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Newspaper Page TextGriffin Daily News Tighten Paroles House Panel Would Keep Death Penalty For 6 Crimes ATLANTA (UPI) — A House committee has recommended that Georgia make It tougher for life-termers to get out on parole and has called for keep ing the death penalty for six major crimes. The controversial death pen alty was endorsed by the study committee on capital punish ment for the crimes of rape, murder, robbery by force, kid nap for ransom, treason and perjury In a trial where death or a death sentence Is the ver dict. Existing law specifies the death penalty for 25 crimes, Imperial Today and Saturday NW ports I Md Bnrardlrwtn Winkler Producfis* LEE MARVIN “POINT BLANK” "iMSMiad to-starring IS] ANGIE DICKINSON In Panavislon'and Metrocolor 'jfijfiL: Today and Saturday Double Feature ThE HAPPY of Piraeus... [muinaMercouri You only live once... so see The Pink Panther twice! / THfMIRISCH COMPANY PfMtnti \ «BLAKE EDWARDS rmaion DAVID NIVEN PETER SELLERS ROBERT WAGNER CAPUCINE. ("THE PINKPANTHERJi rCLAUDIACARDINALEj V TECHNICOLOR* TECHNIRAMA* j UNITED ARTISTS S Most portables claim big-typewrlter features. The underwood 21 builds them in. Full tabulation controlled from the keyboard. Extras like vertical and horizontal half-spacing make the difference. Vertically, you click up a half space for above-the-line symbols like degrees (32°). Horizontally, you can squeeze an omitted letter into a Vi space and save retyping a whole page. Come type on an Underwood 21 and see. A big value and great gift. $9750 pnrr Wit hpurchase of riILL Lettera 21 Typewriter Lloyd’s Hi - Intensity Lamp. Ideal for student or office. HENSLEY OFFICE EQUIPMENT COMPANY 121 West Solomon Street Phone 227-1432 8 Friday, Dec. IS, 1967 most of them associated with i murder, rape and robbery. ; In a move that committee chairman Willis J. Richardson i said could “very well” reduce i the number of death sentences : handed down in Georgia, the : committee also urged tougher i restrictions on life term sen- : tences. Under the recommendations, i life termers would have to i serve at least 15 years, before being eligible for parole. Cur- : rently, the minimum time served is seven years. Richardson said public hear- : lngs have Indicated many Jurors i favored the death penalty on i Political Roasting Os Rusk Passed Up By WILLIAM THEIS WASHINGTON (UPI)— President Johnson evidently had his eye on the 1968 presidential campaign rather than on congressional relations when he ordered or assented to Dean Rusk’s refusal to testify publi cly on Vietnam. What may have been a textbook blunder at some other time was probably a political necessity In the administration’s view. And there no doubt will be a price exacted by the affronted senators. Few political professionals will fault Johnson for refusing to send his secretary of state to a public Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee hearing stacked with Vietnam critics, Commentary one of them an antiwar Democratic presidential candi date. If the administration needed anything more to convince It Rusk would be In for a public political roasting, It was Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy’s an nounced presidential candidacy and his broadening attack on Johnson’s poUtlcies. Seven Vietnam Critics McCarthy Is the bottom ranking Democrat on the committee headed by Sen. J. William Fulbright, D-Ark., who tops a list of at least five other Vietnam critics In the group. Rusk protected his flank by offering to testify in closed session and to release agreed upon portions of his testimony that disclosed no sensitive military or diplomatic Informa tion. Technically, therefore, he was not refusing to consult with the committee, which Is the channel of the Senate’s “advise and consent” relationship on foreign policy matters. But the refusal to face public questions from elected senators, grounds possible parole In seven years was too lenient. Another committee proposal called for requiring juries to specify In their verdicts if they recommend the death penalty. Presently, the death sentence is mandatory If a jury falls to recommend mercy. The committee also suggested that a study be made of wheth er the electric chair should be replaced by the gas chamber for humane reasons. While 25 prisoners are cur rently on Georgia’s “death row” awaiting execution, no death sentence has been carried out In the state since 1964. reserving the right to stay silent on those Involving national security, will appear to some as a confession of weakness and a legislative mistake. What happens next? At best, a further deterioration In relations between the executive branch and Fulbright’s commit tee. The committee can cause more trouble for the adminis tration than the White House can inflict In return. Fulbright’s panel. If it chooses, can put into effect a slowdown In acting on nominations, treaties or legisla tion urgently sought by the administration. Historians have not forgotten that the Senate, and this committee, was known as the “graveyard” of treaties for many years. A deliberate policy of consultation developed during and after World War I cured that. Fulbright and his critical colleagues could Ignore Rusk. When they want Information they could ask for second echelon administration witnes ses—or more likely, turn to non administration sources. Ful bright already has said Rusk’s stand will force this. About the only good such festering hostility can produce is to enhance the foreign policy position of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. While the Senate stalemate isn’t likely to go on indefinitely, It could last through next year’s campaign and election. And even Rusk’s supporters would not expect him to carry the burden of his job beyond that, regardless of who sits in the White House. Fire Destroys Savannah Yaeht SAVANNAH, Ga. (UPI) — A 57 - foot yacht was destroyed Thursday night after an explo sion set off a fire that burned the craft to water level in a marina near here. Volunteer firemen from Isle of Hope said the cause of the explosion was undetermined, and damage was not known. Authorities were trying to con tact the owner, Frank Felchin of Athens, Ga., head of Angus Manufacturing Co. No injuries were reported, as the only person aboard, skipper Earl Seitz, Jumped to safety. The boat was a diesel-powered vessel called the “Fritz-Mar.” Look to Peoples... the Home of Money Credit Your good credit opens an ac count with Peoples for the money you use to pay for those things you want. 118 WEST TAYLOR ST. — PHONE 228-2744 Hugh Turner First National Promotes Two C. A. Knowles, president of First National Bank of Griffin, has announced the promotion of two men now on the bank’s staff. M. Hugh Turner has been ele vated to vice president and cas hier. Richard J. Irvine has been elected assistant cashier. Mr. Turner, a native of Wash M. Hugh Turner has been ele vated to vice president and cas hier. Richard J. Irvine has been elected assistant cashier. Mr. Turner, a native of Wash ington County, attended the Uni versity of Georgia and was gra duated from Georgia State Col lege with a BBA degree in man agement. He is a member of the Georgia State College Alum ni Association, The American Institute of Banking, and cur rently Is serving as Secretary of the Griffin Lions Club. He Is married to the former Marie Mixon of Oconee, Ga., and they have one child, Mark, 2>/ 2 . The Turners are active in the First Baptist Church and reside at 1325 Grantland road. Mr. Irvine Is a native of Gris- Deficits By 1977 Little Man Pays More, Experts Say By MARCIE RASMUSSEN ATLANTA (UPI) — In 1977, Georgia will have an income of just over $3 billion, but It will have budget fancies in the neighborhood of $3.8 billion and not enough money to support them, says a prominent eco nomics researcher. Dr. James A. Papke, profes sor of economics at Purdue University and a consultant for Georgia’s Tax Revision Study Commission, said Thursday that unless there are improve ments in the state and local tax structures, Georgia could expect a $750 million budget gap by 1977. He said the state’s tax sys tem is inadequate to support its needs and the bulk of the problem will show itself at the local level. According to Papke, Geor gia’s tax structure, along with those of a number of other states, is based on the so called “users” taxes, such as sales taxes, rather than other forms which distribute the tax burden more evenly. For example, he said the “little man” in the lower in come group is paying about 14 per cent of his income for state and local taxes, while high wage earners are paying half that amount. Papke said if there isn’t a change, property taxes in Geor- ||| M | .W ’ ' ff • IB Richard Irvine fin and was educated In the Griffin-Spalding County School System. He attended North Ge orgia College and Georgia State College. He is a member of the American Institute of Banking, Griffin Moose Lodge 1503, and currently is serving as external vice president of the Griffin Jay cees. Mr. Irvine and his family are active In the First Metho dist Chuch where he is a member of the Young Married Sunday School Class and the Methodist Men’s Club, he is married to the former Diane Ri chardson of Griffin, and they have two children, Alan, four, and Richard 111, seven They reside at 443 Crescent road. Mr. Knowles, In announcing these promotions, said, “This is in recognition of the outstand ing job being done by these men and the contribution they have made to the progress of our bank.” gia will soar in the next decade. Outlining his studies to the governor’s tax commission, Papke said the state should consider other sources of in come that will grow as fast as the economy, which has been increasing at a rate slightly faster than the rest of the na tion. Tax reform is “absolutely in dispensable,” the researcher declared. “Fiscal gimmickery will not work in Georgia.” The commission is scheduled to make recommendations on state taxation to the coming session of the legislature. BLAMES TV—Mayor George F. Hatfield of Plainfield, N.J„ tells Senate Investigations Subcommittee in Washington that TV coverage “played a large part’* in triggering the Plainfield riots last summer. He insisted that the violence was planned and that the riots "were organized, pre cipitated and exploited by a small hard-core group." alL,ibts diamond . ring do SHARP’S JEWELERS 118 West Solomon St. fsKKfi Sporkling and elegant is the design of this My ]) MK gold ms JJ engagement ring, $165.00 , Scientists Hail Virus Breakthrough By PAUL R. JESCHKE STANFORD, Calif. (UPI)— The creation by scientists at Stanford University of a “primi tive form of life” from Inert Ingredients mixed In a laborato ry test tube was announced here Thursday. Hie achievement was called a step In the direction of curing hereditary defects, the possible control of certain types of cancer and a greater under standing of life. ■Die extraordinary scientific breakthrough was hailed by President Johnson as an “awe some accomplishment” which “unlocked a fundamental secret of life.” The announcement of the creation of an artificially produced virus was made by Dr. Arthur Komberg, a Nobel Prize winner, and Dr. Mehran Goulian during a crowded news conference at Stanford Univer sity. Goulian, 37, a former Stanford researcher and now a faculty member at the University of Chicago, said the synthetic virus reproduced Itself through two generations and “could have continued to reproduce itself Indefinitely.” Qualifies Life Claim Komberg, 49, head of Stan ford’s department of biochemis try, carefully qualified the claim that the scientists had “created life in a test tube.” He mentioned several “reserva tions," including the wide division among scientists as to whether viruses are living. He said, however, that with these reservations In mind, it “would be fair to say viral DNA (the substance created) is a simple or primitive form of life.” DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the chemical substance found in every living thing which controls heredity and orders the organism to reproduce identical versions of Itself. Dr. Kornberg won the Nobel Prize in 1959 by turning a mixture of Inert chemicals in a test tube into man-made DNA, but the sub stance was biologically Inactive and could not reproduce. Virus Reproduced In their latest experiment, the biochemists manufactured an artificial DNA virus which, when mixed with bacteria, was reproduced In a chain of thousands of atoms and was capable of continuing the process over and over again, like any natural virus. The result was veritified by Dr. Robert L. Sinsheimer, who tested the synthetic material at his laboratory at Cal Tech. The virus artificially manu factured was a relatively uncomplicated “pigmy” virus, PHI x-174, which is common In the human intestinal tract and attacks bacteria. It is “remark ably similar,” Kornberg said, to the polyoma virus known to cause cancer In some animals. 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Aids Cancer Fight “It opens a wide door to new discoveries in fighting disease and building healthier lives for mankind,” the President said. “It could be a first step toward the future control of certain types of cancer.” Komberg said scientists could eventually modify genes In a manner which would produce “specific biologic changes” In animals or humans. “With advances in genetic chemistry, we can look forward to separating and identifying various genes and reproducing them in the test tube,” Komberg said. ‘lt may be possible then to attach a particular gene to a harmless viral DNA and use this virus as a vehicle for delivering this gene to the cells of a patient. In this way, a person may be cured of an hereditary defect.” Diabetes, for example, is a disease caused by the lack of genes which govern production of insulin. It may be eventually possible to, in effect, make a $5 WILL LAY-AWAY THIS... 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