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GOVERNOR JIMMY CARTER discusses the fire ant eradication program with members of the
Agricultural Research Subcommittee. Shown left to right are: Subcommittee Chairman Henry
Reaves, Rep, Dorsey Mathews of Moultrie, Governor Jimmy Carter, Rep. Henry Russell of Boston
and Rep. Marcus Collins of Pelham. (PRN)
Committee Votes For Fire
Ant Program Expansion
ATLANTA (PRN) - A
Georgia House subcommittee,
after visiting a federal research
center, has voted to
recommend expansion of
Georgia’s fire ant eradication
program.
The agricultural research
subcommittee of the House
Agriculture Committee
reported that federal
authorities will produce
evidence shortly that Mirex,
the main chemical used in
fighting fire ants, is not
harmful to human or animal
life.
Subcommittee Chairman
Henry Reaves of Quitman, and
Reps. Dorsey Matthews of
Moultrie, Henry Russell of
Boston and Marcus Collins of
Pelham, spent some time at
the Gulfport, Miss, site where
the U.S. Dept, of Agriculture
is researching Mirex effects
and the fire ant eradication
program in general.
Rep. Reaves said his panel
will recommend that Georgia’s
fire ant eradication program
“be accelerated just as fast as
we can”.
“We went to Gulfport,
where the USDA regional
office is,” he continued.
“They’re doing work on the
eradication program there and
also testing Mirex to
determine if it is injurious to
human beings, animals, etc.
They have not found any
effects on animals or fish that
could be determined to be
harmful”
Reaves added that USDA
Turbo train coming
WASHINGTON (UPI) - A
turbo train leaves here to
day on a 31 state, 12,000 - mile
tour that includes stops in 37
Southern cities.
The train, powered by air
craft-type gas turbines and cap
able of speeds of 170 miles an
hour, is being put on tour to
spur interest in passenger train
travel.
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sored jointly by the Transpor
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experts said they expect to
make a final report to USDA
in Washington in September
and the Georgia panel hopes
the report will induce
Congress to give the state
more acreage to treat.
Rep. Matthews, Chairman
of the full House Agricultural
Committee, added, “We feel
like from what we found out
down there that this
eradication program can be
carried out, that Mirex is the
only effective insecticide, that
it is not harmful to people,
birdlife nor marine life and
these scientists tell us that
without a shadow of a doubt,
it can be done completely
with three applications of
Mirex across this whole area of
the country.”
Rep. Collins termed the trip
“encouraging,” and said he
learned that the Mirex dosages
can be cut in half and still be
effective.
“We have great hopes of
getting the fire ant program
continued and even
accelerated,” he added.
Said Rep. Russell, “I think
the trip will result in the fact
that we’ll be able to combat
the fears of those who think
that Mirex is a very poisonous
bait. It was shown to us that
just about as much as would
be in half an aspirin is enough
to cover an acre.
“I think when this report is
released by USDA it certainly
is going to open the eyes of a
lot of people that have been
under the wrong impression
track, the new national railroad
passenger corporation, which
took over the rail passenger
system in May.
Southern cities to be visited
by the train are:
Aug. 12 — Richmond and
Petersburg, Va., Raleigh and
Hamlet, N.C., and Columbia,
S.C.
Aug. 13 — Savannah, Ga.,
Charleston, S.C., and Jackson
ville, Fla.
Aug. 14 — Deland, Sanford,
about Mirex,” he continued.
“This report is going to
show that taken in small
quantities Mirex is not
harmful to any type of
wildlife or animal life.
Certainly it is going to show
that it can be used safely and
that is the main point of using
any kind of chemical. In fact,
let me hasten to say that
Mirex is not harmful to the
environment; that it just goes
away and there is no residue
whenever the Mirex is eaten.”
The panel met with Gov.
Jimmy Carter after its return
to Georgia and the Governor
declared he wants to continue
the current program for a
period of three years.
Later, Carter had Matthews
as a guest on his radio program
and expressed great interest in
the panel’s findings.
“If we could just settle this
question of whether or not
Mirex is dangerous to birds,
fish and so forth, it would
mean that we could proceed
without any further
interference with control of
fire ants, which we know to be
a plague on the areas where
they are so heavily
concentrated,” Carter said.
Matthews fully agreed and
pointed out that the federal
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY is
working in conjunction with
USDA on the investigations
into Mirex, a fact he predicted
will result finally in satisfying
people “that there’s no harm
in Mirex.”
Orlando, Kissimmee, Tampa,
Clearwater and St. Petersburg,
Fla.
Aug. 15 — Tampa, Plant City,
Lakeland, Winter Haven, Se
bring, West Palm Beach and
Miami, Fla.
Aug. 16 — Hollywood, Fort
Lauderdale, Wildwood, Ocala,
Waldo and Jacksonville, Fla.,
and Valdosta and Thomasville,
Ga.
Aug. 17 — Dotham, Mont
gomery and Birmingham, Ala.,
and Atlanta, Ga.
Aug. 18 — Birmingham and
Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Meridian,
Laurel and Hattiesburg, Miss.,
and New Orleans, La.
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practical Joker recently
passed by a statue on the
approach to Paris' Eiffel
Tower. Either way, it's a
sight not in the usual tour
ist guides.
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Briefs I
Denied
ATLANTA (UPI) - Dr.
Larry Howard, director of the
state Crime Laboratory, denied
Tuesday that a man who be
came Atlanta’s ninth drug vic
tim in 11 days died of strych
nine poisoning mixed with her
oin.
Howard said no traces of
strychnine were found in an
empty bag in the hotel room
where William H. Oliver, 27,
died. Dr. Peter Bourne, head of
the state’s drug program, said
Monday “it was almost cer
tain” strychnine caused Oliver's
death.
Escape
MACON (UPI) — A convict
remained at large after he and
two others escaped Tuesday
from a work detail at 1-75 and
state route 87 north of here, ap
parently by ducking into a
drainage pipe.
Missing was Willie E. Sneed,
21, of Macon, serving seven
years for burglary and armed
robbery. Recaptured were Lev
on McCluskey, 24, of Rome and
Johnny Jackson, 23, of Macon.
Surrender
DURHAM, N.C. (UPI) - A
North Carolina man wanted for
murder surrendered Monday to
authorities near Pembroke, Ga.
after being tracked with blood
hounds, Durham law officers
revealed Tuesday. He was iden
tified as Joe Lewis Lea, 34.
Crash
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (UPI)
— A plane struck a power line
and crashed into a railroad
track seven and a half miles
west of here Tuesday, killing
two occupants of the aircraft.
The victims were identified as
James Edward Forsyth, 25, of
Aragon and Steven Winston
Pettus Jr., 40, of Marietta, a
flight instructor. Cause of the
crash was not known.
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ST. LOUlS—Arthur Fiedler (r), conductor of the Boston Pops
orchestra, and fireman Joseph Deutsch (1) took a pleasure
ride on an old Ahrens-Fox pumper fire truck in St. Louis.
Fiedler, 77, a fire fighting buff since his childhood, was
Lindsay plans switch
By BERT KINDIG
NEW YORK (UPI) -Mayor
John V. Lindsay plans to
announce today that he is
switching his political alle
giance from Republican to
Democrat, UPI learned. The
move would open the way for
Lindsay to seek the Democratic
presidential nomination in 1972.
The mayor, fresh from a two
week vacation in the Rocky
Mountains, has been dodging
reporters questions about the
possible switch.
Sources close to the mayor
Grant
WASHINGTON (UPI) _
Grady Memorial Hospital in
Atlanta will receive a federal
grant of $1,480,000 for second
year funding of a maternity and
infant care project, the govern
ment announced Tuesday.
Also announced was a $47,664
grant to the Central Savannah
River Area Planning and De
velopment Commission in
Augusta to help pay adminis
trative costs.
said he planned to announce the
change during a news confer
ence scheduled at his home,
Grade Mansion, at 11:30 a.m.
EDT.
It also has been speculated
that Lindsay, 49, would become
a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for president, but it
was believed he would not
make the presidential bid
today.
Lindsay flew back from the
west Tuesday night and told
newsmen, “I’m going back to
the office and confer with
members of my staff.” He was
scheduled to address a $25-a
--plate fund raising buffet
tonight.
Once considered one of the
rising stars of the Republican
Party, Lindsay had showed
continuing disillusionment with
that affiliation.
First, he lost the Republican
primary for mayor in 1969 and
had to be re-elected on the
Liberal platform. Then he had
continuing battles with GOP
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller.
Griffin Daily News
named an honorary St Louis Fire Chief. Fiedler is in St
Louis to conduct the St. Louis Symphony at the Mississippi
River Festival. (UPI)
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