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Carter reluctant
in session delay
ATLANTA (UPI)-Gov. Jim
my Carter, showing obvious re
luctance, has put off a Sept. 27
General Assembly sessgon be
cause all population statistics
for use in reapportioning Geor
gia’s congressional and legisla
tive delegation won’t be ready
by that date.
Carter said also he won’t
schedule a special session
again until he has assurances
in writing from the U. S. Cen
sus Bureau as to when the data
will be available.
About Town
FAMILY REUNION
The English family reunion
will be held Sunday, Aug. 15. at
Pirkle campground. A picnic
lunch will be served at 1 p.m.
All relatives of “Granny Rhett”
English are invited.
Griffin Tech
schedules
admission test
Griffin Tech. Will have an
admission test on Saturday
morning, Aug. 21, at 9 a.m. The
test will be given at the school
and will last about two hours.
There is no charge for the test
and registration in advance is
not required. Fall quarter will
begin Sept 29 and applications
are being taken for all training
areas.
Persons interested in
enrolling for full-time day
training should report for the
test.
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The governor announced the
indefinite postponement of the
legislative meeting after hud
dling with chairman of the
House and Senate reapportion
ment committees and House
Speaker George L. Smith
Wednesday.
He had called the legislature
into special session primarily to
reapportion the state in line
with the U. S. Supreme Court’s
“one-man, one-vote” rulings.
The holdup deals with block
by-block figures in the state’s
metropoitan areas, particularly
Atlanta, which legislators feel
are essential to properly appor
tion the State House of Repre
sentatives as some district lines
may be drawn along city
streets.
Rep. Bill Williams of Gaines
ville, chairman of the House
Reapportionment Committee,
said, he was told by top census
officials such detapled informa
tion would not be Available un
til Oct 1.
Carter said he had been told
it might be as late as Decem
ber before the figures would be
released and indicated at one
point reapportionment might
have to wait until next year—
after tile regular sessgon in Jan
uary.
But Smith appealed to the
governor not to wait until then.
He said he wanted to see reap
portionment accomplished this
year “so it could be tested in
the courts” in time for next
year’s elections.
Smith suggested the session
begin Friday, Mov. 26, the day
after Thanksgiving. He said the
congressional reapportionment
plan could be ready by then
and receive first and second
reading Friday and Saturday,
th on passage the following
Property Transfers
The following property trans
fers have been recorded the
past week at the Superior Court
Clerk’s office, F. P. Lindsay, at
the Courthouse:
John H. Nichols to Virginia
Packard, house and lot on
Pamela Drive; Otis D. Blake,
Jr. and Andrew E. Blake to
John H. Nichols, 3 tracts on
Maddox Road; Walter A. and
Nancy E. Langdon to Chester D.
McGahee, lot on McDonough
Road; Billy L. and Mary Cofield
to Richard 0. Shirah, lot on
Windsor Drive; Robert P. Ram
sey to George N. Murray, Jr.,
house and lot on Park view
Drive; Otis D. Blake, Jr. and
Andrew E. Blake to Griffin
Educational Foundation Inc.,
tract on Hudson Road.
W. S. Venable to East Enter
prises, Inc., tract on U. S. High
way 41; Mrs. Irene Stevens to
Jerry Francis Stevens, lot on
Vineyard Road; Margie M.
Payton to James R. Payton, Jr.
and Joan C. Payton, lot on Pay
ton Road; Robert B. Brown to
Phyllis D. and Sheryl D. Brown,
house and lot on Spring St.;
William M. Killingsworth to
week.
Carter said he would discuss
the issue with Smith and the
legislative chairmen before set
ting another date for a special
session.
James A. and Cecelia H. Gra
ham, house and lot on LaPrade
Road; Irene Cobb Bannister to
Carrise Henley, house and lot on
Lane Street; Buford Randolph
White Estate to Vernon R.
Ridgeway, Jr. and B. Jack
Jones, two tracts on N. 16th
street.
Fred F. Edwards, Jr. and
Hattie H. Edwards to Fred F.
Edwards, HI and Mary D. Ed
wards, tract in Third Land Dis
trict; Fred F. Edwards, Jr. and
Hattie H. Edwards to B. J. and
Harriett E. Gravitt; tract in the
Third Land District.
Mrs. Willie Lou Hall to Ben R.
Cain, 94 acres in the Fourth
Land District; Harry C. and
Josephine M. McCampbell to
William P. and Tommie C.
Neal, 24 acres on Smoak Road;
Richard Shirah to Billy L. and
Mary J. Cofield, house and lot
on Shirah Street; W. M. Ken
drick, Jr., to W. Stanley and
Sandra K. Rolen, house and lot
on Southside Drive; Eugene
Maddox to James E. Davis,
house and lot on Thomas Street;
Slade Realty, Inc. to Walter D.
Dinkins, two acres on Steele
Road; Eugene Maddox to
Kenneth W. Nance, house and
lot on Thomas Street.
Kenneth W. and Shirley
Johnson to Allen 0. Weems,
house and lot on Grandview
Drive; David P. Elder to
Francis A. Milligan and
Thomas F. Bost, 88 acres in the
Fourth Land District; Charles
A. Aenchbacher to R. David and
Mary F. Allen, a house and lot
on Mimosa Drive; 0. N. Mathis
to Dundee Volunteer Fire
Department, Inc. tract on U.S.
Highway 19. Ben H. Parris to
David G. and JoAnn W. Allen,
house and lot on Plum Street;
David P. Elder to W. D. and
Willie Ruth Shivers, five acres
in the Third Land District.
Storm
moves
off S.C.
CHARLESTON, S. C. (UPI)-
A tropical depression moved up
the Atlantic coast today but its
peak winds of 40 miles per hour
remained well offshore.
The National Hurricane Cen
ter in Miami said the storm,
moving north-northeast at 10 to
15 m.p.h., was expected to turn
toward the northeast and gath
er speed during the day.
The forecast said the center
of the depression would pass
east of Cape Hatteras, N. C.,
with its gale-force winds still at
sea.
The center said the storm
was located this morning about
200 miles southeast of Charles
ton, and a reconnaissance plane
was investigating the disturb
ance.
Talmadge
cautions
on ‘chips’
MACON, Ga. (UPI) - Sen.
Herman Talmadge urged
farmers today to present a unit
ed front against constant at
tempts to “chip away, if not
abolish altogether, what little
help farmers now receive from
their government.”
Talmadge, speaking at the
dedication of a new Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation build
ing, said “nothing is so disheart
ening as to have division among
farm organizations regarding
new legislative proposals.”
The Georgia Democrat cited
in his prepared remarks the de
cline in the number of farms in
Georgia and nationally along
with the number of farmers,
and said there are many nation
al figures who feel agricul
ture is no longer a strong polit
ical force.
“Attempts are constantly be
ing made to chip away, if not
abolish altogether, what little
help farmers now receive from
their government,” Talmadge
said.
House
burglary
cleared
A house burglary last week in
Fayette County has been
cleared with the arrest of two
persons. Most of the items
stolen have been recovered.
Two televisions, a pistol,
money, jewelry and a radio
were taken from the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Astin on
the Senoia road. All but a color
TV set were recovered.
According to GBI Agent Mike
Carothers, Grady D. Rainey,
alias Grady Penn, 25, of an
Atlanta address, was charged
with the burglary and was being
held in the Fayette County jail
in lieu of $3,000 bond.
The Fayette County Sheriff’s
Department with the assistance
of the GBI was able to recover
most of the merchandise. It was
found in East Point, College
Park, Atlanta, and Morrow. The
radio was recovered in a store,
but the other items had been
sold to individuals and was
found in private homes. One
person was charged with
receiving stolen goods.
Chief Pitts
is elected
Chief Leonard J. Pitts of the
Griffin Fire Department was
elected as secretary-treasurer
at the second annual conference
of the Georgia Association of
Fire Chiefs at Jekyll Island.
Other officers elected were
Chief L. C. Cole, president,
Forest Park, Deputy Chief J. I.
Gibson, first vice president,
Atlanta, Chief T. R. Nichols,
second vice president, Brun
swick.
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Sheds 375
VISALIA, Calif. (UPI) -
After a 10-year battle against
his bulging waistline, Thomas
Qualls has shed 375 pounds. He
hopes to reach his goal of 200
pounds by losing another 25
before January.
Qualls, 43, recalled Wednes
day that he would sit down a
decade ago to a typical snack
of three pounds of hot dogs, a
loaf of French bread, a jar of
mayonnaise, a large bag of
potato diips and a quart of
soda pop.
He spent most of his time
either eating or watching
television.
When his weight hit 600
pounds, he was hospitalized.
“I nearly died,” said Qualls,
who now weights 225 pounds.
“The doctors, when they
released me, said I didn’t have
more than six months to live.
But I decided I wanted to live,
so I decided to really diet this
time.”
Qualls said his goal is 200
pounds by January, a physical
exercise program to keep him
in shape, and then finding and
keeping a job —something he
was never able to do because of
his weight problem.
The Visalia man, who proudly
displays a six-foot, five-inch
belt that once girlded his waist,
had some advice for would-be
Griffin Daily News:
pounds
dieters: “See a doctor. I went
to a fine doctor who has helped
me. He put all the responsibili
ty on me and then encouraged
me."
River panel
urges speed
MACON, Ga. (UPI)-The At
lanta River Basin Commission
urged stepped-up efforts to pro
mote a navigable channel be
tween Macon and Brunswick on
the Altamaha and Ocmulgee
rivers at its first annual meet
ing Wednesday.
The proposed project is al
ready being studied by the U.
S. Army Corns of Engineers
with a fesibility report due to
be completed by the end of
1972.
The commission also ap
proved a resolution urging the
General Assembly to adopt a
strong law next year to protect
the environment in the basin
area which takes in 46 coun
ties.
Emory Davis of Macon,
new president of the commis
sion, said opposition to the pro
ject “seems to be diminishing”
with most of the complaints
coming from the “misin
formed.”
Thursday, August 12,1971
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Bomb scare
turns into
dope haul
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
(UPI) —A bomb scare turned
into a drug haul Wednesday
when FBI agents and sheriff’s
investigators searched a Delta
Air Lines flight bound for
Chicago from Fort Lauderdale-
Hollywood Airport.
The FBI received an anony
mous phone tip that someone
would smuggle a bomb aboard
the Delta flight 848 in an
orange shopping bag.
Two men carrying an orange
shopping bag were detained as
they prepared to board the
flight.
Inside the bag was a fit
wrapped package, which was
treated with extreme caution
until explosives experts could
open it. They discovered it
contained more than five
pounds of high-grade heroin,
which police estimated would
bring $1 million to $1.5 million
in street sales after dilution.
Abraham Migdall, 45, of
Miami and Anthony Legato, 41,
who gave various Illinois
addresses, were arrested on a
charge of possession of heroin
and booked into Broward
County Jail under $150,000 bond
each.