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— Griffin Daily News Friday, Sept. 24, 1971
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Welfare costs up
WASHINGTON (UPI) —National welfare costs
skyrocketed 27 per cent last year and relief rolls increased
17 per cent. The increases were the largest in history.
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare
(HEW) said welfare costs for the fiscal year ended June
30 totaled $16.3 billion. Relief rolls climbed to 14.3 million
persons.
Tar, nicotine up
WASHINGTON (UPl)—More cigarette brands
increased tar and nicotine levels during the past 10
months than decreased them, the Federal Trade
Comission (FTC) said today.
Reporting on August tests of 121 brands and types of
cigarettes, the FTC said 39 showed increases in tar
content and 35 in nicotine content compared with the
previous test in October.
Boycott called off
PONTIAC, Mich. (UPI) — The chief organization of
white mothers opposed to busing to desegregate schools
relented Thursday and agreed to allow their children to go
to classes for the first time since school began Sept. 7.
The National Action Group (NAG), in a surprising
aboutface, called off its boycott of Pontiac’s schools and,
at the same time, canceled a statewide boycott planned
for Oct. 1.
“We feel the boycott has been most successfull and very
effective in demonstrating the unity and depth of the
feeling of the community in its total opposition to the
busing program,’’ said Mrs. Irene McCabe, NAG
president.
But, she said, “any further boycott of the schools would
only injure the children whom we are all interested in
helping.”
Texan indicted
AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI) —Gus Franklin Mutscher, the
Democratic speaker of the Texas House of
Representatives, was indicted Thursday on a charge of
accepting a bribe to pass two banking bills during a
special legislative session two years ago.
“This just makes me so mad I could spit,” said
Mutscher’s wife, the former Donna Axum and the 1964
Miss America from El Dorado, Ark.
“I am confident I will be acquitted,” said Mutscher, 38,
of Brenhah.
Suit against hikes
WASHINGTON (UPI) —ln its first legal action brought
to enforce President Nixon’s freeze on prices and wages,
the Justice Department Thursday filed suit against a
Louisiana school board.
In a case filed in U.S. District Court at New Orleans, the
Justice Department asked the court to issue preliminary
and permanent injunctions against pay raises for 2,800
Jefferson Parish, La., teachers.
Attorney General John N. Mitchell said the suit also
asked the court to deduct from future paychecks any
payments already made. The school board earlier
announced plans to raise teachers’ pay S4OO a year,
making the first payment today.
Common ground seen
HELSINKI (UPl)—The United States and the Soviet
Union today said they had found “certain areas of
common ground” and achieved ‘‘a clearer
understanding” of the problems of curbing nuclear
weapons during the fifth round of the Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks (SALT), which ended today.
A joint communique said the next round of SALT will
resume in Vienna Nov. 15.
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WASHINGTON—Secretary of State William Rogers talks
with Joseph Blatchford, director of the Peace Corps, at the
State Department The occasion was a reception celebrating
the 11th anniversary of the Peace Corps. (UPI)
Ex-girl friend
testifies
in Pierce trial
JESUP, Ga. (UPI) — The
murder trial of William “Jun
ior” Pierce, accused slayer of
nine persons, moves into its
third day today after a former
girlfriend of the ex-convict testi
fied he wasn’t forced into mak
ing a confession.
Mrs. Nita Blackburn, a shape
ly 35-year-old widow called to
the stand by Dist. Atty. Glenn
Thomas Jr., told the court
Thursday she visited Pierce in
jail the day he allegedly con
fessed to shooting to death Mrs.
Vivian Miles during a robbery
attempt last January.
Pierce, sitting at the defense
table, interrupted Mrs. Black
burn’s testimony, shouting,
“Tell them about the promise,”
but Judge James B. O’Connor
quickly silenced the defendant
and ordered him to remain
quiet.
In the first day of testimony,
the prosecution called a number
of other witnesses in an attempt
to show that the .32 pistol that
killed Mrs. Miles, an elderly
storekeeper in Baxley, was the
same one Pierce hid in Mrs.
Blackburn’s home and later
turned over to authorities.
Defense attorney Randall O.
Palmer failed to win two de
fense motions earlier in the day
requesting that a mistrial be de
clared and that Pierce, paroled
from the state penitentiary
against a psychologist’s advice,
be committed for psychiatric
examinatgon.
Mrs. Blackburn, fighting back
tears, told the court she was
present when Pierce allegedly
confessed tothe murder and
that no one tried to coerce him.
Palmer argued that his client
believed he was being forced to
talk and was not properly ad
vised he was suspected in the
death of Mrs. Miles.
Emanuel County Chief Deputy
Thomas McCook testified that
after he arrested Pierce on a
charge of stealing gasoline and
tires from a service station, the
defendant took him to Mrs.
Blackburn’s home and showed
him where he had hidden the re
volver.
The prosecution also called
Kelly Fite, a microanalyst for
the State Crime Laboratory,
who testified that the gun was
probably the same one that
fired two bullets taken from the
wall of Mrs. Miles grocery
store and from the victim’s
skull.
Pierce also stands accused of
murdering eightother persons—
three from Georgia, four from
South Carolina and one from
North Carolina—during the time
he was paroled.
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Television
Carson top banana
By RICK DuBROW
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) -John
ny Carson next week begins his
10th year as host of NBC-TV’s
“Tonight” show, and there isn’t
the slightest doubt in anyone’s
mind that he is the runaway
ratings leader in the late-night
video field.
The bad news for the
competition is that he has no
plans at present to quit.
Telephoning from New York
Thursday, he said:
“The show is stronger than
ever, and I still enjoy doing it.
I just take it a day at a time.”
Carson’s competitors on the
major networks are, of course,
Dick Cavett on ABC-TV and
Merv Griffin on CBS-TV.
Recently, Griffin and CBS-TV
have indicated their mutual
dissatisfaction with each other,
a situation that almost unques
ationably means they will split
as soon as possible. Concerning
this situation, Carson said:
“You know, when you’re
opposite somebody on the air
you’d be a hypocrite if you said
you hope they do real well
even though it’s a nice thing to
say. But I do think CBS treated
him (Griffin) a little shabbily,
saying he’s not doing the job
well and breaking it in the
newspapers. But networks are
not known for their heart.”
It was Oct. 1,1962, that
Carson began as the “Tonight”
host. And next Friday will
mark the beginning of the 10th
year. To note the occasion, the
comedian will present high
lights of shows from the past
nine years, as well as surprise
Sugar act
WASHINGTON (UPI) -A
new U.S. sugar act which
increases quota allocations to
74 nations by 125,000 tons over
the current act has been
approved by a congressional
conference committee.
guests.
Asked whether he contem
plated any significant changes
in his show in the future,
Carson said: “There are really
only three ways to do this kind
of show—standing up, sitting
down or lying down. The basic
thing is to try to keep things
from getting dull.”
What kind of guests are the
best? Said Carson: “Persons
not trying to create any kind of
facade on the show—not trying
to create an image, but are
what they are. Among come
dians, people like Mel Brooks,
Buddy Hackett and Don Rickies
—uninhibited. Among actors,
someone like Bob Mitchum,
who just says it as it is and is
not guarded.”
Who make the worst guests?
Carson said: “I find that most
politicians are not the best
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think people in the audience are
becoming very astute about
these things now.”