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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,
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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.”
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Hugh Turner
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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-
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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.
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tells Senate Investigations
Subcommittee in Washington
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Plainfield riots last summer.
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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.
Since the DNA of the cancer
producing virus is of the same
size and complexity as the
bacterial virus being studied by
the scientists, Komberg said,
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"We expect it should be feasible
now to synthesize modified
forms of the polyoma viral DNA
and determine how to alter its
cancer-producing genes.”
President Johnson’s praise for
the biochemists came In re
marks to a Smithsonlsn Institu
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200th anniversary of the Ency
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“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.”
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disease caused by the lack of
genes which govern production
of insulin. It may be eventually
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