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THE RED AND BLACK
VOLUME 84. NUMBER 13
Georgia’s only collegiate daily newspaper
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA 306112
Inside
Dogs back on the
winning track
barely See p. 8.
MONDAY OCTOBER in i«477
Mooney charged in T.K. Harty murder
By TOM BARTON
City editor
The owner of Somebody’s Pizza was arrested and charged with murder by
detectives of the Cobb County Police at a Smyrna apartment around la.m. Saturday
John Henry Mooney, implicated in the Aug. 30 murder of saloon owner T.K Harty,
was arrested on a warrant issued Wednesday.
He is currently being held in the Oconee County jail without bond
According to Clarke County police, information was given to Cobb County Police
shortly ater midnight on Saturday that “a John Mooney was located in an apartment
in Smyrna, Ga.,” and that “Mooney was wanted for murder in Clarke County .’’ Cobb
County Police confirmed this information with the Clarke County Police, then
proceeded to the apartment and identified and arrested Mooney
MOONEY WAS returned to Athens Saturday morning for processing at the Clarke
County Police Station.
The accused murderer of Harty. Elmo Liston Florence of Atlanta, is currently being
held in the Clarke county jail without bond A decision on whether Florence may be
released on bond will be made tomorrow in Clarke County Superior Court
Florence, an electrician, was arrested on Sept 23 and charged with Harty's murder
In a preliminary hearing in Magistrate's Court last week, a witness testified under
oath that Florence allegedly told him that Mooney had paid him to kill Harty
The manager of the Prime Time Restaurant. Robert Reinhold, said that he had
talked with Florence at the restaurant's bar on the evening of Sept 20 Florence
allegedly told him thdt he was “a hit man." who was paid between ‘$5000 to $10,000''
by Mooney to kill Harty
KK1NHOM) TESTIFIED that Florence told him Mooney had just taken out a $40,000
loan, and “stood to lose everything he had" because Harty was planning to ev;< t ho
from his establishment at The Station Harty had obtained the lease on the land on
Aug 1.
Harty’s body was found by his mother, a friend of hers, and his girlfriend at his
Cleveland Road home on Aug 30. Harty was shot, in the head with a 38-caliber bullet
which was found under a desk near the body
Reinhold, who had managed a restaurant in New Jersey, said that Floreno h i
been to the Prime Time on several occasions to service the ovens A* er Harty
murder, and the arson attempt and break-in at the Prime Time in early Septemb* ■
Reinhold said “everybody was paranoid ''
He allegedly told Florence after the break-in at the Prime Time that you exp* r
this stuff in New Jersey where everything is organized, but not in Athens
Reinhold testified that Florence told him on Sept 20. “If you have any problems
don't call New Jersey I can take care of them.”
Joel Eaves
Eaves
undergoes
surgery
University Athletic Director Joel Eaves
underwent open heart surgery this
morning at Emory Hospital in Atlanta.
The surgery, according to athletic
department officials, was a “corrective
measure and not as bad as it may
sound.”
Eaves, 64, suffered a mild heart attack
on Sept 30 while in Tuscaloosa, Ala , to
view the Georgia Alabama football game,
and remained in Druid City Hospital for
six days before returning to Athens last
Wednesday .
“Anytime you go in for open heart
surgery, it’s serious," an athletic
department official said. "But this is not
something that had to be done now.
Doctors just wanted to go ahead and get
the thing over with."
Eaves apparently has a clogged artery
leading from his heart that needs to be
re-opened.
Galaxy
busted again
The owner of the Galaxy bookstore on
Baxter was arrested Friday afternoon by
Athens Police and charged with
distributing obscene materials
Lonnie D. Johnson. 27, of 442 Oaktree
Square, was arrested after an undercover
detective allegedly bought a vibrator at
the store Police later returned and
confiscated four more on sale
According to the store's assistant
manager, James Davenport, this is the
fourth arrest for selling vibrators since
the adult bookstore opened this summer
on July 5.
REVIEW BEGINS
State units ask $2.7 billion
By MIKE VIRTANEN
Almost $2.7 billion in allocations has been requested by state
agencies for next year’s budget, a spokesman for the Georgia
Office of Planning and Budget said Friday.
Proposed budgets are in from all agencies except parts of the
judicial branch, the spokesman said, and the office has started
reviewing each request.
The requests will be reduced to meet estimated tax revenues
for the 1978-79 fiscal year, generally considered in the range of
$2.3 billion, budget office spokesmen indicated.
“We’ll scrutinize the entire budget and changes will be
made," the spokesman said.
THE CURRENT budget of $2,065 million expires June 30.
On Oct. 20 Gov. George Busbee and staff members will begin
meeting with agency representatives for two itemized proposal
reviews. Individual agency heads and staffs will attend the
second review.
By mid December Busbee will have revenue estimates from
economic indicators, the spokesman said. And by early January
he will send his budget recommendations to the House
Appropriations Committee.
The committee will work over the budget and present it to the
House for a vote The budget then goes to the Senate
Appropriations Committee and on to the senate for a vote.
AT THE END of the next legislative session the House-Senate
Conference Committee draws up a final budget, which is
returned to Busbee for signing
Most agency heads cited inflation as one reason for increased
requests with a $160 million increase needed to maintain
present services, according to an Atlanta Journal article.
The current budget should be met easily, State Revenue
Commissioner Nick Chivilis said last week State revenues for
September totaled $183 million, up 14 per cent over the same
month last year, he said.
The largest increase came form the Department of
Education, which asked for $172 7 million over last year’s
allocation. Of that. $88 4 million extra was requested by the
University System, and $43 million more for an 8 per cent
teachers’ salary increase.
The current $2 065 million budget is based on an estimated 7.6
per cent annual growth increase September is the third month
in a row that revenues have well exceeded that mark
Photo by OlAlU.IE KEGI.nTr.R
Evolution
In the beginning there was the flat stone Later, as man
developed his skills, he invented the discus But the discus
was flat and not suitable for tossing among friends So man
invented the pie pan But mothers objected to their children
scaling good cookware onto the roof or into the street Now we
have the ultimate—the Frisbee So what do we do now 0 We
compete See The Monday Morning Review on p 3
Plants can grow
in the bathroom
B> D.J. PA8C\AI.E
Assistant feature editor
With the advent of Old Man Winter you
can still have those fresh, crispy salad
vegetables that you love so much-with
out paying premium prices Grow them
yourself, in the living room, dormitory
room or your Aunt Tilly s bathroom
It can be done easily under the right
conditions, even if you don't have an
Aunt Tilly with a bathroom One of these
conditions is plenty of light
Expose the plants to a full 14 to 16
hours of artificial "sunlight” a day by
using two special horticultural fluore
scent tubes such as Sylvama's popular
40-watt Gro-Lux in combination with a
40-watt Wide Spectrum Gro Lux
But even two standard 40 watt
fluorescent tubes, one ‘warm white and
one “cold white.” will do Plants also
need about eight hours ot darkness in 24
hours, it’s helptul it the lights are
controlled by an automatic timer The
approximate energy expense of operating
these lights should run about eight to 10
cents a day The tubes cost loss than $6
INSTALL THE two tubes in a standard
four-foot reflector-type fixture This
fixture can be set up almost anywhere-
under a kitchen cabinet, in a dark cellar
or in a window that receives bright light
but not direct sunlight You should be
able to adjust it so the light source is
about five inches away from ;he tops of
the plants
Plants grown under lights tend to lose
water quickly because of the heat. Put
the pots on saucers filled with wat**i ami
stones, because as the moisture
evaporates, it will rise providing the
necessary humidity
To avoid fungus infections and pes 1
invasions, use a packaged st» dized sun
mix for your indoor garden Mix equal
parts of it with vermicullite and jhm;
moss or use soil less mixes sold
commercially under such names a>
Pro-Mix, Redi Earth or Jiffy Mix
MSI Dl ING8 CAN bf
aluminum cake pan Later when they’re
about two inches tall transplant :he:n
into individual pots Plastic pots are
lighter than clay pots and * mserve
moisture longer
The plants will need vatering
object is to keep them moist all he time
This constant flow of water will deplete
the soil of nourishment, so feed them
every ten days with a water soluble
fertilizer
While it's possible raise bee-ts j*»ppe: >
spinach, cucumbers, onions and eggplant
you might want to begin with i ;idishes
one of the easiest and fasti's; crops in
grow They take about one month to
mature Just make sure you use a
container that is about six inches deep to
accomodate their long roots
Retirement bill change called ‘ disastrous ’
By GHEGG STEINLE
SUtt editor
Moat Americana hope to eventually join the minority group that has moat recently
flexed its political muscle That group is the elderly.
However, legislation which this group has supported which would change
mandatory retirement laws is opposed by business groups and criticized by some
representatives of other minorities
Both the Congress and the Georgia legislature are considering laws which would
raise the mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70 years old The Georgia law would
only apply to state and local public employes The U.S. House of Representatives
recently paased by an overwhelming 359-4 margin a bill which would allow workers in
the private sector to stay on the job until age 70
The House bill would also atlow the 3.5 million federal employes to remain on the
job indefinitely and provide them a "job for life," according to a spokesman for the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
“U’t a very emotional issue and the House just blew it right through," said Bill
Knapp, mandatory retirement lobbyist for the business group
WHILE CALLING the bill a "complete uncapping" of mandatory retirement for
federal employes. Knapp admitted the bill applied only to arbitrary retirement
because of age and did not prevent retirement if an employe proved incapable ol
doing the work.
Rather than decreasing efficiency, spokesmen for the aged contend allowing people
to work longer will prove a benefit to business
"This legislation will improve efficiency What the aged lose in physical dexterity
they more than make up for in experience, talent and punctuality." said Julian
Rosenthal. Georgia chapter spokesman of the American Association of Retired
Persons (AARP).
Just how many people will avail themselves of the opporlunity to work past age 65
is uncertain. The trend during recent years has been toward earlier retirement
"We figure one of eight persons will continue on the job when the reach 65. said
Rosenthal "Thirty years ago a $60(8) pension looked like plentv With inflation since
then, that’s a very small amount
Many people who are 65 are active, intelligent and able to work, he adds That
sentiment is echoed by spokesmen for other minorities who think the number of
people choosing to stay on the job past 65 may be greater than suggested by-
Rosenthal
"I THINK any number of people past the age of 65 are willing and able lo be
members of the work force and then find themselves out of Ihe job market It's
unfair.” said the Rev Fred D. Taylor, director of chapters and affiliates for the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference iSCLC).
Taylor agrees with the statement by Vernon Jordan Jr . executive director of the
National Urban League, that raising the mandatory retirement age will "clearly
hamper affirmative action programs." in management and delavs in hiring would be
disasterous "
Taylor said he must still support the bill
"Yes. I would have to support it because it's an honest effort to deal with Ihe
question as it relates to Ihe aged," he said "Discrimination against the aged is just
part of the national phenomena of discrimination. It applies to blacks women, the
aged and even young people "
HOW Ml til IMPACT the hill wilt have upon the ability of young graduating
students lo get and advance within their jobs depends upon how many people decide
to continue working lo age 70. said Dr Mark Greene, a professor of insurance a! Ihe
University and a specialist in gerontology. Ihe study of Ihe aged
If more workers worked longer, it would decrease or delav availability of jobs 1
don t think it la large percentage of people staying on their jobs' will happen, nut it it
does, it would reduce opportunities." Greene said
"I don’t think it will affect them 'graduating collegians) much Moil college
graduates seek management jobs This is a problem of the line worker, the factory
worker 1 don't think they compete with older retiring management employe: They're
competing for lower level management jobs," he said
THE BILL PASSED by the House makes no exceptions, but the bill just out of the
senate Human Resources Committee contain amendments excluding management
personnel who would receive 320.000 a year or more in pension benefits if retired It
also excludes college professors
Knapp said he interprets those amendments as a sign the Senate is moving more
cautiously on the bill, but agrees the possibility of defeating the bill is slight
"At least the Senate by its action is showing some concern, but with the current
climate, it's likely something is coming down the pike. " Knapp said
W'hat legislation is eventually enacted will most likely not reverse the trend toward
early retirement
"More and more people are retiring earlier, not later This may help v - •
individuals, but it won't change a social trend." said Greene
PROPONENTS OF the legislation contend age discrimination is arbiti , and
as unfair as discrimination on the basis of sex or race
"We favor the blanket rule approach." said Rosenthal "If a person wan lo stay
on the job he must be allowed to unless he can't fulfill the bona fide occupational
requirements' in their particular profession
"If someone cant do the job they should be let go There are 25 ar.d 35 year-old
people who can t do their job and are fired. We think it should be the same for older
people They should be retired because they can t do the Job, not because they re pas'
65 ' he said