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By Quimby Melton
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“Nearly one half of the
automobile fatalities and acci
dents occurred over the week
• ends, reports Travellers In
surance Company in its maga
zine “Voice Behind the Wheel.”
, Statistics for 1970 report 55,200
persons lost their lives in auto
accidents in 1970.
If “nearly half” of the fatal
• accidents come on a weekend,
think what a fine record
Georgia would have if every
weekend was like the one we
have just experienced. There
were but six fatalities reported.
If there have ever been less on a
. weekend, especially a vacation
time weekend, we don’t remem
ber it. It would seem that more
automobile drivers on Georgia
• Highways followed the rules of
safe driving than ever before.
And there seems to be such an
attitude throughout the nation.
* In 1970 there was a 1,300
decrease in fatal accidents
when compared with those the
• year before.
The same report shows that
more accidents seem to occur
during the night time. This is
* probably due to the fact that one
tires most then, one forces
themselves to drive on even
, when sleepy, and the false idea
that with less traffic on the
highways one does not have to
(frive carefully.
• Travellers attributes im
provement in the overall traffic
picture to safety features which
have been installed in automo-
* biles since 1966, but stresses the
important role of the driver.
The report issued by Travel
e lers shows among other tilings:
More than 39 percent of all
highway fatalities were due fd
excessive speed. Speeding in
• 1970 accounted for 17,700 killed,
and 988,000 injured.
Drivers under 25 years of age,
one fifth of all licenses drivers,
* figured in one-third of all acci
dents.
Travellers has issued an in
« teresting little booklet — Voice
Behind the Wheel. The first
article reads:
“I am the voice... the voice
* behind the wheel. Most of the
designers of new safety hard
ware for tiie automobile have
t given up on me. They come up
with all sorts of seat belts. . .
and I don’t use them. They de
sign anti-skid brakes as an
• optional feature. .. and I don’t
buy them.
“In their frustration, they
have even found a polite name
* to describe devices that I will
have to use whether I want to or
not. . . passive restraints.
, “I welcome these. . . let’s
have more of them. Because
55,200 dead and 5,100,000 injured
on our highways last year are
* frightening figures. Bring on
more safety, in whatever form,
even if it costs a bit more. It will
cost less in the long run.
“But let’s not lose complete
sight of the fact that I’m still
sitting behind the wheel and
making conscious decisions.
And by concentrating on my
driving I can improve mv
chances of reaching my
* destination with my car and me
in one piece.”
Weather
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“By telling a fellow you
admire him, you prepare him to
• accept the rest of your hot air.”
Phone pickets
walking here
Jails here
will be
inspected
Georgia prisons — long a tar
get for criticism by public offic
ials and private citizens alike —
are to get yet another review.
Representatives of the State
Health Department have begun
an 18-county sanitation survey
of city and county jails. Spald
ing, Pike and Henry Counties
are among the 18.
According to Scott Sprinkle,
director of the Health Depart
ment’s Branch of Sanitation,
toe inspection will include a
look at food, water, sewage,
bedding, lighting, heating,
ventilation, physical space,
environmental hazards and
general housekeeping
procedures in jails located in
counties ranging from Clarke
and DeKalb in north Georgia to
Glynn county in the southeast.
In addition to Spalding, Pike
and Henry Counties, the initial
survey will be made in the
counties of Baldwin, Bibb, Bul
loch, Clarke, DeKalb, Dooly,
Douglas, Glynn, Harris,
Houston, Laurens, Long;
Muscogee, Quitman and Ste
wart, the sanitation chief said.
Gordon
study
urged
ATLANTA (UPI)-Dr. H. F.
Robinson, vice chancellor of the
University System of Georgia
since 1968, resigned today to be
come provost of Purdue Univer
sity in Lafayette, Ind.
The regents also agreed to'
study the possibility of includ
ing the privately-owned, 118-
year-old Gordon Military College
in tiie university system. The
regents staff was instructed to
look into the possibility of tak
ing over operations of the
Barnesville institution and make
a recommendation within 60
days.
Peter Banks, a member of the
Gordon Military board of trust
ees, urged the regents to take
over and continue operation of
the financially-plagued private
school. He said the institution
currently has an indebtedness of
|1.4 million.
“The only thing that we ask is
that you keep the name ‘Gor
don’,” Banks said.
From Griffin researchers
Pepper may spice up lawn
Are these dull spots around
your yard that need spicing up
with splashes of color? Then try
peppers.
Research Horticulturists W.
L. Corley and A. H. Dempsey of
the Georgia Experiment Station
here have found a number of
ornamental pepper plant in
troductions which provide ex
cellent displays of color for
home grounds.
Using plarits native to other
countries, which were received
at the U. S. Department of
Agriculture’s Southern Region
al Plant Introduction Station,
Corley and Dempsey evaluated
some 40 ornamental pepper
varieties for their potential use
in landscape plantings in the
Southeastern states.
The horticulturists found 19
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a plan for a high-speed railroad to link 12 of the original 13
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•:•: administration sources disclosed today. £
The plan, if approved by President Nixon and Congress,
:•:• would involve rebuilding existing rail lines between £
Boston and Miami with an offshoot line to Atlanta. £
The initial intention of the line would be to provide fast, :£
£ comfortable ground transportation in new passenger $
trains between various activities in connection with the $
£ nation’s 200th birthday. But the plan also calls for high- £
:£ speed container freight trains. £
The basic plan was proposed about two years ago by a £:
£ group in Boston, but appeared to have been quietly shoved
£ into the background.
However, Leonrd Garment, Nixon’s cultural affairs
£ adviser, confirmed ‘‘something is cooking’ ’on the project £:
£ Other White House sources said a definite decision on £•
£• presenting the project to the office of management and £
£ budget and to Nixon awaited completion of a feasibility
study from the transportation department. £
£ “The government isn’t yet ready to put any money into £
£ it but it certainly is still alive,” one source said. £
It has been estimated the project would cost $1.5 billion £:
£ to $2 billion. No definite financing plans have been £:
£ formulated, but it generally is assumed the money would £
£ come from government grants, government guaranteed £
* Loans and from railroads involved.
Goals project
Carter eyes
ratio hikes
By TOM GREENE
ATLANTA (UPI)-Gov. Jim
my Carter has asked workers
in his “Goals for Georgia” pro
gram to investigate increasing
teacher-pupil ratios in the class
room and making better use of
electronic equipment and other
teaching aids.
The governor admitted the is
sue was controversial but said
he wanted the Goals program,
assigned the task of long-range
planning for the state, to be
come embroiled in controversy.
“The conflicts don’t bother
me,” said Carter. “They’re here
anyway. The recognition of them
is a tremendous step forward.”
He said he couldn’t see any
way to reduce the ratio of stu
dents to teachers in the state
schools, likening the problem to
“butting our heads against an
almost blank brick wall.”
Rep. Quimby Melton Jr. of
varieties of dwarf or semi
dwarf plants, all 18 inches or
less in height, which did well as
border plants. A good many
taller varieties were well suited
for use in mass plantings or as
background plants in flower
beds.
A striking variety of colors
were displayed by both foliage
and pods, the research scien
tists said. Pod color was dis
played over a relatively long
period, beginning in July with
early varieties and continuing
until the first killing frost in
November in later maturing
varieties.
Pod colors of 10 varieties dis
played three progressive color
changes. Colors of common
garden pepper varieties chang
ed from green to red as they
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, July 14, 1971
Griffin, a member of the gen
eral government subcommittee
in the Goals program, recom
mended reducing the size of the
Legislature by 20 members this
year and another 25 in 10 years.
Co-chairman of the physical
and mental health subcommit
tee, John Moore of Atlanta, pro
posed a statewide director of
community services to combine
administration of welfare, men
tal health, vocational and reha
bilitation activities conducted by
the state.
Former State Rep. Reid Har
ris of Brunswick, co-chairman
of the natural environment sub
committee, said the General As
sembly should consider constitu
tional amendments to allow cit
izens to file class action pollu
tion suits and give the Legis
lature power to zone “fragile”
areas in the state to prevent de
struction of their ecology.
matured while those of purple
leafed plants changed from
dark purple or black to red. Pod
colors also noted included
white, yellow and orange.
Foliage colors included
various shades of green and
purple.
The dwarf varieties of pep
pers also proved to be excellent
pot plants.
Full-color photographs of 18
of the most acceptable varieties
are included in the recently
published booklet reporting re
sults of this research. The book
let is Research Bulletin 83,
“Ornamental Peppers for
Georgia,” available from the
CoUege of Agriculture Experi
ment Stations editor, Barrow
Hall, Athens 30601.
NEWS
A couple of pickets with strike
signs walked in front of the
Southern Bell telephone
building at Hill and Poplar
streets this morning. It was part
of the nationwide strike called
against the telephone company
by Communications Workers of
America.
Telephone service was ex
pected to continue about nor
mal, especially the local dialing
and direct distance dialing
calls, company spokesman
indicated. Management per
sonnel were filling in many jobs
left vacant by the strike.
Butunion officials said that as
the strike goes on, equipment
that breaks down will stay out of
order because there will be no
one to repair it. Union officials
pointed out that installation of
new phones and equipment was
at a standstill.
Albert Harrell, manager of
Southern Bell in Griffin, issued
a company statement that the
strike was unnecessary.
Said Harrell:
“We are extremely dis
appointed that the CWA called
our employes out on strike. The
strike was not necessary and it
is not necessary to continue.
The wage and other offers
which the union has rejected
through July 12 were very
substantial offers.
“In spite of this, we informed
the District Three CWA
bargaining chairman Tuesday
morning that we wanted to meet
in the afternoon to make an
improved offer. After repeated
requests and despite the im
pending strike deadline, our
requests were refused.
“It is still hard for us to
believe that the union would not
come to the bargaining table to
at least hear our latest offer be
fore making the final decision to
strike. Our bargaining team
continues to stand by. Southern
Bell will make every effort to
settle the disagreement at the
bargaining table and bring the
strike to an end. We recognize
our responsibility to furnish
uninterrupted telephone service
and will provide the public with
service through management
personnel.”
Spokesmen for the union in
Griffin today had not issued any
statements regarding the
strike.
49 hope
to get
diplomas
Forty-nine Griffin High sum
mer school students are expect
ed to receive diplomas at the
close of summer study Aug. 13.
C. W. Daniels, summer school
principal, says there are no
special ceremonies planned at
this time for the seniors who
represent Spalding, Henry, La
mar and Butts Counties.
Griffin High School’s senior
roster leads with 34 prospective
graduates. Lamar County has
10, Henry County follows with
three while Butts County has
two. Summer school credits
earned at GHS will go toward
graduation requirements in the
students’ respective schools.
Summer school opened at
GHS June 14 with an enrollment
of 392. Today’s enrollment
figures show 384 still on roll.
Eight persons have withdrawn
since their initial entrance date.
Mid-term reports for summer
school students are to be sent to
parents Tuesday, July 20. Mr.
Daniels urges all parents to
check with his child for his
Individual report. They will not
be mailed. The reports are
intended to show indications of
the students’ progress or failure
for the first four weeks of sum
mer study.
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BOSTON — Her head shrouded by a hood with eye holes cut into It, unidentified 16-year-old drug
addict holds press conference with Norfolk County Dist Atty. George Burke to tell of her experi
ence with heroin. Debbie, as she was known during the press conference, faces prosecution both as
a user and a seller of heroin. She told of the numerous beatings at the hands of drug-world “con
tacts”. (UPI)
| 32 blind factory jobs |
I depend on Lockheed i
Thirty-two workers at the
Griffin plant of the Georgia
Factory for the Blind Associa
tion will be unemployed if Lock
heed should close down, says
factory foreman, C. G. Parker.
“It would be a mess if we lost
the work jobs,” Mr. Parker,
continued. Most of the work
done at the Griffin plant is done
for Lockheed. Mrs. Betty To-
Lockheed wins round
WASHING TON ( UPI
lation to rescue ailing giant
corporations with loans backed
by the treasury has cleared its
first hurdle—but Lockheed Air
craft still would have to prove
its case to get the $250 million
it needs to avert bankruptcy.
By a party-splitting 10 to 5
vote, the Senate Banking Com
mittee sent the measure
Tuesday night to the Senate f
By a party-splitting 10 to 5
vote, tiie Senate Banking
Committee sent the measure
Tuesday night to the Senate
floor, where it awaits the
opposition of Senators who
contend the while idea distorts
and enfeebles the free enter-
Apollo 15 astronauts
run into some trouble
CAPE KENNETY (UPI)_
Apollo 15’s astronauts simulat
ed their July 26 launch to the
moon today but the rehearsal
was marred slightly by a
momentary drop in spacecraft
electrical power and the pilots
opened their moonship hatch
early as a precautionary
measure.
The electrical problem,
known to technicians as a
land, plant secretary added it
would be very difficult to find
other work for its employees
should, they lose their present
jobs.
There are nine totally blind
persons who sort nuts and bolts
according to size. The material
comes from the Lockheed
assembly lines which has fallen
or gotten mixed during assem-
prise system.
Under the committee bill, the
government would have author
ity to risk up to $2 billion to
stake troubled corporations
whose collapse “could adverse
ly and seriously affect the
economy of the nation.”
But in a significant victory
for foes of the idea, Sen.
William Proxmire, D-Wis. and
other opponents convinced the
committee to put the decision
on which firms qualify for loans
in the hands of men supposedly
immune to political pressure.
The bill originally specified
loan guarantees would be
issued by a board composed of
the Secretaries of Commerce
“glitch,” did not affect the
progress of the final trial
countdown and a space agency
spokesman said it did not affect
the validity of the test.
“We are trouble shooting in
an attempt to explain why this
occurred,” said a spokesman at
the Launch Control Center. He
said the problem could have
been caused by ground support
ing equipment.
Inside Tip
Babe Ruth
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bly line production. Twenty-one
partially sighted persons sort
the material by color. There are
two sighted overseers for the
entire operation.
Workers at the plant also
pack light bulbs and flares for
Parker and Abernathy of
Atlanta. Other jobs include the
packaging of flat ware in plastic
bags.
and the Treasury and the
chairman of the Federal
Reserve System. The White
House would control an automa
tic majority on such a board.
In two days of closed-door
horsetrading, the committee
voted to drop the secretary of
commerce and put in his place
the president of the Federal
Reserve Bank in the district in
which the loan applicant is
located—presumably a man
less subject to political pres
sure.
As a result, Proxmire said,
the bill “assures that there will
be an independent and objective
appraisal of the lockheed”
application.
Astronauts David R. Scott,
Alfred M. Worden and James
B. Irwin followed their launch
day timetable to the minute—
with the exception of the
premature hatch opening—and
they put their command ship
Endeavour through a make
believe launch at 9:34 a.m.
EDT.
Their rocket passed a similar
test Tuesday when it was fully
fueled.