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14 death sentences
changed to life terms
ATLANTA (UPI)-The death
penalty for 14 Georgia inmates,
including A. C. “Cliff” Park,
has been changed to life im
prisonment by the Georgia Su
preme Court.
The action followed a petition
by the state attorney general’s
office to convert death sen
tences in specific cases to life
imprisonment in response to a
U. S. Supreme Court ruling last
summer that the death penalty,
as imposed in some states, is
unconstitutional.
The ruling did not make im
mediately clear whether the in
mates would ever be eligible for
parole.
Thirteen of the 14 cases were
those that the U. S. Supreme
Court specifically returned to
the state court with orders that
the sentences be changed.
There are about 30 inmates
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currently under the death pen
alty in Georgia whose cases
are in various stages of appeal.
Park, an alleged Jefferson
County bootleg kingpin, was
convicted and sentenced to
death for the murder of Pied
mont Solicitor Floyd Hoard in
1967. Hoard was killed in a
booby-trap bombing of his auto
mobile.
Park was 77 years of age
when he was convicted in a
second trial in 1969.
Others whose sentences were,
changed were William Henry
Furman, Lucious Jackson, Jr.,
Johnnie B. Williams, Willie
Arkwright, William Jack Miller,
Tommie Lee Henderson, Julius
Sullivan, James C. Thacker,
George Cummings, James C.
Lee, James Henry Walter, Rob
ert Hanor and Dee Wayne Mas
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1972 Christmas Seals in a ceremony at the White House.
Here, the First Lady displays a silk scarf bearing a replica of
the Christmas Seal design by Linda Layman (right), of
news!
Group battles rate hike
ATI ANTA (UPI) — A group opposing a rate hike sought
by Georgia Power Co. says it believes its opposition will
result in a “significantly” smaller increase for the utility.
“We have forced the Public Service Commission to do
much more than go through the motions for the people,”
said Gene Guerrero, secretary-treasurer of the Georgia
Power Project.
Hie utility company has asked the PSC for an increase
of 12.3 per cent on all classes of customers, a rate
expected to bring about $47.9 million more a year,
claiming it needs $1.5 billion through 1974 to meet planned
construction program costs.
The company said its current rate of return is
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Guerrero said his group has “already made an
impression” and any rate hike the PSC would grant would
be “significantly lower” than had the power project not
taken a stand against the increase.
The PSC is expected to issue its decision on the increase
request by mid-December.
Lavonia blacks march
LAVONIA (UPI) — Around 150 blacks marched through
downtown Lavonia Monday night to present a list of 11 de
mands to Mayor Herman Ayers and the City Council.
There were no incidents.
The demands included better streets in black districts,
equal job opportunities, more black school bus drivers
and policemen and the firing of Police Chief Joe Foster
and patrolman Pete Blakely.
The blacks threatened a boycott of white businesses
unless the demands were met. Ayers and the councilmen
took the demands under consideration.
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‘Athens Eight’
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ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) -Seven
students and an instructor at
the University of Georgia went
on trial Monday on charges of
criminal trespass for allegedly
occupying the office of Uni
versity President Fred D. Davi
son last May 3.
The group is the las| of 33
students originally charged.
Twenty-five others have plead
ed guilty, fined $75 each and
put on one year probated sen
tences. The incident followed a
crackdown in university housing
rules.
Attorney Alan Alexander, in
opening remarks, said that the
group was “representative of
the student body” and had gone
to Davison’s office in an at
tempt to air grievances over
the university’s housing poli
cies.
“They, as students, as citi
zens of this state, had just as
much right to be there as you
or I as alumni, or as residents
of this state,” Alexander said.
Alexander added there was
no disruption, unwarrant
ed demonstration, riot or sit-in.
The eight sat quietly through
the 6% hours of jury selection
and other proceedings. Many of
them were dressed in suit and
had shaved their beards. Some
even got haircuts.
Davison testified that he was
in Atlanta at the time of the
incident. Under cross examina
tion, he said that he wanted
students with problems to come
to him. However, he said he
couldn’t say if he would have
talked to the 33 students had he
been in his office.
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Davison’s secretary, Mrs.
Connie Penley, said that about
15 students went into Davison’s
inner office and testified that
she could not work because of
the crowd.
“We did answer the tele
phone,” she said. “That’s about
all we could do.”
Mrs. Penley said on cross ex
amination that no physical or
verbal abuse arose in the inci
dent and that no damage was
done to the office.
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ATLANTA( UPI) -Teenagers
and women have been proposed
as agents in the State Depart
ment of Investigation.
Director William Beardsley
would use the teenagers as un
dercover agents in efforts to
stop school drug traffic.
Beardsley told the state Board
of Public Safety Monday that
his regular agents—they must
be at least 21 years of age —
are too old to pass as students
in undercover work.
The director said that he
would ask for legislation from
the General Assembly setting
up special agents available for
duty but not as fulltime DOI
officers.
Beardsley also said he plans
to hire women agents and that
at least three will be added,
possibly by Dec. 1.
Griffin Daily News Tuesday, November 21,1972
300 prisoners
to get furloughs
ATLANTA (UPI) -Some 300
inmates of Georgia’s prison sys
tem will be furloughed this
week to spend Thanksgiving
with their families.
AU of the inmates are trust
ies, according to W. H. Lowe,
coordinator of the program. He
said they will be divided into
two groups, one group getting
out on Thursday and Friday
and the other on Saturday and
Sunday.
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