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Heavy case load
may extend court
The June term of the criminal
session of Spalding Superior
Court is expected to be extended
an extra week due to the heavy
case load.
District Attorney Ben Miller
said that he will present at least
Renuart
opens
plant
Griffin’s newest industry is
Renuart Custom Wood
Products.
It has set up operations in a
new building constructed by the
firm at 1104 Anne street
At present it has five em
ployes and is looking for more.
Victor Renuart moved the
firm here from Miami.
He checked with the Chamber
of Commerce last January and
found a site for the plant which
he purchased from the city.
The firm specializes in
making all sorts of custom wood
products.
Ex-diamond
star held
in threat
LOS ANGELES (UPI) - The
FBI arrested a former major
league baseball player Tuesday
on charges of trying to extort
$250,000 from a steamship line
with a threat that bombs were
aboard a passenger liner at
sea.
Officers on the Island Prin
cess said they searched and
found suspicious packages on
the bridge and in the engine
room and threw them over
board, the FBI reported.
Gerald E. Priddy, 53, former
second baseman for the Detroit
Tigers, the New York Yankees
and other teams, was arrested
when he tried to pick up the
ransom money at a drop, the
FBI said.
According to the FBI, the
captain of the Island Princess
reported that “two live bombs
were located aboard the vessel
and disposed of at sea.” Later
a spokesman said it was not
certain whether the packages
contained explosives or not.
The FBI could not say what
information the report of “live
bombs” was based on.
Plane Keeps Watch
The liner was last reported
sailing southward off the coast
of Baja California, Mexico,
about 300 miles south of San
Diego, Calif., with a Coast
Guard plane keeping watch
overhead. It carries about 525
passengers and 325 crewmen,
said a spokesman for Princess
Cruises steamship lines.
An extortionist made “a
series of calls—four or five or
more” to the line’s office here
Tuesday, demanding the money
in return for information on the
whereabouts of the explosives,
the spokesman said.
Cut grass,
s city says
City Commissioners put
property owners on notice last
night that they are expected to
* keep their land and street
margins to the curb neatly
mowed.
The commissioners said when
’ property owners fail to do so,
the city forces will do the job,
, charging $lO for the first hour
~ and $5 for each additional hour.
Street margins and property
130 felony warrants for grand
jury consideration. Then, too,
there are a number of cases
held over from the February
term which are expected to be
tried.
Miller said he probably will
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Signs of times
The city of Griffin has begun installing new right turn on red
signs at traffic signals. The first were posted at Hill and
Solomon and Hill and Poplar. The right turn on red rule
already is in force, even though the signs have not been
posted at all traffic lights. Motorists must make a full stop at
such intersections and make right turns only when traffic is
clear.
City turns down
apartment zone
Griffin City Commissioners
last night turned down a
rezoning request that would
have cleared the way for
residential apartments in the
Parkview subdivision area.
Taylor Collier, real estate
developer, had asked that the
Briarcliff and Anne street area
be rezoned to C-l (Light in
dustrial).
He said the property didn’t
seem to be moving as a single
dwelling residential area.
Garnett A. Wright, 1115
Briarcliff, presented the
commissioners a petition
against the rezoning. He said it
had 54 signatures of people in
the area.
OPPOSED
About 15 people who live in
the area were at the meeting
and rose as a group to express
overgrown with brush will be
cleared and thereafter be kept
clear, the commissioners said.
If it becomes necessary for
the city to clear such areas, the
charge would be higher than a
grass cutting job, the com
missioners added.
In any such cases, the
property owners will be billed
for the work,the commissioners
said.
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submit the Dr. Marvin March
man case to the grand jury
again for reindictment. In a
jury trial last October, the
Atlanta physician was found
guilty of stealing an aircraft
radio from the Griffin airport
their opposition. Some said they
had signed a petition for the
rezoning earlier but didn’t know
that they were signing to permit
apartments. Several had their
names stricken from the peti
tion approving the rezoning.
Collier said when he cir
culated the petition for
rezoning, it specified a C-l
classification which includes
apartments.
DIDN’T UNDERSTAND
Some of those who signed it
said they didn’t understand
apartments were included in a
C-l area.
The commissioners voted
unanimously to turn down the
rezone request.
PARKVIEW
Jack Pass, a Parkview
subdivision resident, renewed a
year-old request that the city
take steps to eliminate an odor
and pollution problem in the
area.
He reminded the commission
ers he presented a petition a
year ago asking for relief.
Pass said the problem is more
intense in the summer months
and has returned to bother
people living in the area.
He said waste from an in
dustrial plant drains through a
ditch through the property
causing the trouble.
The commissioners promised
to get relief for the area. They
said they would check with
Health Department officials.
SPEED
The commissioners put on
final reading an ordinance
amendment designating speed
limits in the city. This clears the
way for the city to get a permit
to use speed timing devices.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, June 6, 1973
and was sentenced to one year
in prison.
His attorney immediately
appealed the case and several
weeks ago, the Georgia Court of
Appeals granted Dr. Marchman
a new trial on the grounds that
the trade name of the radio was
misspelled in the indictment by
one letter even though its
correct serial number was
listed. The indictment called the
radio “Narvo”. The correct
spelling is “Narco”.
Miller said he plans to try the
case again this term. At the first
trial, Dr. Marchman pleaded
with the jurors to find him in
nocent and said if he were
convicted of the felony charge
his license to practice medicine
in Georgia would be suspended.
Miller said he also hopes to
dispose of the case of Charles R.
Entrekin who is charged with
murder in connection with the
death of Mrs. Willie B. Hatcher,
operator of the Riverside
Package Store. Mrs. Hatcher
was shot to death during an
armed robbery at the store
which occurred shortly after
Entrekin escaped from the Alto
Correctional Center in Febru
ary.
He later was rearrested and is
presently serving a life sen
tence for the death of a DeKalb
County police officer who was
run over at a road block set up
hours after the Alto escape.
Others who could be indicted
for murder include Randy Love
of West Oak street in connection
with last week’s beating death
of Louise Edwards; Lewis
Blandburg, 34, Ellis road, who
is accused of shooting his wife to
death; Billy E. Parker, 602
Turner street, who was charged
with murder when Wayne
Gresham died from bullet
wounds several weeks after
being shot
The cases of Dennis Fambro,
20,526 North Sixth street, who is
accused of manslaughter, and
Lee Early Colvin, 45, of Slaton
avenue, charged with
aggravated assault, also are
expected to be tried.
At least 28 drug cases will
come up during this term of
court. There are two holdover
cases from the February term
and at least 26 new cases in
volving 22 persons. Nine of
these are accused of being
pushers and selling drugs to
undercover agqpts.
Other indictments are ex
pected to include 17 lottery
charges made following city
and county wide raids by state
and local lawmen at 10 places.
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“Today is spoiled for the
fellow who expects tomorrow to
be bad.”
County says M-H money too much
Spalding County Com
missioners think that request
for additional mental health
money is too much. They asked
health officials to review the
budget to see where cuts can be
made.
Otherwise, the com
missioners seemed willing to go
along with the Health Depart
ment’s 1973-74 budget proposal.
Representatives of the
department met with the
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ATLANTA—Heavy thunderstorms struck the area of North
Atlanta late yesterday leaving several areas flooded.
Damage was not extensive and the major problems were
Weather
Wreck death blamed in flooding
By United Press International
At least three small tornadoes
struck North Georgia Tuesday
night from a storm system that
produced flash flooding in Me
tropolitan Atlanta. A youth was
killed in a wreck on a rain
slick street in Atlanta.
Two twisters hit near Lavon
ia, inflicting several thousand
dollars worth of property dam
age but no apparent injuries.
One tornado tore up picnic shel-
Stans: drop charge
and he’ll testify
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
Maurice H. Stans, the most
successful political fund raiser
in history, is refusing to testify
before the Senate Watergate
Committee unless an indict
ment which could send him to
jail for 40 years is dismissed
first.
Stans was to have been a
witness today following the
testimony of Hugh W. Sloan Jr.,
who was responsible for dis
bursing the money Stans
collected.
Sloan, treasurer of the Nixon
campaign, admits he gave
$199,000 to wiretapper G.
Gordon Liddy, the “brains” of
the Watergate break-in, but
denies knowing how the money
was to have been used.
Stans’ objection that his
rights to a fair trial in New
York would suffer if he were
compelled to testify—but his
offer to talk if criminal charges
against him are dropped—have
postponed his appearance in
definitely.
It appeared certain the
Senate panel would reject his
offer and refuse to ask Federal
Judge Lee P. Gagliardi in New
York to dismiss the indictment
commissioners yesterday
morning to go over the budget
requests.
The mental health outlay as
proposed totals $107,663. The
state would pay $40,456 of this
amount and Spalding County
would pay $67,207.
The local asking last year was
$28,889. The commissioners
noted that the request for next
year’s mental health program
locally was more than double
Daily Since 1872'
ters and uprooted trees at Tou
galoo State Park and then hit
the Harbor Light Marina on
Lake Hartwell, sinking one boat
and damaging several others
and a dock.
Another twister damaged the
Shoal Creek Baptist Church par
sonage near Lavonia and flung
a tree onto the car of the Rev.
Douglas Birge.
Still another twister touched
against him.
Stans Charged with Lying
Stans, who collected SSO
million on President Nixon’s
behalf—more than any candi
date ever previously amassed—
is charged with lying to the
New York grand jury which
indicted financier Robert L.
Vesco and interfering with the
Securities and Exchange Com
mission investigation of Vesco.
The SEC has charged that
Vesco “looted” four mutual
funds of $224 million.
John N. Mitchell, former
attorney general, is a fellow
defendant in the Vesco case
and may raise similar objec
tions to testifying when he is
called by the Senate panel.
That strategy, if successful,
could stymie the Senate investi
gation. Stans and Mitchell are
the two most prominent persons
on its witness list—and among
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
86, low today 65, high yesterday
86, low yesterday 68, high
tomorrow near 80, low tonight
near 60.
last year’s.
Chairman Jack Moss said the
general budget of the Health
Department seemed fair and
not excessive to him. But he
indicated he would not vote for
such an increase in mental
health money. He thinks the
increase is more than the
county can afford in one year.
The general budget would
total $208,675 with the state
picking up $73,063 of this
with electrical power, which was off in many areas. Low
lying areas such as that pictured here saw most of the
flooding. (UPI)
down in the Bold Springs com
munity of Walton County, but
did little damage.
Thunderstorms dumped tor
rential rains on the Atlanta
area, causing flash flooding that
made rapids out of many
streets. Bennie Morris Jr., 15,
of Dunwoody, was killed when
a car in which he was riding
skidded on a wet street and
slammed into two other ve
hicles.
the two closest to President
Nixon.
Mitchell was linked closer
than ever with the Watergate
conspiracy in Tuesday’s com
mittee session.
Vandalism
plagues city
The City Commissioners yes
terday discussed ways they can
deter increasing vandalism at
recreational facilities.
Recreation Director Larry
Neill, who attended the morning
commissioner’s planning
session, said that vandalism is a
big problem with the depart
ment, especially at Dundee and
Fairmont Parks. He said before
the concession stand and rest
rooms at the Fairmont Center
could be completed, they were
heavily vandalized with door
locks, windows and light fix
tures broken.
The concession stand and soft
drink machines at Dundee Park
have been broken into three
amount.
The increase in the general
budget is $16,609, Moss said.
Some $12,000 of this would go
for salaries of two additional
environmental technicians to
help with inspections required
by the county. The com
missioners support the ad
ditions. They pointed out that
the county’s inspection needs
have increased with the ad-
Forecast
Clearing
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The rushing water under
mined the parking lot of a
shopping center in Northwest
Atlanta and caused cracks in
one building. Peachtree Creek
flooded some cars and first-floor
apartments.
Power was knocked out in
some sections of Metropolitan
Atlanta and Georgia Power Co.
dispatched a 110-man crew to
restore service.
Blind father
rescues girl
LOS ANGELES (UPI) - A
blind father rescued his 3-year
old daughter from drowning
Tuesday, finding her under
water in a swimming pool by
tracking the sound of air
bubbles from her lungs.
Thomas Sullivan, 26, told
police his daughter Blythe fell
in the pool at the family home
while he was on the telephone.
times in recent weeks.
The commissioners noted that
vandalism is on the increase in
all sections of the city. The
facilities are being damaged by
the young people who will use
them, they observed.
Chairman Louis Goldstein
suggested offering rewards for
information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the
vandals. Commissioner Preston
Bunn said an educational
program to help break down the
attitude of distraction should be
explored.
All agreed to look into a “get
tough” policy and that parents
should pay for any damage done
by their offspring.
dition of environmental control
regulations.
The other $4,000 general
budget increase is about in line,
the county commissioners said.
The commissioners said they
wanted to review the budget
proposal on mental health to see
where it can be cut. They also
asked health officials to review
the figures, too, with cuts in
mind.