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Law enforced to 'nth degree ’
AP ' - Elizabeth Harris, wife of Georgia s
ha \ li , rged memb ers of the Governor s Safety
“"SI 1 l ? pus *’ for slnct enforcement of the state's tough
„. “funken-tlnving law, which took effect Sept l
law ir^ ,hat you ex P fc! lhe m >0 carry out the
' n ‘ h degree. " Mrs Harris, head of the newly-
created safety council, said Wednesday
Gov Joe Frank Hams and Mickey McGuire, director of
mLiT^ n I2LL 0, ! ,Ce 01 H, « hwa > Safety, told council
nrnhUmljaednesday that they should "talk up" the
problem of drunken driving in the areas where they live
council members also were asked to urge the media to
^if jb ' C si S< ' rV ! ce ads Praduced and donated bv an
Atlanta public relations firm.
, ads are part of the campaign called "drunk driving
Tvf mur< * er on 0ur roads," which was unveiled Aug 23
The new law requires minimum fines of $300 for the first
offense, $600 for the second offense and $1,000 for sub
sequent offenses Jail time or community service is
mandatory on the third offense
The law also requires that the driver's license be taken
from the motorist at the time of the offense
Soviet reports confirmed
WASHINGTON tAP) — The State Department said
Thursday comments by a Soviet official confirm some of
what the United States has been saying all along about the
Soviet downing of the South Korean jetliner
Viktor Linnyk, a Soviet delegate attending a conference
in Scotland, said Wednesday the Soviet pilot would not
have shot down the Korean plan if he had known it was a
commerc ial flight
State Department spokesman John Hughes said Lin
nyk s comment "confirms what is now obvious to us all,
that the Soviet Union shot down an unarmed civilian
airliner without having made a serious effort to identify
the nature of the aircraft or to communicate with its
pilots "
He said, however, that Linnyk. in his statements to the
British Broadcasting Corp. continue to press the
preposterous allegation that the Korean flight was on a
U S sponsored espionage mission
We are awaiting a full and honest account from the
Soviets and this clearly is not it." Hughes said
GOP candidate enters race
MARIETTA. Ga AP — Republican lawyer David
Sellers joined two other final-day qualifers Thursday in
the race to replace U S Rep Larry McDonald, hoping an
unsuccessful campaign against McDonald Iasi year will
prove a winning advantage
Sellers, a 42-year-old Cobb County attorney, said he
"learned a lot” during the 1982 campaign for Georgia's
7th Congressional District seat, when he lost (he general
election to McDonald, a conservative Democrat, bv a vote
of 71,467 to 45,569
Sellers, the 17th candidate in the race, qualified
Thursday after picking up the endorsement of the state
Republican Party GOP officials said earlier they would
back only one candidate, hoping to win a third seat in
Georgia's Democrat-dominated Congressional
delegation
Candidates who qualified Thursday included Fred C
Jones, a Marietta builder, and Benjamin Shirley Riggers,
an alcohol and drug abuse counselor
The Oct 18 special election was called after McDonald
died aboard the Korean jetliner shot down by Soviet
fighter pilots Sept. 1.
McDonald's widow, Kathryn, announced Wednesday
she would run for the seat as a Democrat
School food beef tested
ATLANTA (AP i - Preliminary test results on federally
donated beef which helps make up a fourth of Georgia
schools' food budget are expected by the end of the week,
a U S Department of Agriculture official said Thursday
U S Agriculture Secretary John Block halted national
shipment of the 6 4 million pounds of beef from Nebraska
and Colorado packing plants Tuesday following reports
that the beef may have come from "substandard cattle
and may have been processed under less than "sanitary"
conditions
A third of the 6 4 million pounds was either on its way or
already in the Southeast. USDA Atlanta regional office
public affairs specialist Kent Taylor said Thursday
"The ground beef is being sampled throughout the na
lion by our food safety and inspection service people and
we will have some preliminary results hopefully by the
end of the week ." he said, adding that it could be a number
of weeks before the final results were available
Friday, Sept. 23,1983
The Red and Black
More efficient 911 service proposed
Page 3
By ELIZABETH VAETH
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City, county and University officials
are considering installing a 911
emergency number that would
eliminate the use of several different
emergency numbers, including fire,
police and ambulance services
According to a report submitted by
Jim Freeman, an account executive at
Southern Bell, studies have shown that
less than one-third of the general public
know the number of local emergency
contacts.
Athens could become the first area to
use the Enhanced 911 system, which of
fers several advantages the regular 911
doesn't provide
The E-911 system proposed by
Southern Bell would provide citizens
with quicker access to the emergency
agencies
The system could also display the
phone number and street address of the
calling party, as well as a list of public
safety agencies serving the address
The biggest part of establishing the
911 service is the coordination on behalf
of the emergency services, said Ron
Manson. Southern Bell consumer af
fairs manager
"We provide 911 as a monthly ser
vice," Manson said.
After the establishment and installa
tion cost of $103,513, the monthly charge
would be $5,991
The E-911 system
would provide citizens
with quicker access to
the emergency
agencies
"There has been some discussion
about seeking a grant for the installa
tion charges," said Claire Benson,
director of information for the City of
Athens The monthly charge would be
paid by the individual safety agencies,
Benson said
The various city, county and Univer
sity officials have heard the proposal
from Southern Bell. Now they must
decide within their safety agency if the
service would be cost effective.
"The proposal that they're making is
that it (the Enhanced 911) is the latest
design." said Clarke County Fire
Department Chief Thomas Eberhart
“If all these agencies are involved, as
I see it, it would be a tremendous opera
tion We just have to see if it would be as
efficient and as fast as our dispatcher
system now." Eberhart said
"They almost guarantee that it will
increase efficiency in emergency
calls," he added.
The development of the 911 system
was first suggested by Athens City
Councilman Clinl Lane, Benson said.
"The city of Athens is interested If it
will come about and who will be a part
of it remains to be seen," Benson said.
Carter unveils Atlanta library
By DICK PETTYS
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ATLANTA (AP» — Former President Jimmy Carter
showcased plans Thursday for his $25 million presidential
library complex, calling the center a place (or school
children to learn about presidents, for scholars to probe his
administration and for world leaders to hope for peace
He also said that the ultra modern facility, which will be
built with private money but run. in part, by the government,
is his gift to the nation rather than a monument to himself
“I don't need a monument built to myself This is my gift
to the nation for the honors it has bestowed on me," he told
reporters during a lengthy briefing and unveiling ceremony
for the architectural model
Flans call for the complex — an assemblage of low-slung,
circular buildings grouped in a loose semi-circle around two
man-made lakes to be built just east of downtown Atlanta
on property acquired by the- state for a now abandoned
highway project
Neighborhood groups are vigorously opposing plans to
provide access to the center through a four lane highway
Carter said he expected that battle to reach the courts, and
would abide by whatever judgment was passed
The library portion of the complex, a two-story, partially-
submerged cylindrical building, would house 27 million
documents and records of the Carter White House and in
clude extensive audiovisual research equipment for
scholars, the former president said
It would also include a museum with exhibits focusing on
the growth of the American presidency Admission will be
charged to persons over 16, he said
Carter said the museum would incorporate highly ad
vanced audio-visual techniques, including a process through
which visitors "will be able to sit down in a town hall at
mosphere and ask me any question they choose and I will
immediately come on a TV screen and answer that
question "
He said former Presidents Nixon and Ford plan to copy the
technique in their own libraries
The library and museum will be administered after its
construction by the government's General Services Ad
ministration
The adjacent Carter Center will be administered by Emory
University, where Carter now serves on the faculty, and will
consist of three connected pavilions for Carter's office,
conference rooms and suites for visiting dignitaries
He said he plans to spend the rest of his active life at the
center, and added. "If our plans are realized. I think I can do
more here with the rest of my life than I could have if I had
served a second term in the White House "
The former president outlined his concept of a Camp
David like retreat in Georgia, in which representatives of
warring nations or competing business interests could be
brought together — sometimes secretly — "to a quiet,
secluded place to work together" to seek resolutions to their
conflicts
He said he would recruit mediators from the ranks of
current and former diplomats and jurists to help the
disputing parties air their grievances
Carter said the center also will devote its energies to
academic analysis of global problems, inviting world leaders
from a variety of fields to focus on specific issues
The former president said he is launching three projects
for the center, even before its targeted opening date in 1985
The first project will begin in November when Carter and
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conference on the historical causes of conflicts in the Middle
East.
Carter said he expects key political figures from Middle
Eastern countries to attend
"These people who wouldn't come in a government
sjionsored environment will come here," he said.
Other projects to lie undertaken prior to the center’s
opening include an analysis of the Soviet altitude toward
nuclear arms questions and a major conference on health
care
UG A Today
Coffee, tea and thee
Interested in meeting students from near and far
away? Come to the International Coffee House today
from 11:30-12:30 in the Memorial Hall Ballroom.
Now showing
The Georgia Museum of Art will hold a reception
Sunday. Sept 25 from 3 to 5 p m. honoring the opening
of the exhibits "Masterpieces of European Print-
making" and "The Salon Photos of Leopold Von
Glasersfeld." The public is invited
A reminder
Advising for General
Studies students
(freshmen, sophomores,
and undeclared juniors)
in the College of Arts and
Sciences begins Tuesday,
Sept 27 Appointments
can be scheduled in Room
106, New College between
8-5 daily Students
without an advisor will be
assigned one at this time.
Follow the bouncing ball
The UGA men's volleyball club will hold tryouts
Monday, Sept 26 and Wednesday, Sept. 28 from 6-9
p m. in the Women's P E. building For more in
formation contact Dave Norton at 354-1389
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His body was never found
Now, twenty years later,
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