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By Quimby Melton
There probably is nothing
discussed — and cussed — more
throughout America than
Parking Meters.
And a story from Marietta,
Georgia, will revive interest in
Parking Meters; for this story
tells of a Marietta woman’s
being fined SIOO for “playing
musical cars.” She had been
charged with moving her auto
mobile from one parking space
to another.
This story “broke” when a
reporter attended a meeting of
the Marietta City Council that
was attended by the woman.
She came to protest the fine.
She called attention to another
case where a man who was
charged with running a red light
and having no tag on his car was
fined $17.00.
The reporter who reported the
meeting “pulled out all the
stops” of sympathy when he
reported “the woman had to
draw out money from her
Christinas Savings Club ac
count to pay the fine.” And
when he added the woman’s
husband was away from home
serving in Uncle Sam’s Navy it
added fuel to the fire of indigna
tion.
And how did the city council
react when the woman
presented her protest: The
reporter said she told him the
councilman and the mayor
“just laughed.”
The mayor in an attempt to
explain the situation said no
person | was fined the first time
they were caught “playing
musical cars”, only on the
second violation of the or
dinance, and that 25 other
people who worked for the same
company had been fined. The
woman said she knew nothing of
the ordinance and that she
certainly had not been “war
ned" at another time.
After the meeting the woman
was asked if she would “follow
14)” her protest. Her reply was
that she would “take it to the
courts “if I can get enough
money to hire a lawyer.”
If the mayor and councilmen
hope to continue as city officials
suggest they find some way to
return that “Christmas Club
$100” and find some better way
to eliminate the practice of
“playing musical cars” in their
city.
Safety
forum
slated
The Georgia Safety Council
will conduct a series of
educational forums in 18
Georgia cities over the next two
months. They will come to
Griffin Dec. 7.
The meetings will be
arranged by local civil
organizations in each of the 18
cities and will consist of a
program on Georgia’s traffic
safety situation by means of
slides and narratives.
Their title, “Five for Five
Hundred”, points out that the
passage of five specific bills in
the 1972 General Assembly
could save 500 lives per year in
Georgia.
The Council announced that
those conducting the forums are
a group of concerned state and
local civic organizations,
collectively known as the Safety
Militia.
The exact time and location of
the Griffin meeting will be
announced.
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“It’s easier for a father to
understand where his son got
his talent than where he got his
stupidity.”
Field marshal
seizes Thailand
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SEATTLE—Lisa Marie Calver, three, plays with her tedddy bear in her hospital bed where she is
recovering from head injuries she suffered when a trailer fell on her at her home in Skagway,
Alaska. She was flown to Seattle for treatment. (UPI)
Georgia gets $5-million
more for school lunches
ATLANTA (UPI) — Georgia
gets an additional $5 million for
its school lunch program under
new U. S. Department of Agri
culture regulations to be pub
lished today, an Education De
partment official says.
The new money will prevent
the phasing out of the free
lunch program in the state, ac
cording to Miss Josephine Mar
tin director of the state’s
school lunch program.
“We’re just really very, very
elated over the new regula
tions,” Miss Martin said.
The new regulations mean
that Georgia will receive an
average 46 cents per meal for
free and reduced lunches for
needy children, 11 cents more
than regulations put out last
August by the USDA that
stirred a controversy in Con
gress.
Miss Martin said that if those
regulations had been allowed to
stand, free lunches would have
Blackbum wants welfare
WAYCROSS, Ga. (UPI) -
Fourth Dist. Cong. Ben Black
burn Tuesday night called for
drastic curbs on the nation’s
welfare program, warning that
it would “bankrupt the coun
try” unless cut back.
Blackbum, a conservative
Georgia Republican, said that
incentives must be offered to
put welfare recipients back on
productive jobs, and he added
that the best incentive around
is “hunger.”
The Georgia congressman
said that the day is fast ap
proaching when welfare recipi
ents will outnumber Americans
holding down jobs and declared,
“Greedy politicians will listen
to the welfare people instead of
the taxpayers."
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been phased out in Georgia.
The director went to Washing
ton and testified at congres
sional hearings on the regula
tions. She had high praise for
the efforts of Sens. Herman Tal
madge and David Gambrell in
helping save the program.
Some 50 million free and re
duced priced lunches will be
served to Georgia school chil
dren this year compared to 44
million last year, Miss Martin
estimated.
The highest number of meals
in the state’s history was
served last month — 862,262.
The figure included meals fully
paid for, about 31.4 per cent
free lunches and 1.5 per cent at
reduced prices.
Most of the students eligible
for free lunches in the state will
be getting them this month,
Miss Martin said.
Eligibility for free lunches is
based on a sliding scale. In a
family or four with two children
Blackbum made his com
ments while appearing at a
pre-legislative forum in this
southeast Georgia city with
State Highway Department Di
rector Bert Lance.
Earlier in the day, Gov. Jim
my Carter told newsmen prior
to addressing a pre-legislative
forum in Savannah that he
would support legislation for
annexation by the city of Atlan
ta or for consolidation of Atlan
ta and Fulton County govern
ments even if the legislation did
not provide for referendums.
However, Carter insisted that
such legislation would have to
omit other incorporated cities
in Fulton County. He suggested
that cities in south Fulton Coun
ty, such as East Point and Col-
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1971
in school and a maximum in
come of $3,940 a year, both
children would be eligible for
free meals. In the same family
with an income between $3,941
and $4,520, the children would
be required to pay 20 cents
each for their meal.
Average cost for a school
lunch in Georgia last year was
44.9 cents but reached 46 cents
this year because of inflation,
Miss Martin said.
Bell hearings open
ATLANTA (UPI) — Hearings open this morning on a
$24.4 million rate increase asked by Southern Bell
Telephone Co. in Georgia.
Company officials will testify before the Public Service
Commission today with opponents of the hike having their
turn at a later hearing.
The company got a $20.8 milion rate increase in
January. However, they now say increased wages,
increasing costs and high interest rates on money
borrowed for construction warrant another hike.
lege Park, might want to form
their own merged government.
Carter said he was anxious
for cities and counties in Geor
gia to follow the lead of Colum
bus and Muscogee County in
consolidating services and gov
ernment because of the “sav
ings that can be derived.”
He said the Columbus merger
is working “just fine.”
Carter said that Atlanta will
have to face the question of an
nexation or consolidation and
state that the future of the
city is dependent on such ac
tion.
The governor said he would
support legislation to provide a
local option hotel-motel tax to
finance and operate convention
centers in major Georgia cities.
By LEON DANIEL
BANGKOK (UPI) - Field
Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn,
who already was prime minis
ter, seized full power in
Thailand tonight with the
backing of the military, Radio
Thailand announced.
The broadcast said the
government was now in the
hands of a new revolutionary
party headed by Thanom, that
the constitution was suspended,
parliament and the cabinet
abolished and martial law
imposed.
The action appeared to have
been triggered by a dispute
within the cabinet over whether
Economic Affairs Minister
Bunchana Atthakor should be
forced to resign because of his
recently published memoirs
criticizing members of the
government.
Thailand, considered the Unit
ed States’ strongest ally in
Southeast Asia, has undergone
a series of military coups since
1932 when a civilian and
military group ended the
absolute monarchy that had
ruled the country for centuries.
No Changes Seen
Thanom assumed power in
1958 upon the death of Field
Marshal Sarit Thanarat, ruling
in an authoritarian style. He
continued as prime minister
when the country became a
parliamentary-type regime in
1968 under a limited monarchy.
Radio Thailand announced
that King Bhumibol Adulyadej
would continue to reign. The
king, who was born in
Cambridge, Mass., has had
little real power since the
original 1932 coup.
The move was not expected
to change Thailand’s foreign
policies. Thanom has rejected
neutralism and aligned Thai
land with the United States,
helped form the Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization (SEATO)
and sent 12,000 troops to fight
in Vietnam.
He also permitted the use of
Thailand as the site of U.S. air
bases and 48,000 Americans still
are believed stationed here.
Thailand-based planes have
bombed heavily in Vietnam,
angering both Hanoi and
Peking.
He said such legislation, if
adopted and put into effect by
councils in the major cities,
would go a long way in “restor
ing Georgia to its position as
the convention state of the
South.”
He said revenue derived from
a hotel - motel tax in Atlanta
would help finance an interna
tional and national convention
center for the capital city.
Highway Director Bert Lance
told a forum audience in Way
cross that the state governmen
tal reorganization program calls
for a centralized communica
tions system that would save
the state SBOO,OOO a year. Com
munications systems are now
scattered among many state
agencies, he said.
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GILLINGHAM, Wis. —The Donald Wanless family, Gillingham, Wis., is feeding a dozen plump St.
Bernard puppies in shifts. Lady Olivette, the mother, just can’t handle the milk demands of the
hungry brood. Robbie Wanless cuddles one of the pups while the other 11 await their turn. (UPI)
Fight shapes
on party tax
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
Democrats pushed in the
Senate today for enactment of a
plan under which the American
taxpayer would provide each
major party with $20.4 million
to finance next year’s presiden
tial campaigns.
The outnumbered Republi
cans hoped to defeat it.
The Democrats’ idea was to
attach their plan to legislation
President Nixon considers vital
and would be loath to veto —his
bill to cut taxes by $15.5 billion
over the next three years to
stimulate economic recovery.
The Democrats enjoy a 55 to 45
edge over Republicans and
expected party unity to allow
them to push the plan through.
Although both major parties
could collect up to $20.4 million
—and $6.3 million would be
available to George Wallace if
he chooses to run—the benefit
would fall mainly to the
Democrats, who will go into the
1972 campaign still under the
burden of a $9.3 billion debt left
over from 1968.
Under the plan, every taxpay
er would have the option of
checking a box on his 1971 tax
return —to be filed early next
year —which would earmark $1
of his taxes —s2 for a husband
curbs
Lance told his Waycross audi
ence that he would give priority
to the four-laning of primary
roads and the improvement of
all key roads in the state.
He announced that the contro
versial Bowen’s Mill Road that
is designed to run between Way
cross and Atlanta will be com
pleted. The road now ends in a
corn field in south central Geor
gia.
Lance said a section of the
designed road is scheduled for
bid-letting on Dec. 6.
Carter told his Savannah aud
ience that he would strongly op
pose any legislation to legalize
all abortions in Georgia unless
the bill contained a referendum
provision to let Georgia voters
decide the issue at the polls.
and wife’s joint return —for a
special fund.
Tax experts estimate the fund
would be large enough to
provide the $46 million total for
both parties and for Wallace.
If presidential candidates
chose to finance their cam
paigns from the fund, they
would be restricted from
spending more than $20.4
million total on their cam
paigns.
The Repblicans spent at
estimated $27 million in 1968
electing Nixon. The Democratic
ticket spent an estimated sl3
million.
If the Republicans, who are
in far better financial shape
than the Democrats, chose to
finance their campaign in 1972
from private contributions,
foregoing the tax money, they
could spend any legal amount.
But the Democrats could still
draw their $20.4 million.
The issue was expected to
come up for debate today by
mid-afternoon —and a fight
deep into the night was
expected before a final vote.
Consumer spending
NEW YORK (UPI)-A na
tional consumer opinion survey
released today says Americans
are not likely to increase their
spending in the near future
unless the economy as a whole
picks up.
Vandals throwing |
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eggs, rocks at cars
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The Spalding Sheriff’s Department asked residents to
S help them find the vandals who have been throwing rocks g
and eggs at passing motorists in the Poplar and North :2
S Ninth street area of Experiment. S
S Last night, about 7:35 they received a complaint from g
g Paulene Perdue, 316 Lee street, Barnesville, that someone 5
threw a rock and broke her windshield as she was *
traveling on Poplar and approaching North Ninth.
The Department has had several similar complaints $:
lately from this area and asked that anyone with >•:
:$ information as to who is doing this, to call the Sheriff’s
Office.
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Blind man
has mishap
A blind pedestrian escaped
serious injury yesterday when
he walked into the side of a
moving car on West Poplar at
South Ninth street, police said.
Emmett Patrick, 56, 417 West
Oak street, suffered bruises to
his right arm when he walked
across Poplar Street and into
the side of a car driven by Mrs.
Carol Williams Edwards, 1342
Hemdon street.
Police said the accident was
unavoidable and no charges
were placed against Mrs. Ed
wards.
Hospitals accused
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
government said Tuesday it
was launching an investigation
into charges by a New York
congressmen that five Southern
hospitals — including two in
Mississippi — were practicing
racial discrimination while ac
cepting federal funds.
Rep. Seymour Halpern, R-
N. Y., charged that the five
hospitals in Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi “knowingly seg
regate and in some cases
totally exclude blacks from
their confines” while operating
under the federal Medicare
health program for the aged.
The five facilities cited by
Halpern were Doctor’s Hospital
in Mobile, Ala.; Mulkey Hospi
tal in Millen, Ga.; Polk General
Hospital in Cedartown, Ga.; El
lisville (Miss.) Municipal Hos
pital; and Felix Polk General
Hospital in Starkville, Miss.