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Speeders
Police are on lookout for you
Drivers were on notice today
that the city of Griffin intends to
enforce posted speed limits and
crack down on reckless driving.
Griffin Police will have the
full backing of the City Com
missioners.
They gave their unanimous
support last night at the regular
city commission meeting at city
hall.
Commissioner Preston Bunn
initiated the move. He has
brought up the matter of street
safety several times before in
administrative sessions.
Last night he made a motion
that the board support the
Police Department in an all out
drive against traffic violators to
make streets here safer.
Bum said he knew it was a
touchy thing to do but he felt it
was needed.
He said that cases should be
made against all persons violat
ing speed limits. Bunn said he
wanted such cases to take their
proper course through courts
and insisted that none of them
be dropped, regardless of who is
involved.
“What’s sauce for the goose is
sauce for the gander,” the com
missioner said.
He said he didn’t want the
campaign to go strong for a
little while then drop off. Bunn
said the effort to keep Griffin
streets safe should continue
without a letup.
Committee
approves
Callaway
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Sena te Armed Services Commit
tee today unanimously approved
President Nixon’s nomination of
Georgian Howard (Bo) Cal
laway as army secretary despite
questions raised about his racial
views.
The committee delayed its
vote until a closed morning ses
sion at the request of a House
member who asked during a
Tuesday afternoon hearing that
Callaway’s position on racial is
sues be looked into carefully.
Weather slows
some state crops
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) - Fre
quent and heavy rains coupled
with cook soil temperatures have
dealt setbacks to several ma
jor state crops, the Georgia
Crop Reporting Service said
-Tuesday.
Rainfall has thrown planting
off schedule. And the crops that
have been planted are product
ing poor stands because of soil
temperatures and the crusting
of soil due to the rainfall.
Many fields will have to be
replanted due to the adverse
weather conditions, county
agents reported.
City talks about bond issue
Griffinites face the possibility
of a multi-million dollar bond
referendum within the next two
years to help finance sewerage
and water expansion and im
provements.
City Manager Roy Inman
explained at the commissioners
planning session yesterday that
even with a large federal grant,
the city’s portion now would be
more than >2.2 million dollars
and with inflation, that amount
might be doubled by the time a
Chairman Louis Goldstein
said he thought other board
members would join Bunn in his
declaration.
After discussion, City Man
ager Roy Inman asked if he
could consider Bunn’s motion
seconded and passed. Chairman
Goldstein said he could, and
asked that Inman and Chief
Blackwell work out the details.
Inman replied that it already
was worked out and the Police
Department would enforce
posted speed limits throughout
the city immediately.
Bunn had brought up the
matter earlier in the day and
the city manager lost no time in
putting the wishes of the board
into force.
Chief Blackwell told news
people this morning that the
crackdown would be on cars
driving with illegal mufflers,
too.
He said that after July 1 it
would be a violation of state law
to have a car with a jacked up
rear end. Chief Blackwell
warned that drivers with such
vehicles can expect to be cited
for violating the law.
Chief Blackwell said that cars
must come to a full stop when
they reach a stop sign. He said
that just slowing is not abiding
by the law and violators would
be given tickets.
The minimum fine for speed-
Patrol helps
at Winder
WINDER, Ga. (UPI) - Four
Georgia highway patrolmen
helped patrol this northeast
Georgia city today following the
resignation of Police Chief Ger
ald Thomas and a dozen patrol
men Tuesday night because of a
salary dispute.
Thomas and other police
men resigned after the city
council refused to grant the pay
raise. The resignations left only
three policemen to patrol the
The service reported that corn
was only 68 per cent planted
against 90 per cent normally at
this time.
Tobacco transplanting was 99
per cent complete and the con
dition was rated mostly fair.
Seeding of cotton was only 46
per cent against a normal 75-80
per cent at this time.
The service said that over
three - fourths of the big pea
rut crop was rated fair or
worse, the lowest rating for this
period in over 15 years. Con
siderable replanting will be ne
cessary.
bond referendum was held.
In addition to the more than
two million dollars needed for
water and sewerage improve
ments, some $265,000 annually
will come out of the pockets of
residents if the Georgia Power
Company is granted another
rate increase.
Charlie Smith, director of the
Light and Water Department,
said that if the increase of 26 per
cent is granted, Griffin will
have to pay about $265,000 per
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ing is $27.50 and the fine goes up
as the rate of speed over the
legal limit increases, the chief
continued.
Some of the fastest drivers in
town are women who are on
their way to morning parties at
the homes of friends, the chief
noted. He cautioned them and
all Griffinites that the speed
laws would be enforced im
partially.
Arnold Thacker led a delega
tion of Leola street residents
who asked the commissioners to
do something about traffic
hazards in their section.
Thacker and others said that
the problem was worst when
employes at American Mills
new plant off Carver road get
off from work about 5 p.m. each
day.
The Leola street people said
that the rush traffic which
develops in the area at that time
is dangerous to children and
adults.
The commissioners asked
Chief Blackwell to check into
the matter and make a re
commendation.
Meanwhile, the commission
ers suggested that the delega
tion might ask the management
at the mill to caution their
employes about the new
problem.
They indicated they planned
to do so.
dty of over 800 residents.
Mayor Bill Harwell said the
rasis were refused because he
didn’t want to be “pressured.”
Harwell read a section of the
dty charter at the council meet
ing which states that salaries of
dty employes cannot be adjust
ed in the middle of a fiscal
year.
Harwell was scheduled to
meet with other councilmen in
a closed session today to try to
work out a solution to the prob
lem, although the mayor said the
dty had experienced “worst
crisis” in the past.
After the council meeting
Tuesday night, Barrow County
Sheriff Howard Austin pledged
his support in helping patrol the
dty but said his department
also lacked manpower.
Beginning patrolmen are now
paid $445 a month and the of
ficers were seeking a raise to
$550. They also asked raises for
other patrolmen including the
chief.
The pay dispute has been a
long-standing squabble over the
past few years with the police
men presenting the council with
several surveys showing pay
scales for neighboring areas.
year more for wholesale
electric rates, based on the 1972
scale.
Smith said that he does not
want to go up on the consumer
electric rates as that depart
ment is paying for itself and
some of its income goes for
other city needs. He said the
money would have to be paid by
the people and that the rates for
water and sewerage should be
raised instead. He noted that
the sewerage department and
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Let’s see now, do I have everything I’ll need?
Ivie Van Beeck makes a last minute check of her luggage to be sure she has
everything she’ll need for her trip to Washington. She was one of 475 school
patrol youngsters and their chaperones to board buses yesterday afternoon
at Spalding Junior High. She is in the sixth grade and is a student at Crescent
Kiwanis Club wins
international award
The Griffin Kiwanis Club has
been declared winner of an
international honor.
Ken Ford, president of the
w
“If everybody who wants to
help would — our problems
would be solved.”
garbage collections operate at a
loss.
He said he understood
Georgia Power will have a rate
increase every two years for the
next three or four years.
Smith also brought out that
even though Griffin makes a
profit on its sale of electricity,
the city rates are under those of
REA and Georgia Power.
Mayor Louis Goldstein said
he was not in favor of raising
sewer and water rates, that he
Griffin Club last year, announc
ed the award at the club’s noon
meeting today.
It was named an honor club in
the Multiple Service, diamond
section.
The diamond section includes
clubs with the largest member
ship throughout the internation
al organization. The Griffin club
was in competition with others
over the nation and in other
countries to win the honor.
The International Board of
Trustees notified Ford of the
award.
It will be presented during the
International Kiwanis Conven
tion at Montreal in Canada in
June.
The award is based on a
number of community service
projects which the Griffin Club
thinks any increase the city
faces from Georgia Power
should be passed on to the
consumer.
The commissioners discussed
inducements or bonuses they
could offer residents to use
more electricity. Smith said the
city is paying Georgia Power
for capacity 12 months a year,
when capacity is used only four
or five peak months in the
summer. He said he will come
up with a program to encourage
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carried out during the Kiwanis
year 1972-73 when Ford was
president.
Ford is a member of the
Experiment Station staff in
Griffin.
Tommy Jones, assistant
superintendent of schools here,
is the current president. Busi
nessman and retired Army
officer Grady Norton is the
president-elect.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
82, low today 65, high yesterday
72, low yesterday 62, high
tomorrow in upper 70s, low
tonight in mid 50s, sunrise
tomorrow 6:47, sunset
tomorrow 8:21.
more electric users.
Mayor Goldstein said he was
encouraged that the library
bond referendum passed last
week and that certainly
something the city needs as
direly as sewerage and water
improvements would surely
pass in a referendum also.
The commissioners agreed
they have roughly two years to
convince the public of the need
for the bond issue.
School. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Van Beeck of 1208 Ethridge
Mill road. The Griffin-Spalding delegation was to arrive at the nation’s
capital city this afternoon to begin sight-seeing. They’ll head home Saturday
afternoon and expect to arrive here Sunday morning about 8 o’clock.
Federal aid eyed
City okays
water lines
City Commissioners last night
awarded a contract for water
lines in the Pine Meadow
subdivision. They also voted to
apply for federal assistance in
improving waste disposal
facilities.
The commissioners awarded
a contract to Joseph B. Marrett
Co., for $8,630.25 to install water
lines in Pine Meadow.
The company was the low
bidder.
Application for federal aid
will be requested for con
struction of projects for the
abatement of pollution, con
sisting of interceptor sewers,
lateral sewers, relief sewers,
force mains, pumping station,
treatment plant and additions to
present facilities.
The commissioners didn’t
spell out how much money they
would seek.
In other business, the com
missioners authorized payment
of $4,117.74 as annual dues to the
Power Section of the Georgia
Municipal Association. This is a
division dealing with matters of
interest to municipalities and
their electric supplies and
rates.
The commissioners also
approved payment of $1,942.59
for legal services for the first
quarter of the year.
Paving of Will street between
Rock street and Adder vale
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street to be budgeted in 1974 was
put on final reading.
New taxi cab rates were put
on second and final reading.
GHS students
get certificates
ATHENS, Ga. - More than
3,000 Georgia high school
juniors have been named as
recipients of 1973 Certificates of
Merit awarded annually by the
University of Georgia and the
Georgia Educational Improve
ment Council.
Nominated in their respective
high schools, the students
represent the top five percent of
their classes. The awards are
being presented at 15 statewide
conferences being conducted
this spring.
Among the award winners
from Griffin are:
Michael L. Alexander,
Deborah L. Buchanan, Ethel M.
Cowart, Catherine Crider,
Donna J. Dickinson, Mark S.
Dickinson, Pamela L. Ellison,
Thomas H. Evans, Cherry S.
Gregory, Lisa K. Hopkins,
Detainer R. Langford, Paul S.
Lominack, Scottie Mahone,
James L. McElveen, William B.
O’Neal, Edward M. Parker,
Deborah L. Smith, Robert L.
Titus, Cathy C. Vaughn, James
P. Williamson.