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PAGE 3—The Georgia Bulletin, February 17,1977
CONGRESS:
Running For The Fifth — Coverdell
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Paul
Coverdell presently is Minority
Leader of the Georgia Senate. He
represents the 40th Senate
District and has been a senator
since 1970.)
I’m Paul Coverdell. I’m
running for Congress and I’d
like to tell you why: I want
very much to make an impact
on urban problems both here
at home in the Fifth District
and throughout the country.
And I want to work with you
on solving our problems. I
intend to seek your input. ..
really seek it. I intend to be
the most accessible
Congressman this district has
ever had.
I entered politics in 1968,
the weekend after Senator
Robert Kennedy was killed.
It was a moment that left an
imprint in our nation’s life.
Something was terribly wrong
in our country. America
needed help. Ordinary people
such as myself felt motivated
to give that help. I decided
the cost of politics -- both
personal and financial --
couldn’t stand in my way.
I had not been involved in
politics before but I got
together with friends who
shared my feelings. We began.
It was that simple. When I
went down and signed up to
run for the State Senate as a
Republican, the Party
officials did not know me.
Fortunately, the times
aren’t as tearful now as they
were then but I still feel the
same way: America still needs
help. Our urban areas
particularly need help. I want
to devote my full energies as
your Congressman to pressing
for the development of an
urban plan for America.
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Federal policies now often
compound urban problems
rather than act as. soothing
waters on a sore. We need a
new vision for urban
America, a plan to improve
the quality of life in blighted
areas, to save other areas -
such as our own - from the
severe blight we see in sister
cities.
Atlanta and North Fulton
are at a turning point. I’ve
been a state senator since
1970. During that time, I’ve
watched homebuilders
practically go bankrupt. I’ve
watched unemployment grow
to a point where 25,000
persons are unemployed in
our county.
I’ve watched the rest of
the nation begin to change its
image of Atlanta and North
Fulton, from seeing our area
as the urban area of the
future, to seeing it as an area
that can’t handle its own
problems. I’ve watched all of
this happen while City of
Atlanta officials and Fulton
County government officials
bicker with each other.
I’m deeply concerned
about the future of Atlanta
and North Fulton. That is
why I’ve been saying that as
Congressman, I would make
the needs of the Fifth
District, Atlanta and North
Fulton, my first priority. My
feeling that America needs a
new vision for its urban areas
starts here at home.
As Congressman, I’m going
to find forums to bring
diverse groups together to
talk about our problems:
neighborhood groups, the
traditional business
community, city and county
governments, suburban and
city dwellers. All of us need a
voice in the future of our
area.
There are, of course, no
simple answers to our
problems. But I do believe we
can begin to find viable
answers after we begin
genuine communication with
each other. Then we will be
able to put out a message
about Atlanta and North
Fulton that we are an urban
area coming to grips with our
own problems. As we do this,
I think we will find new
businesses locating here, our
economy on the upswing.
I am also going to closely
follow federal programs that
impact on our area. Funding
for MARTA is one example. 1
will press for the
international air route to
London, too. My office will
assign staff members to act as
a liaison between the federal
government and our city and
county officials to make sure
we have the information we
need at home.
The answers we come up
with to our urban problems
can aid the rest of the
country. You see, I think
Atlanta and North Fulton is
an exciting place with very
rich resources to tap - our
own abilities.
I believe that you and I
share a strong pride in
Atlanta and North Fulton. It
is my conviction that many
of you would like to be more
actively involved in the
governmental affairs of your
district. I think we can use
the Office of the United
States Congressman to find
new ways to aid our area’s
problems. We will be
contributing much to our
area and nation if we do.
During my years in the
Georgia Senate, I’ve held
monthly town hall meetings -
67 to date - so that citizens
could directly talk with their
public officials. I intend to do
this as your Congressman too.
As I said at the beginning of
this article, I intend to be the
most accessible Congressman
you’ve ever had. If you elect
me on March 15, together we
will be starting a new process
of citizen participation in the
Fifth District.
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OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE is
the new mission Church serving
Canton. The first Mass was celebrated
here on Christmas eve. Earlier this
month, a Mass of Thanksgiving was
celebrated, followed by a dinner for the
Catholic Communities of Cherokee and
Pickens Counties. See page six for story
and additional photo.
Unity Week At St. Paul’s
St. Paul of the Cross Parish celebrated Church Unity Week
with “separated” neighbors and friends. Following last year’s
plan, “Living Room Dialogues” were held in the homes of
several parishioners. In spite of frigid weather and the television
special “Roots,” Catholics and non-Catholics came to pray
together, as Jesus asked, and discussed the problems involved in
achieving unity.
The general theme focused on Christian Hope, as set forth in
St. Paul’s letter to the Romans. Hope, grounded in the mercy,
merits, and promises of Christ, is especially relevant to the
search for unity in the Christian family.
Other themes discussed were obstacles to unity, the
importance of love, and fears that paralyze ecumenism. The
history of ecumenism was traced, and the change of emphasis
that came with Vatican Council II. In the Document on
Ecumenism, Vatican II pointed out that Catholics must be
concerned about their separated brethren, must pray for them,
keep them informed about the Church, and make the first
approaches to them.
The Unity Program was organized by Mrs. Catherine Binns
and Miss Loretta Jones. The evening dialogues were hosted by
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Allain, Miss Loretta Jones, Dr. and Mrs.
Albert Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hinds and Mrs. Catherine
Binns. The parish priests also attended as “resource persons.”
The closing service took place in the church on Sunday
evening. Local ministers and their congregations were invited to
attend. Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. was scheduled to be the
guest speaker, but because of unexpected business, he was
unable to be present. After communal recitation of Psalms and
other prayers, the pastor, Father Colman Haggerty, preached on
“Christian Brotherhood.” A social followed in the school hall.
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AWORD ABOUT TOUR GAS BILL:
HIGH.
(Pd. Pol. Adv. tiy I he candidate)
There’s no need to talk much about
how cold it’s been. Just about every
one knows that. But some gas
customers may not understand why
their gas bill can go up even when
they turn their thermostats down.
Here’s why.
The purpose of your heating
system—no matter what kind it is, or
what kind of fuel it uses, is to “make
up” the difference between the out
side temperature and the temperature
set on the thermostat in your home.
If it is 45° outside, and you want it
65° inside, the furnace “makes up”
the 20.°
Now, you’ve got your thermo
stat on 65° or lower (we hope), and
your bill is higher than ever. That’s
because the outside temperature in
January was 62% colder than nor
mal. Your furnace has to make up for
that extra cold.
There has also been an increase
in the cost of gas since last winter. That
factor, however, will have much less
effect on the increase in your gas bill
compared to the record cold weather.
So, you’re probably getting
record high heating bills this year,
even with lower thermostat settings.
(Our company will have record high
gas bills, too, because we’ve never
had to buy so much gas nor pay so
much for it.)
These big bills are not going to
be easy to pay. In those special cases
where there is real hardship, we will
be as reasonable as possible.
But, you must get in touch with
us if you really need special consider
ation. Don’t ignore the bill. Call us or
come in and we’ll help work out some
payment plan.
While it may not be much con
solation to you right now, natural gas
is still the lowest cost energy in our
service area.
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