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VOLUME HI. NUMBER *
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA 3(1*02
( CT C 6 1977
THURSDAY. OCTOBER *. 1977
LIBRARIES
Somebody’s owner
named in Harty death
Home of murdered Athens businessman T.K. Harty
TWO DISCOUNT DEALS
Photo by GEORGE SICAY
Card offers said not to conflict
By SKIP IIULETT
There will be no competition between
the two discount cards available to
University students, according to repre
sentatives of the cards. The card offered
by Promo-Graphics, known as The Card,
is a local item The Student Buying
Power Card (SBPC) is a n&tionwi ! Mei
created by LAB Marketing, Inc , and
offered to University students by the
consumer affairs ministi y
Government Association <SGA).
Gregg Jocoy, executive cabinet mini
ster for consumer affairs at SGA,
explained that the SBPC is designed to
give students a free and a . liable means
for discounts."
The Card's purpose defined by
Pete Barkelew, operat of Promo
graphics “I’ve hear 1 t called a
promotion gimmick ar a get rich
scheme, but that's not ||
community service for * consumer'
and merchants of Athei
"The Card was conceived w ith students
in mind, but it’s designed to benefit the
entire Athens community," including, but
not exclusively, students, he said
The Card was first available to the
Athens community for $3 during summer
quarter of this year.
The SBPC. effective continuously until
September 1979. will In* distributed free
to all University students within this
month
SIMILARITY between the two cards
ceases abruptly at their functions as
discount instruments Arguments for the
separate cards hinge on the subjects of
cost (to holder) and value (of discounts
available). Barkelew and Jocoy reitera
ted their feelings about competition, but
faced with the thought that many
students may Ik* content with just the
SBPC, Barkelew stressed, “Students
should consider the value and wider
range of discounts offered by The Card,"
before writing it off
The Card has 97 participating
merchants, whereas the SBPC has only 8
discount locations.
' Ihe Card is economical and valuable
to have, but I would not say it’s in
competition with this one (SBPC) at all
1 mean, this one’s free." Jocoy said.
TIIK SBPC is free to all University
students. The Card has a cost each
quarter of $4 and is available to anyone
By making The Card a quarterly thing,
Barkelew rxplained, cooperating mer
chants can join or drop each quarter if
they choose
The Card is available at the
Promo-Graphics office and through 33 of
the participating merchants. 12 indivi
dual distributors, fraternities, sororities
and various apartment complexes
Distribution of the SBPC will begin
soon with an allotment of cards being
given today to the BSU for black
students. Residence hall students will be
able to receive cards from residence
assistants by Oct. 12 . The SBPC will be
available to fraternity and sorority
members the same day.
Plans are in the making to have tables
for distribution to off campus students set
up in front of Memorial “by at least Oct.
By TOM BARTON
City editor
The accused murderer of Theodore K
Harty was allegedly hired to kill Harty
by the owner of a competing establish
ment at the Station, according to the
sworn testimony of a witness at
yesterday's preliminary hearing of the
case in Magistrate's Court.
John Mooney, the owner of Somebody’s
Pizza, allegedly hired Elmo Liston
Florence of Atlanta, who was arrested
and charged with Harty’s murder on
Sept. 23. These allegations were made by
Robert W. Reinhold. general manager of
the Prime Time restaurant of the Atlanta
highway.
Chief Tate Brown said late last night
that he probably would have a statement
concerning Mooney’s status this after
noon. Mooney could not be reached for
comment
Reinhold said that Florence, an
electrician, had been to the Prime Time
on several occasions to help repair and
replace a faulty oven. On the night of
24,” Jocoy said.
ANOTHER difference between the
cards is what to do when one is lost. The
SBPC will be replaced, no questions
asked, for free at the SGA office as many
times as it is lost.
The Card, however, can be replaced
only at the Promo-Graphics office (also
at no cost' because the loss and
replacement of the card must be filed.
This measure. Barkelew said, is to avoid
the possibility of people reselling The
Card and replacing it as lost
The SBPC offers discounts on specific
items at participating merchants, yet
The Card is good for a 10 per cent
discount at all listed businesses
Exceptions to The Card s discount power
are sale items, purchases with discount
coupons or credit, and alcoholic
beverages, all of which are forbidden
“Both cards would be assets to
students,” Jocoy said. “In fact, I’m
thinking about getting The Card to use as
well as my Student Buying Power Card."
Sept 20. nearly three weeks after Harty s
murder. Florence walked into the
restaurant and sat down at the bar
According to Rein hold. Florence “had
been drinking "
"IF YOU ever have any problems,
don't call New Jersey,'' Reinhold said
that Florence told him
Reinhold asked why, and Florence then
reportedly said that he "was a hit man."
Reinhold replied. “You’re full of shit.”
"I'm not bullshitting you. baby. I’m a
hit man," Florence supposedly respon
ded.
Reinhold then allegedly asked Florence
if he was the one who killed T.K. Harty.
Florence said yes.
“I DIDN'T believe him," Reinhold
said “There was a lot of street talk going
around, and everybody was paranoid .’’
Reinhold asked Florence how he did it.
and Florence said he had used a
snub nosed .38 He added that entering
Harty’s house on Cleveland Road was “a
piece of cake."
Reinhold testified that Florence told
him that he had entered the house by
breaking a window. He then swept the
glass behind the door
Florence then supposedly told Reinhold
that “the phone rang two times," which
was a signal that Harty was on his way
home.
AT 3 A.M.. Harty came home in "a
little sports car,'' entered the house, and
emptied his pockets on the counter.
Reinhold said Florence told him.
Florence then allegedly said that he
shot Harty “in the kitchen," but then
changed his mind and said he shot him
‘‘in the study.”
“One thing I hated was to mess up that
beautiful Persian rug ' Florence suppo
sedly told Reinhold The rug was
reportedly spotted with blood
Reinhold then asked Florence why he
killed Harty. "He said he was paid to do
it,” Reinhold said, "between five and ten
thousand dollars "
"I ASKED HIM who had paid him. and
he said John Mooney, of Somebody’s
Pizza." Reinhold said Florence allegedly
told him
He said Florence told him that Mooney
had just taken out a $40,000 loan, and
“stood to lose everything he had'*
because Harty was going to evict Mooney
from his business at the Station
Harty had acquired the lease to the
Station from Southern Railways on Aug
1.
Reinhold said his conversation with
Florence lasted from “30 to 35 minutes."
He added that he “was interrupted a
couple of times.”
ON THE NEXT day. Sept 21. Reinhold
said he contacted Jerry Massey of the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and set
up an appontment to talk with detectives
of his conversation with Florence at the
Prime Time. “The things you told us. so
many of them check out. you had better
take a polygraph test.” Reinhold said one
of the detectives told him.
Reinhold said he then dictated his
statement to Massey and Captain Stan
Jordan of the Garke County Police, then
signed the final copy.
Information concerning the scene of
Harty’s murder was withheld from the
public until yesterday, when Clarke
County Police Chief Tate Brown testified
Much of his testimony matched the
statement Reinhold had givth police
about his alleged conversation with
Florence.
BROWN SAID he arrived at Harty’s
residence at 9 p.m. on Aug 30. Several
other officers and detectives and an
ambulance were already there.
Harty’s body was found by his mother,
a friend of hers and his girlfriend, in a
room directly off from the dining room.
Brown said, believed to be an office. The
body was sitting in a wooden chair near a
desk, with the head resting on its top A
gunshot wound was located in the head
and blood was found on the desk, rug and
Harty s arm The bullet had passed
through Harty's head from left to right
and was found under the desk
The bullet was a .38 caliber. Brown
said.
The chief added that the murderer
entered the house by breaking a pane of
glass in a window to open it The glass
was then swept behind the door, he said
THE RUG in the room was also
damaged with blood, and some of Harty s
personal belongings were found on a
counter. Brown said
Detectives then gathered hair and
blood samples, glass, soil, footprints, and
some of Harty’s personal belongings,
Brown said. The footprints were found at
a seldom used end of the living room in
the dust, he added
See HARTY. p.3
Abuse council endorses
child neglect survey here
By MIKE VIRTANEN
The Athens Child Abuse Council agreed
to endorse a comprehensive child neglect
and abuse survey of the Athens area at
its monthly meeting in Rutland Center
Tuesday night
About 25 members voted unanimously
to give council support to the survey
being prepared by K.C Kias, a
registered nurse at Athens General
Hospital, and Joan Adams Curtiss,
resource development specialist for the
Regional Institute of social Welfare
The purpose of the survey is to
determine the extent of child abuse and
neglect in Athens, according to Kias The
surveys, she said, will be distributed to
professional and social service personnel
in and around Athens, including doc tors,
teachers, nurses, social workers and
judges The survey will also help
determine the extent and effectiveness of
existing local facilities for the care and
treatment of abused children.
"Nobody really knows the extent of,
child abuse in the community and what
the existing programs are,” she said.
“Perhaps we don't even need more
programs," Adarns-Curtiss added. "Per
haps we have all the programs we need.”
Other professinals at the meeting
generally agreed that some local cases of
abuse are not reported to existing
agencies.
“I know, from nurses in hospitals and
teachers in schools, that there are cases
that just aren’t reported.” said Bert
Elliot, a supervisor with the Clarke
County Department of Family and
Children Services.
Kias said that if the surveys indicate a
need for new programs such as a nursery
for neglected children, they can be used
to petition for federal funds for
implementing the programs
Georgia law requires all professional
people in social services, for example
school and health personnel, to report all
suspected cases of child abuse to Family
Services for investigation.
Gov George Busbee has proclaimed
October "Let's Hear It For Kids Month.”
In conjunction with Busbee's proclama
tion the Regional Institute of Socail
Welfare and the Junior League of
Atlanta. Decatur and Cobb-Marietta are
sponsoring a Southeastern Conference on
Child Advocacy October 26-28 in Atlanta.
In other business the Athens Council
appointed a committee to draw up a list
of candidates for the election of next
year’s officers at its Nov. 1 meeting.
Reed stall members work
to improve dormitory life
By MIKE ROBERTS
“The kids are real proud of what they
did ” according to Joe Reynolds, Reed
Community graduate resident
No. “the kids.” Reed resident
assistants <RA's» and graduate re idents
(GR's). did not break the world record
for the number of beer pitchers drained
in one hour or for the most classes
skipped without a course failure
Rather, they were participants in a
workshop and community improvement
session implemented to “show concern
for (community) residents,’’ Reynolds
said
With University Housing footing the bill
for raw materials, 24 RA’i and GR’s and
Residence Life Coordinator Nina Maranc
divided into groups and designed and
built a picnic table hartieque pit. bulletin
hoard and a honk rack and painted the
Reed kitchen.
Although other community staffs had
workshops, the activities at Reed differed
in that instead of staying in a classroom
setting all day. the Reed participants set
aside lecture* after lunch and began
scratch building their contributions to
lhe;r dormitories
The Reed projects were brainstormed
by community staff members
Reynolds went on to say about three
hours were spent on each project
According to Reed sources, $50-60 were
spent on the project materials Housing
department officials were not available
for confirmation
During the workshop, new members of
the Reed staff were trained to perform
cardiovascular resuscitation by the
University Department of Safety. Rey
nolds said Members from last year
• received their instruction last spring
He said another project would be
planned for next spring
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Photo by MAKK SANDLIN
A thought for midweek
Earlier this year, one Athens merchant publicly offered some sage advice to those
who travel the in campus end of ie>faurant row Now . with classes entering their
third week and the Bulldogs struggling to get hack on the winning track, it might
be appropriate to recall those words of wisdom Ah. well, at ktit we re over the
hump
Downtown
pep rally
scheduled
A pep rally and sorority sing-out will
highlight a full slate of activities in the
downtown area tonight beginning at 6 30
at the intersection of College and
Clayton
"Bulldog Night” is a joint effort by the
Chamber of Commerce. Athens Down
town Council Merchants and the Student
Government Association (SGA) to
promote student involvement In the
community.
According to Joan Dawson. SGA
minister to community affairs, the
sorority sing-out is scheduled to get
underway at 6:30 p.m and most of the
sororities will be participating
Dawson said competition will be held
and awards given in three categories:
vocal, washboard band and musical
entertainment
At I p.m , a pep rally will feature the
Georgia cheerleaders and pep band
Georgia Head Coach Vince Dooley and
members of the football team will speak
at the rally
"This is one way we can get students,
community members and Bulldog
supporters together to show their support
for the University and the football team.”
Karen Gilmore, spokeswoman for the
Chamber of Commerce, said
Dawson said Friday night will feature
a "pre-victory party” at the BAL
Warehouse on Oconee St. There will be
no cover from 7 to 9 p.m and Rivers Ir eel
will be playing.
Yes, PED 105B
class to meet
The P E 150 B volleyball class ha; not
been cancelled as rumored and will meet
second and third periods on Friday in
room 140 of the P.E building, according
to Tom Trimble, coordinator of the basic
instruction program