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— Griffin Daily News Tuesday. June 6,1972
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School burglaries
remain very high
ATLANTA (UPI) — Despite heavy expenditures on
burglary alarm systems, the amount of equipment stolen
from Atlanta public schools last year was five times
greater than five years ago.
Security Director Lt. J. D. Nash said the stolen
merchandise for 1971 amounted to >83,734 and an
additional >6,000 to >B,OOO in food was stolen from school
cafeterias, most of it sold to Atlanta restaurants by the
thieves.
The school system has spent >158,664 on alarm
equipment since 1970, and Nash said the alarms, which
signal detectives offices, have reduced the number of
large-scale burglaries.
No professional burglary rings operated in the schools
last year as they have in the past, Nash said. He said two
thirds of the culprits were teenagers, many of whom
ended up on probation with little supervision.
Equipment easily disposed of, such as televisions, tape
recorders, typewriters, calculators and movie projectors,
are the items taken most often. More than >20,000 of stolen
merchandise was recovered in 1971.
Warning issued
on importing pets
ATLANTA (UPI) — Coyotes, European starlings and
English sparrows are some of the wildlife imported into
Georgia which have state game officials worried because
of the effect they are having on native animals.
The State Game and Fish Division has issued a
warning to remind Georgians that it is illegal to buy, sell
or keep wildlife without a permit from the Department of
Natural Resources.
The reasons, explains Game management Chief Hubert
Handy, are that wildlife brought into the state can carry
diseases dangerous to humans or domestic stock and can
crowd out native species for food and cover.
The starlings and sparrows, introduced to Georgia
many years ago, are competing with native birds, such
as the bluebird, for nesting areas, Handy said. The
coyotes now found in South Georgia are a menace to local
wildlife and domestic animals, he added.
Four arrested
on dope charge
ATLANTA (UPI) — Two Greenville, Miss., men and
two Atlanta men were arrested here with the help of a
Mississippi undercover agent for selling hallucinogenic
MDA.
The Atlanta Metro narcotics squad said Stanley Donald
Washington, 18, and Brian Derick Morris, 23, were being
held under >5,000 bond each. The two Atlanta men
arrested were identified as Thomas M. Reid, 23, and
James William Nunnis, 21.
Atlanta police said the Mississippians had been under
surveillance while in Greenville and were accompanied
by the Mississippi undercover agent when they came to
Atlanta over the weekend to purchase the drug. The
arrests were made after the men allegedly sold the drugs
to Atlanta undercover agents.
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ATLANTA—With summer vacation upon us and the weather i
just fine, people are flocking to the Atlanta Zoo. One of the |
favorite spots for the kids of all ages, is the elephant pen.
South Georgia
Methodist merge
ALBANY, Ga. (UPI) — The merger of the white South
Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church and
the black Georgia Coastal District was carried out in a
ceremony Monday night. Afterward, Bishop John Owen
Smith declared, “The two are now one.”
Members of 17 charges of the Coastal District were
seated with the South Georgia Conference at the start of
the latter’s annual meeting here. The union had been
approved by both groups in March and must still get the
sanction of the North Georgia Conference, expected to be
only a formality.
“We bring a loyalty to the United Methodist Church and
a commitment to its program and purposes as an offering
to God,” the Rev. P. Harold Gray said on behalf of the
black churchmen.
For the South Georgia Conference the Rev. Ed Steele,
cabinet president, declared, “We bring all the traditions
which have made this conference what it is as an offering
to God.”
The worldwide General Conference of the Methodist
Church met earlier this year in Atlanta and set deadlines
for racial mergers of all its various member units. The
North Georgia Conference has already been integrated.
DeKalb income
highest in state
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The median family income in
DeKalb County is >12,137, making it the richest in
Georgia.
Other figures released by the U. S. Census Bureau
showed Morrow in Clayton County has the highest median
family income of any municipality in the state — >13,068.
Doraville was second with >12,360 and Smyrna third with
>11,836.
Officials say people stay there and feed the elephant for
hours. (UPI)
Miss Ga. Forestry
is 16-years-old
JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. (UPI) — Georgia foresters
Monday night chose a 16-year-old Candler County beauty,
Holly Jones of Metter, as Miss Georgia Forestry for 1972.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Jones was crowned
by the reigning queen, Dianne Brown of Columbus.
Runnerup was 20-year-old Dale McCormick of Brooklet
The beauty contest concluded the annual meeting here
of the Georgia Forestry Association, attended by about
800 members.
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Pollution advisory
remains in effect
ATLANTA (UPI) — Forecasters saw no immediate re- •
lief from the large high pressure system lingering over ‘
the Southeast which has prompted Georgia environmental
officials to continue an air pollution advisory over the
northern two-thirds of the state.
Bob Collom, chief of the state Environmental Protection f
Division Air Quality Control section, said the advisory will [
continue until noon Wednesday when the pressure system )
is expected to move.
It has created an “inversion” situation, according to ■
Collem, which has trapped pollutants such as automobile
exhausts and industrial plant emissions since the end of
last week.
“You can tell that by looking around,” Collom said.
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