosphere” they said surrounds the case. “The issue is not wheth er the circus exists, but rather whether the Court will even take the minimal step of prohibiting in-court, gavel-to-gavel broadcast cov erage in an effort to quiet the surging media frenzy surrounding this trial,” the motion read. “This Court’s failure to exert at least some control over the coverage of these proceedings will likely result in a trial that deprives Mr. Nichols of his right to a fair and impartial jury.” Nichols was being retried on rape charges in March 2005 when prosecutors say he stole a deputy’s hand gun at the Fulton County Courthouse after she removed his handcuffs to allow him to change out of his jail clothes and prepare for court. Boy nun oven often sassing from pickup NORCROSS (AP) - A 2- k i fUfmi $M ttcwi** AHfe ‘C. b s & “ HH Bm jOßm* _ _ _ BjLjlii Today’s Weather Local 5-Day Forecast Thu 64/50 Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms.. Sunrise Sunset 7:48 AM 6:51 PM Wed 10/25 69/49 Times of sun and clouds. Highs in the upper 60s and lows in the upper 40s. Sunrlee Sunset 7:47 AM 6:52 PM LOOKS LIKE HOMEMADE. TASTES LIKE HOMEMADE. Georgia At A Glance \ Atlanta \ \ 65/47 1 Augusta \ /4 9 V Warner Robins \ \ . \ #s ) \ Savannah —t • / " ' /tfrv > 68/45 § I Valdosta Area Cities Icily kl Lo Cond. | Albany 72 49 mst sunny Athens 66 46 pt sunny Atlanta 65 47 cloudy Augusta 64 49 mst sunny Bainbridge 70 52 mst sunny Brunswick 67 53 pt sunny Cartersville 65 47 cloudy Chattanooga,TN 59 48 cloudy Columbus 69 53 pt sunny Cordele 71 49 mst sunny National Cities Atlanta 65 47 cloudy Boston 53 39 pt sunny Chicago 51 41 cloudy Dallas 75 63 rain Denver 59 31 pt sunny ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service year-old boy who opened a door and fell out of a pickup truck driven by his mother was run over and killed by his father who was following in a car, authorities said. Kevin Alexander Juarez was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday night, Gwinnett County Police spokesman Cpl. Darren Moloney said. The boy’s mother, Zurma Alvarez Juarez, 26, had her two sons in the Ford pickup at about 8:40 p.m., Moloney said. The 2-year-old was standing on the passenger side floorboard and a 1-year old was in the back seat in an unsecured infant seat, he said. As the mother was turning left, the 2-year-old managed to open the door and fell on the pavement. He was run over by his father, Quelvin A. Juarez, 26, who was following in a Toyota Corolla, Moloney said. The mother is expected to face charges, Moloney said. The accident remains under investigation. Suspect kiHed after confrontation MARIETTA (AP) - A sus pect who was wanted for shooting at a police officer was killed early Monday in a confrontation with deputies in east Cobb County. The man, identified as Christopher Lee Conte, 24, was spotted around 3 a.m. at a barn behind a home, authorities said. Officers had been search ing for Conte since Saturday when they say he fired nine times at a police officer after a routine traffic stop and then fled into the woods. The officer was not injured. Deputies attempting to serve a warrant spotted the suspect Monday morning. It was not immediately clear who did the shooting. Cobb County Sheriff Neil Warren confirmed the sus pect was dead. STATE AND REGION Frl 10/27 71/44 Occasional showers possible. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the mid 40s. Sunrise Sunset 7:49 AM 6:50 PM | City . til Lo Cond. | Dalton 65 47 cloudy Dillard 62 41 pt sunny Dublin 70 45 mst sunny Duluth 64 45 cloudy Gainesville 64 48 pt sunny Helen 64 44 pt sunny Lagrange 67 48 pt sunny Macon 69 48 pt sunny Marietta 65 46 cloudy Milledgeville 68 47 pt sunny Houston 81 70 t-storm Los Angeles 77 57 sunny Miami 77 70 rain Minneapolis 52 39 cloudy New York 54 41 pt sunny The Cobb County Police Department is investigating the shooting. Macon pioneer Willie Hill dies at 77 MACON (AP)-Willie Hill, one of the first black City Council members and later the council’s first black pres ident, has died. He was 77. Hill died Friday night at the veterans hospital in Dublin, said his daughter, Councilwoman Willette Hill- Chambliss. He left the coun cil in 2003 after serving 28 years. Hill was a pioneer in city politics, first elected to office along with four other blacks in November 1975. He was the first black council mem ber to be named chairman of a committee, also the first black to serve as the coun cil’s president pro tem and the first black to win a city wide council race in Macon. “He didn’t see color,” Hill- Chambliss said. “He would always say, ‘Don’t make it a black and white issue unless it’s undoubtedly that.’ ... He wanted everone to be treat ed fairly.” Hill helped eliminate the city’s first garbage fee, was instrumental in saving the Douglass Theatre from demolition in the 1980 s and led the effort to change a por tion of a downtown Macon street to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. He also helped start the Unionville Recreation Center, now named for Frank Johnson. “He loved Macon and wanted the best for this com munity,” said Councilman Henry Ficklin. Hill had controversial moments _ he once launched an investigation at the Macon Coliseum, where he accused officials of hiding money and preventing minority work ers from advancing in their jobs. In 1987, Hill demanded that his political opponent Sun 10/29 Q 63/43 Sunshine Highs in the low 60s and lows in the low 40s Sunrise Sunset 7:50 AM 6:48 PM Sat 10/28 •=-4^ 65/36 Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s and i lows in the mid 30s. Sunrise Sunset 7:50 AM 6:49 PM Moon Phases • r New First Oct 22 Oct 29 WJ W Full Last Nov 5 Nov 12 UV Index Wed 10/25 6 High Thu 10/26 4 Moderate Fri 10/27 6 High Sat 10/28 8 High Sun 10/29 5 Moderate The UV Index is measured on a 0-11 number scale, with a higher UV Index showing the need for greater skin pro tection. ojji; mmm 11 | City Lo Cond. | Peachtree City 66 46 pt sunny Perry 70 48 pt sunny Rome 66 46 cloudy Savannah 68 45 pt sunny St. Simons Island 67 53 pt sunny Statesboro 70 47 mst sunny Thomasville 72 51 mst sunny Valdosta 71 48 mst sunny Warner Robins 69 48 pt sunny Waycross 72 46 mst sunny I City H^^Cond^^ Phoenix 84 63 mst sunny San Francisco 74 53 windy Seattle 52 45 rain St. Louis 54 48 rain Washington, DC 56 39 mst sunny Gerald Harvey submit to a drug test before their run off. Hill later apologized to Harvey for that incident. Hill said in a 2004 inter view that politics wasn’t always in his blood. “I actually didn’t want to run (for a council seat), but my friends persuaded me,” Hill told The Telegraph. “I had always looked at politics as a nasty and dirty business and that you had to be nasty and dirty to be a politician.” DONATE TO GOODWILL. I^^ * A fa www.goodwillworks.org H Building lives, families, and communiu^^^^SSUß HOMC RCPAIRIOAH City of Warner Robins *Jj^ your home need repairs? ■ tl Do you own your home? Do you have equity in your home? Is your home within the limits of the City of Warner Robins? I Please contact the City of Warner Robins, Department of Community Development to see if you qualify for a U.S. Department of HUD funded low (0% to 3%) interest rate loan (Certain income restrictions apply-Maximum income ranges from $32,950f0r a single person to $62,150f0r a family of 8) Apply at Warner Robins City Hall, 700 Watson Blvd. upstairs in the Department of Community Development or call 929-1140 for more details. * imnin. Obituaries THERESA “TERRY” WOOD WARNER ROBINS - Theresa “Terry” Wood, 71, passed away Saturday. The funeral mass will be held at 1 p.m. today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Parkway Memorial Gardens. Wood was a born in Victoria, Kansas. Survivors include her husband, five children, two brothers and two sisters, eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Georgia Secretary of State candidates differ on voter ID By DOUG GROSS Associated Press Writer ATLANTA - The major candidates to become Georgia’s top elections offi cial disagreed Sunday about a request by lawmakers that the Justice Department investigate letters from the state that wrongly told vot ers they must show photo IDs at the polls. Gail Buckner, the Democrat seeking the Secretary of State office, said in a debate aired live on Georgia Public Television that she supports a federal look into the letter. Her opponent, Republican Karen Handel, said the let ter was a mistake, but not a federal issue. Last month, the State Elections Board sent letters to 305,000 voters who were believed not to have state issued picture identification - telling them they must get a photo ID to vote. About 200,000 of them received the mass mailing after Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford declared on Sept. 19 that the photo ID law violated the Georgia Constitution as an undue burden on voters. U.S. Rep. John Lewis, an Atlanta Democrat, Sen. Barack Obama, D-111. and Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez requesting an investigation “to determine whether there CAUCriONj Carrabelle, Franklin County, FL - Offered In 16 Tracts PLUS Excellent Commercial Building Crawfordviile, Wakulla County, FL [ Fri. Nov. 3 10:00 a.m.; Myers Jackson. CAt AARE CES, .Auction Coordinator Rowell Realty St Auction Co., Inc. HHA* Register For On Line Auction Updates - www.rowellauctfons.com r_ . I‘art-limi- Pay mmmmmffmm | -Money Lor college 'r -Retirement J -Life Insurance ■htrfadddnunniiP t shim,ii r.t unt i \ittt „ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2006 ♦ was a specific intent to defy the court’s decision and mis lead voters.” Buckner said the Republican-controlled Legislature always intended to make it more difficult for poor, elderly, minority and rural voters to cast a ballot. “It is certainly obvious that it has been put out there to frustrate voters,” said Buckner, a former state House member. Handel said the letter was “certainly an error and a huge mistake.” But she called the Justice Department request politi cal grandstanding, singling out Obama, who has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in the future. “It is wrong, wrong to play politics with an issue as critical as this one,” said Handel, who chairs the Fulton County Commission. Buckner said she would support requiring photo identification to vote and other measures to safeguard the integrity of the ballot. 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