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VOLUME *2, NUMBER Mi
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
UNIVERSITY OK GEORGIA. ATHENS GEORGIA 30601
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5. 1978
Carter and Reagan sweep Georgia
JIMMY CARTER
RONALD REAGAN
liv RICK RICKS
and ROBERT ALEXANDER
ATLANTA—Former Governor Jimmy
Carter and Republican challenger Ronald
Reagan rolled up substantial victories in
Georgia's Presidential Preference Pri
mary Tuesday.
Carter polled 85 per cent of the popular
vote in his home state while Reagan
defeated President Gerald Ford by a
nearly three to one margin. Carter and
Reagan were also headed toward victo
ries in Indiana, but Ford led early
returns in the District of Columbia and
Alabama Gov George Wallace led in his
home state's primary
Reagan's victories added new life to his
campaign which seemed near its end
until his victory in last Saturday's Texas
primary. "We didn't expect this kind of
sweep," Reagan said.
Carter was in Atlanta Tuesday to
receive the results of his victories.
Earlier in the day. Carter and his family
lounged in a hotel room in Atlanta's
Regency Hyatt House.
JOINING TIIE Carter family were Pat
Siren warning system
announced by City Council
Caddell. a Carter pollster. Hamilton
Jordon. Carter's campaign manager, and
Georgia Campaign Manager Connie Plun
kett.
Later in the evening. Carter emerged
with Georgia Gov George Busbee and
Secret Service agents to answer ques
tions at a press conference Carter said a
great deal of credit for his victories was
due to his Georgia supporters, who ’ have
helped ;n a very deep and personal way."
Carter called Ford’s loss in Indiana 'a
severe blow ' and said the President has
a much better chance to unify the
Republican Party than does Keagan The
former Georgia governor called Reagan's
candidacy divisive, but admit led that the
Californian had a much belter media
image than the incumbent
Carter told reporters. "Fve got to
continue to take my case to the voters
and I can t afford to get arrogant or take
anything for granted "
He indicated that in the future he would
attempt to reunite the party in order to
insure a victory in November. He said one
of his responsibilities as a candidate was
to “try to tie the Democratic Party back
together."
Carter reiterated his criteria for a
running mate, saying that his vice
president must be compatible with him
idealogically as well as being the best
available successor in case he could not
finish his term.
FOLLOWING TIIF. press conference.
Carter addressed 4000 to 5000 ecstatic
supporters in the hotel’s ballroom, telling
IN CLARKE COUNTY
Carter, Reagan victorious
l»y JIM GALLOWAY
City editor
The completion of a 100 siren tornado
warning system and the establishment of
a regular test schedule was announced at
Tuesday night’s city council meeting.
The Mayor and Council, after a public
hearing on the subject before the meet
ing. also denied a request which would
have rezoned property at the intersection
of Pinecrest Drive and Harding Drive
from a single family residential district
(R-2) to a multi-family residential dis
trict.
The tornado sirens, which will also
serve to warn of nuclear attacks, will be
tested for 30 seconds on May 13 at 1 p m.
Afterwards, further testing will occur on
the first Wednesday of every month.
Horace Carter, director of the Athens-
Clarke County civil defense office, said at
the meeting in city hall.
Tornado warnings will consist of a
"steady, continuous" sound lasting for
three minutes. Warning of an impending
nuclear attack will consist of a "wailing"
sound, fluctuating in pitch. Only the
tornado warning will be used in testing
the equipment. Carter said.
The civil defense office will "never test
on days with threatening weather,"
Carter said.
The system consists of six sirens on
concrete poles and two sirens located on
buildings within the city. One siren is
located on the University campus, plus
one on the Moose Lodge Building
The system, which cost almost $30,000
to buy and install, was approved after
two tornadoes swept through portions of
Athens and Clarke County two and half
years ago
Carter also officially announced his
resignation to the city council, citing
personal reasons
The rezoning request of Wes Tonts,
which would classify Tonts’ property on
Pinecrest and Harding was unanimously
defeated by the council.
Residents of the surrounding area had
asked the councilmen to deny the request
to prevent an influx of traffic into the
area.
Rezoning the area would allow the
building of 50 to 60 more apartments "in
an area already flooded with traffic."
according to Stephen Peisher, president
of the Southeast Five Points Neighbor
hood Association.
Tonts said he meant to divide the house
on his property into four efficiency-
apartments in order to provide revenue
for the complete renovation of the house
He later intended to occupy the entire
house himself, or sell the house
Other than a rear driveway and
stairway. Tonts said no external changes
in the house s structuie would be made
By HELEN IIFGK
and. JI'LIE Kl lilt
Jimmy Carter won a landslide victory
and Ronald Reagan received two-thirds
of the votes in the first Presidential
Preference Primary since 1936 in Clarke
County , according to Tuesday’s returns
With all precincts reporting. Carter
received 71 per cent of the vote. His
them that they were the ones that made
the difference in his victory
Sam Tate. Georgia chairman for Rea
gan. remarked of his candidate's victo
ries. Reagan won because, as he did in
North Carolina. Texas. Alabama. Indiana
and Georgia, the majority of the people
have all said the government should go in
a conservative direction."
Max Patton. Georgia chairman for
Ford, attributed the Reagan victory to "a
variety of factors
"In the past three weeks. Governor
Reagan has emphasized national defense,
the Panama Canal, and all the issues that
have been emotional issues." Patton
said
He added. "It looks like he'll <Reagan*
gel the majority of them (Georgia
delegates).’
PATTON ACCUSED Reagan of contin
uing what he called "to shoot from the
hip. and go off half-cocked."
Ford's Georgia chairman echoed Car
ter’s earlier statement that Reagan will
hurt the Republican party's chances in
the election
In Atlanta's fifth Congressional Dis
trict. State Senator Julian Bond (D-Atlan
ta) lost his delegate race against Roswell
Mayor Herbert Mabrey Bond's loss as a
delegate pledged to Morris Udall (D Ari
zona) was indicative of Carater dele
gates' sweep of the state.
Carter, whose next test will be in the
President’s home state of Michigan,
indicated Tuesday night that he was
continuing to contact various Democratic
party leaders.
closest rivals were Morris Udall with five
per cent and Alabama Gov George
Wallace with four per cent All of
the other 14 candidates received a
negligible percentage of the votes
Reagan captured the Republican pri
mary with 63.2 per cent to President
Gerald R. Ford's 36 8 per cent.
All four of the delegates pledged to
Carter were elected, along with two
alternates committed to Carter
The Georgian said he had talked with
Sen Hubert Humphrey <D Minnesota)
earlier in the afternoon and Humphrey-
had expressed his friendship with Carter
Next week Carter, in his role as
Democratic front-runner, will be cam
paigning in the nation s capitol but will
not be meeting with Congressional lead
ers
Rex Granum. a spokesman for Carter,
said that the Georgia primary victory
"totally refutes all the verbiage in the
past about his (Carter's) lack of support
in his home state "
In the Georgia preference primary, at
12:30 a in .92 per cent of the Democratic
voles were in with 2114 precincts repor
ting Carter had 84 per cent of the vote
(364.206). Wallace had 12 per cent
(51.360). Henry Jackson had one per cent
(2721). and U'dall had two per cent 79%)
Delegate commitments gave Carter 50
delegates and Wallace. Jackson. Udall
and uncommitted zero
On the Republican side. 2000 precincts
had reported in at 12:3o a m.. 92 per cent
of the vote Ford had 32 per cent of the
vote (30.112) and Reagan 68 per cent
(108.517). Ford had zero delegates and
Reagan 48
In Alabama, with 19 per cent of the
vote in. Wallace had won 14 out ol the 16
delegate races counted, and uncomitted
took the other two Carter was trailing in
every district with II districts still
uncounted.
In the race for Republican delegates,
with 28 out of 38 delegate races in.
Reagan had 14 districts and Ford four
NO DFLFGATFS were selected in the
Republican race
Voter turnout in Tuesday ’s election was
39 per cent. Of those who voted. 76 per
cent voted Democratic and 23 per cent
Republican
Election results in Ward Five of the
city closely followed total voting percen
tages in the county Ward Five was
designated as a close representation of
the national outcome in the 1972 general
election by the Atlanta Constitution The
Constitution expects Ward Five to come
close to the results of the 1976 general
election
Tuesday’s primary returns showed
Reagan captured 63 2 per cent of the 292
Republican votes cast in Ward Five to
Ford’s 36 8 per cent
Carter registered 66 per cent of the 1239
Democratic votes cast in Ward Five
Wallace received three per cent and
Udall carried two per cent The remain
ing candidates did not receive an
appreciable percentage of the votes cast
W ARD FIVE Manager Marvin Oldham
said he really didn't know why Ward
Five voters supposedly follow national
trends "We've just got some intelligent*
voters here. Oldham stated
The breakdown of all votes cast for the
17 candidates in the Democratic race was
Frank Ahern, nine Birch Bayh. 15.
Lloyd Bentsen. five. Frank Bona, two,
Robert Byrd. 94. and Jimmy Carter.
5976
Also receiving votes in the Democratic
race were Frank Church. 46. Abram
Eisenman. 22. Fred Harris, 33. Henry
Jackson. 56. Robert Kelleher one. Ellen
McKormack. 13; George Roden, one.
Milton Shapp. three. Sargent Shri\er.
nine. Morris Udall. 384 and George
Wallace 366
Carter also received a landslide in the
election of delegates to the Democratic
National Convention Those elected were
Kay Allen. Post One. University student
John Jenkins Barrow. Post Two. James
M Hunt. Sr., Post Three; and Mrs Paul
C Broun. Post Four
Philip Blanchard and Nancy M Cog
gins were selected as alternates pledged
to Carter
Tuesday's primary marked the first
time voting machines were used in the
county
The election went smoothly and no
problems were reported with the new
voting machines, according to Chief
Voter Registrar Fran Strickland
The county purchased 61 voting ma
chines, at a cost of $125,050 to be paid
over a five-year period
Strickland said in the 1972 general
election returns from the paper ballots
were still being tabulated at 2 am
Unofficial results were received in this
primary by 10 30 p m.
County Commissioner Clyde Ray said
the voting machines were purchased
primarily because money would be saved
over the old paper ballot elections after
eight years
Marijuana
Pot busts have declined but
usage is probably about the same
By JIM GALLOWAY
City editor
While marijuana consumption in Athens and Clarke County
has at least remained at a steady level, arrests for possession
of less than an ounce of the contraband have steadily declined,
according to local police figures
In the fiscal year 1974-75 Police reported 58 arrests for
possession and five arrests to possession with intent to
distribute
The 1975-76 figures show that only 15 arrests for simple
possession have occurred through March of this year
Although the spring months are "traditionally" the time of
year when a great deal of drug arrests are made, the figures
show a definite shrinkage in arrests in that area
Arrests in 1975-76 for possession with intent to distribute
have presently reached last year's figure of five
FIGl'KES AVAILABLE from the metro drug squad, which
is under the supervision of the Clarke County district
News analysis
attorney's office, show the percentage of the county's caseload
involving arrests for simple possession has also dropped
Both agencies deny that they no longer enforce the law due
to public sentiment, but refer to the dwindling number of
arrests for the possession of an ounce or less of grass as a
matter of practicality.
"We can't put ourselves in a position of selective
enforcement But we do temper the letter of the law with the
spirit of the law.” according to Chief David Saye of the
University Police
Saye said the department has suffered under the cutback in
available University funds, at times lacking one fifth of its
normal operating force.
Out of the 58 marijuana arrests last year. 29 were made by
officers on patrol The 15 arrests made this year for simple
possession have been made by detectives on the force.
The University has “any number of criminal problems,”
including a $100,000 a year theft problem. Saye said
"WE'RE NOT going to have tialf our detectives at a concert
looking for people smoking I'd rather have them in the
parking lot” preventing more serious crimes, including the
sale of the harder drugs-MDA la hallucinogen).hashish, and
cocaine
The Athens Metro Drug Squad, made up of oflicers from the
University and Athens police, and the Clarke County sheriff
and police offices, is undergoing a similar shift in emphasis.
That department, however, has made the choice voluntarily
and not out of necessity
For the past two years, the drug squad has been shifting the
area of enforcement from the class five offender to the class
one offender
Following the hierarchy of dealing, the drug squad defines a
class five offender as a "user" and a class four offender as a
user and part-time dealer Class one offenders include
smugglers and suppliers
From 1973 to 1975. the caseload percentage of class one
offenders has increased from zero to 9 08 per cent, while the
percentage of those prosecuted for simple possession has
dropped from 20 per cent to zero The prosecution of class four
offenders has also dropped from 23.3 to three per cent.
"WE VERY rarely go to (class) five, but we'll go to (class)
four to build up to the hierarchy We'll do more damage that
way," according to Lt George Garrison of the metro squad
It would be "relatively easy" to go out on the street and cite
40 people for possession. Garrison said.
"But we wouldn’t be accomplishing anything We want the
quantity dealers, the 50 to 200 pound lots." he said.
The use of marijuana in the Athens-Clarke County area is
extending throughout all levels of society, and thus
stereotyping users is becoming harder and harder
Users of the contraband reached from the area’s
elementary students to businessmen
IN BECOMING more socially acceptable, yet still “under
ground.” it is hard to determine how much marijuana comes
into the area One local part-time dealer estimated that
anywhere from 500 to 1000 pounds of grass comes into the area
each month
University Police have made a more conservative estimate
of 500 pounds per month, though they admitted they would be
hard put to give any accurate estimate
Garrison said if any guessing were to be done, the figure
would have to be raised to 3.000 pounds -every week
Athens is a major traffic center for marijuana, being the
only urban "hub" in a rural area. Garrison said
It is certain that enforcement of marijuana laws is not going
to become easier
Garrison himself said the measure of effective enforcement
lies in the price of the drug sought The more successful the
enforcement, the less the supply to fulfill the demand Prices,
in the true sense of free enterprise, depend on the scarcity, as
well as the quality of the item
The street market price of marijuana has increased from
$20 in 1973 to $25 in 1975
POT PARAPHERNALIA Ph ° , ° * J ° HN ZUCKER
Simple possession busts down over last year
Capsule news
Tom Waits
The University Union will present Tom Waits in concert in Memorial Ballroom
tonight at 8 p m Tom Gabriel will be the opening act for the concert Free student
tickets are available at the information booth in Memorial General admission is
$2
Petition drive
There will be a petition drive against the Regents' Major Area Exams from 10
am lot pm in front of Memorial this week The drive will continue on South
Campus next week
