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Police Scandal
Columbus Grand Jury
Blames City Manager
COLUMBUS, Ga. (UPI) — A
special Muscogee County grand
Jury has put much of the blame
for the scandal ripping the Co
lumbus Police Department on
City Manager Ralph Sayers.
The grand Jury, In a report
Thursday, said Sayers was
gulty of “malfeasance In of
fice” In his dual role as act-
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Friday, February 2, 1968
ing safety director. .It said
Sayers was largely responsible
for failure of the police depart
ment to enforce laws banning
mixed drinks.
The grand Jury said It had
evidence that “cash payoffs
were made to policemen by one
business.” But, it added that it
felt lax law enforcement “was
due to the attitude and orders
Issued by Mr. Ralph Sayers.”
“It is the considered opinion
of this grand Jury that the ac
tion of Mr. Sayers had more
Influence in this field than any
Mooney ‘Mites’
Designer Retires
MARIETTA, Ga. (UPl)—The
man who designed the famed
Mooney “Mites,” 61-year-old A1
Mooney, has retired from an
aeronautical career that span
ned aviation from the Roaring
Twenties to the Space Age.
Mooney retired Thursday as
a project engineer at Lockheed-
Georgia Co. He worked for
Lockheed 12 years after selling
his holdings in Mooney Aircraft
Inc., in Kerrsville, Tex., a firm
that now ranks No. 4 in the na
tion in production of light
planes.
Mooney began his career with
the design of the single - seat
Mooney “Mite” in the early
1920’5. He retired after design
ing the revolutionary XV-48, a
vertical takeoff Jet wanted by
the U.S. Air Force.
Mooney’s other designs in
clude the Eagle Rock Bullet in
1928; the Mooney A-l in 1929;
the Nicholas Beazley in 1930;
Mooney B-l in 1931; the Mono
coupe-Dart in 1935; the Twin
Monocoach in 1936; the Culver
Cadet in 1939; and the Culver
Drone Q-8 in 1940.
other factor, including bribes,
payoffs and gratuities being
given to policemen,” the grand
jury report said.
It added that Sayers was not
recommended for indictment
by the grand jury because “we
were advised that no statute is
contained in the laws of Geor
gia which makes it possible to
take legal action against a mu
nicipal official for malfeasance
in office.”
Since the grand jury began
probing charges that police re
ceived stolen goods, accepted
bribes and took part in bur
glaries, 15 persons, eight of
those former Columbus police
men, have been Indicted.
The grand jury report also
made recommendations to im
prove the police department,
ranging from an across-the
board pay raise of SSO a month
to hiring of a lawman from
outside the city to succeed
Chief Clyde Adair, who retires
later this year.
| World Briefs |
IGNORES CRITICS
LONDON (UPI)—Dr. Chris
tiaan Barnard, the South
African heart transplant sur
geon, said today he was
undeterred by the London
Clinic’s Medical Journal opinion
that his methods to control
tissue rejection were “crude,
hazardous and inadequate.”
Barnard, who was leaving for
Paris today, said he would
perform his next transplant
operation in six to elgnt weeks.
SEEK PEACE
LONDON (UPl)—Six women
members of Parliament who
belong to Prime Minister
Harold Wilson’s Labor Party
today urged their chief to seek
a “fresh initiative towards a
peaceful settlement in Viet
nam” in his Washington talks
with President Johnson next
week.
LIBERALS OUSTED
ATHENS (UPI)— I The military
regime Thursday fired four
senior diplomats and suspended
two others. Foreign Minister
Panayotis Fipinelis said their
removal had no political signifi
cance but observers said all six
were known for their liberal
views.
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Some of the aerial and underground cable has arrived for increased telephone
service in the Mclntosh - Vineyard roads and Pomona - Sunny Side areas. There
is more than 62,000 feet of the cable on the 43 reels that have arrived. Some
of them weigh as much as three and one and tons. Conduit for the cables from
the telephone office at South Hill and Popular to Tenth and Solomon has been
laid. The cables will be aerial from Tenth and Solomon northward. Looking at
some of the seven-feet high reels are (1-r) A. B. Denman, construction foreman;
W. F. Myers, plant manager; and Bob Nordan, storekeeper.
LBJ Would Not Have
To Win Majority
To Get State’s Votes
By DOW PHILLIPS
ATLANTA (UPI)— President
Johnson would not have to win
a majority of Georgia’s popular
vote this fall to win the state’s
Lot Os Cable
12 electoral votes if an election
bill that passed the Georgia
House Thursday clears the Sen
ate and Gov. Lester Maddox.
Despite strong protests from
Republicans and anti • Johnson
Democrats, the measure passed
the House by a 127-56 vote.
Its second major feat u re
would make it easier far former
Alabama Gov. George Wallace
to secure a spot on the presi
dential ballot as an independent
if he decides to enter the elec
tion.
Atlanta Rep. Elliott Levitas
wrote the election bill in hopes
of preventing a recurrence of
Georgia’s 1966 gubernatorial
election which saw the outcome
settled in the Georgia House.
Levitas hoped to insure the
outcome of Georgia’s presiden
tial voting and who wins the
state’s electoral votes is not
settled the same way.
Levitas said the bill would
prevent Georgia from suffering
“a national spectacle and an
orgy of politics” in the event
no candidate won a majority,
or 51 per cent of the votes.
The Senate passed a measure
giving General Assembly
members immunity from sub
poenas to produce testimony or
records during the legislative
session. Congressmen enjoy the
same privilege.
Opponents of the Levitas elec
tion bill charged it was a ruse
to assure President Johnson
Georgia’s electoral votes next
November, despite the efforts
of Wallace or Republican hope
fuls.
The measure also provided
an independent can get on the
ballot with a single petition
signed by 5 per cent, or about
100,000, of the voters. Atty.
Gen. Arthur Bolton recently
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ruled present law requires indi
vidual petitions for each of 12
presidential electors to put an
independent in the running.
Lakeland Democrat Bobby
Pafford charged the bill provid
ed "the only way Lyndon John
son can carry Georgia.” Atlan
ta GOP Rep. Mike Egan called
the measure “one of the oldest,
most underhanded political
tricks” to assure a Democratic
presidential victory.
“I don’t see why the Repub
licans are worried about this—
they got a majority last time,”
said Avera Rep. Roy McCrack
en, referring to the 1964 Gold
water landslide in Georgia.
Short Under
Consideration
For Director
ATLANTA <UPI> — Gov.
Lester Maddox’s press secre
tary, Bob Short, reportedly is
under consideration as director
of organization and economic
planning for Region 3, District
3, in Thomasville, Ga.
The federal post would be
seriously considered if offered
to him. Short said Thursday.
Maddox revealed Thursday
that Short was under considera
tion for the position. He said
after returning from Washing
ton, D.C., that he "highly rec
ommended” Short for the Job,
and was convinced federal of
ficials thought Short was the
top man in line for the post.
LOST INVESTMENT
ROTTERDAM (UPI)—A 43-
year-old Rotterdam presser who
stepped through a large window
pane of a local department
store while under the influence
a few months ago, made the
final payment on the damage he
had been ordered to pay last
i week.
Wednesday the presser was
locked up again.
Passing the store after a few
1 beers too many he got so mad
at the thought of what he could
have done with the money he
had had to pay for the window,
that once more he smashed the
glass to smttherreens.
Nixon Flies To
New Hampshire
By EDWARD DOOLEY
MANCHESTER, N.H. (UPI)—
Former Vice President Richard
M. Nixon flies to New
Hampshire today to begin his
campaign for the presidency.
In a letter mailed to 150,000
New Hampshire residents, Nix
on announced Thursday he
would enter the state’s first in
the nation primary March 12.
Nixon scheduled a press
conference here today to launch
his active campaigning for the
New Hampshire primary he
hopes will speed him along the
route to the GOP nomination.
Meets Press
The former vice president
was meeting newsmen at noon
EST in his only public
appearance of the day.
Nixon, his wife and two
daughters were appearing this
evening at a press reception.
Nixon, who as the 1960 GOP
standard bearer lost the pres
idency to John F. Kennedy, is
considered a favorite over
Michigan Gov. George Romney,
the other major Republican
candidate. Romney already has
completed a meet the people
tour of New Hampshire and
plans more heavy campaigning
before the March primary.
Nixon aides in New York said
there had been an “enormous”
telephone response to Nixon’s
US Hopes For Talks
On Release Os Crew
Os Hijacked Pueblo
By NICHOLAS DANILOFF
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
United States hopes to hold
talks shortly with the Commu
nist North Koreans which could
lead to the release of the 83
crew members of the hijacked
USS Pueblo.
State Department spokesman
Robert J. McCloskey said
Thursday that the United States
had accepted a suggestion by a
ranking North Korean Commu
nist, Kim Kwang Hyop, that the
Pueblo Incident be discussed
within the framework of the
military armistice commission
at Panmunjom or possibly some
other agreed upon setting.
Authoritative U.S. sources
said they expected U.S.-North
Korean talks may begin soon
but they declined to predict
their exact outcome.
—udging by past precedents—
they are are least two—it
appeared that the United States
probably stands to gain the
release of the crewmen but not
the intelligence snip.
Settle For Crew
The sources stressed that the
United States would not give up
its claim to the ship but they
conceded that in view of the
political situation at home, the
United States would probably
settle for the release at this
time of the crew members
alone.
The two precedents involve a
United Nations helicopter pilot
ed by two Americans which
strayed into North Korea May
17, 1963, and a South Korean
airliner hijacked by North
Korean agents and forced to fly
with its American pilots to
North Korea in February 1958.
In both cases, crew members
and passengers were released
after tedious negotiations at the
military armistice commission
or a somewhat less formal
confrontation in Korea.
But in both cases, the North
Koreans refused to give up the
helicopter or the airliner.
Furthermore, in the case of
the helicopter the North
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candidacy.
In his letter to New Hamp
shire voters Nixon said that
“for these critical years,
America needs new leadership.”
Welcomes Competitor
Ronney said he welcomed
Nixon’s entry. “Dick Nixon
brings to the campaign trail a
familiar figure and friendships
among Republicans across the
country. I welcome the occasion
in New Hampshire and later to
engage in a discussion with him
on domestic and world problems
and opportunities,” Romney
said.
Stewart M. Lamprey, who
piloted Nixon’s 1960 New
Hampshire primary campaign,
said “It’s going to be different
in 1968. The new Nixon, and
there is a real new Nixon, has
greater depth of knowledge in
foreign affairs..." Lamprey is
state finance chairman for
Nixon In the current drive.
Bernard L. Boutin, New
Hampshire campaign director
for President Johnson predicted
Nixon overwhelmingly will de
feat Romney on the GOP ballot
but that President Johnson will
carry the state in the general
election in November. The
President will be challenged In
the primary by peace candidate
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, D-
Minn.
Koreans demanded and received
both a written and an oral
apology from a senior U.N.
representative to the armistice
commission.
At any future U.S.-North
Korean talks on the Pueblo, the
North Koreans are almost
certain to Insist that the United
States admit its ship ventured
into North Korean waters with
hostile intent, that it produce an
apology, and that it promise to
punish the authorities who
authorized such a mission.
While U.S. sources declined to
outline what the American
opening position would be, it
seemed clear the United States
would make no apology. The
U.S. position is that the Pueblo
did not violate North Korean
territorial waters and conse
quently there is nothing to
apologize for.
Because of this divergence of
views on the location of the
Pueblo, it is quite likely that
negotiations will drag on for a
long time.
POUND FOOLISH
CHESTER, England (UPI)—
When it came to crime John
Mellor was no hotshot.
He thought he had hit the
jackpot when he stole a safe
from a garage, a court was told
Thursday. With two helpers he
went to work on it with oxy
acetylene cutting gear. The Job
done, he opened the safe door.
Nestling Inside w'ere 128 pounds
(305 dollars)... burned to a
cinder. ,
Mellor was sent to jail for
five years.
TRICHINOSIS
Americans account for 21
million of the approximately 28
million persons in the world
who are infected with trichino
sis annually. The thorough
cooking of pork is one means
of prevention. All pork should
be cooked to 137 degrees
throughout, according to the
Encyclopaedia Britannlca.