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Carter threatens to block
sale of station WGST
ATLANTA (UPI)-Gov. Jim
ny Carter said Monday he has
»en kept in the dark about the
iroposed sale of state - owned
adio station WGST on the Geor
gia Tech campus, and threaten
ed to block the sale unless he
;ets to study the proposal
thoroughly.
“I certainly would not ap
>rove it without a great deal
nore discussion and study,”
Carter said. He had earlier re
narked that the had “serious
doubts about the advisibility of
such a sale.”
Carter said he first learned of
he proposed multi-million -
iollar sale when he read about
t in the newspapers.
“I have checked with my legal
counsel and am told that any de
cision to dispose of the station
would have to have the gover
lor’s approval,” he said.
“Nobody from the Regents has
nentioned it to me.”
The Regents said they support
the sale of WGST, which oper
ates in the highly competitive
Atlanta market, because they
>elieve the money used to oper
ate the station could be spent
to better advantage at the
school. One Regent said it would
requ ire plowing back into the sta-
tion's operations most of the
money made from it in order
to keep it going.
Another Regent said “the
sensitive area” of a state-oper
ated station reporting politics
could be a problem. A Tech of
ficial said WGST was restricted
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in its reporting, particularly
where politics is concerned.
An aide to the governor said,
“Certainly nobody from this of
fice has ever tried to restrain
their news judgment.”
Ewell I. Barnes, vice presi
dent for business and finance
at Georgia Tech and the man
who is advertising for bids, said,
“We can’t take sides. We are
very restricted politically and
that has an effect on your rat
ings and things like that.”
Regent David H. Tisinger of
Carrollton, who heads the com
mittee that recommended sale
of the station, said, “Reporting
on politics can open the door
to a lot of criticism. Things
have to be handled very deli
cately.”
Tisinger said that the board
felt a continuation of state-con
trol would mean a great deal
of face-lifting.
“The belief was that to carry
on the station there would have
to be a real concerted effort to
treat it as private enterprise,”
he said. “And we might have to
forego drawing any funds gen
erated by the station and rein
vest in WGST to get it moving.”
Another regent, Roy Harris,
of Augusta, said he believed the
Spotter plane
to aid patrol
ATLANTA (UPI) — A new
station would have to play rock
and roll in order to survive in
the Atlanta market, and he
thought that was not a good
idea.
Tisinger said a key factor
was the difficulty the state had
in its efforts to “oversee private
enterprise.”
As for the governor possibly
blocking the sale, Tisinger said,
“My understandingis this is not
state property per se. It was
a gift, a trust for Georgia Tech,
and we’re more or less its trus
tees.”
Barnes said notices for bids
had gone to about a dozen per
sons or companies which had
shown interest in buying the
station. He said bids would have
to be back in by Oct. 1 and
the price would probably be
“several million dollars.”
Tisinger said one proposal
was to take the proceeds of the
sale and set up a trust fund
to be used “for objectives” of
Tech.
“We, of course, have the
right to refuse the sale if we
do not think it a good deal,”
he said. “Good logic and good
business will dictate our deci
sion.”
spotter plane to patrol traffic
from the air will be used for
the first time over the Labor
Day holiday, the state Departr
ment of Public Safety said Mon
day.
Bill Wilson, public information
officer, said the four - passen
ger Cessna will be used to help
reduce traffic deaths over the
long holiday, and will probably
spend most of its time on a
heavily - traveled stretch of I
-75 in south Georgia between
Cordele and the Florida line.
Three pilots with the State Pa
trol will go to Florida in late
September for some on-the-job
training, Wilson said, to observe
methods for spotting traffic
problems.
“They have a pretty good sys
tem in that state,” he said.
news
DOT worker killed
VALDOSTA, Ga. (UPI) — A state Transportation
Department worker was killed Monday when his dump
truck toppled over and pinned him to the ground.
Police identified the victim as 47-year-old James Sadler
of Valdosta. Police said he was dumping dirt from the
vehicle onto the edge of 1-75 near here when the truck
overturned.
Marijuana destroyed
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (UPI) —A two-acre tract of
marijuana plants, some as high as seven feet, was
destroyed Monday by Douglas County authorities.
Sheriff Earl Lee said the owner of the land said he didn’t
know of the plants, described by Lee as “highly
cultivated.”
No arrests were reported.
Man electrocuted
COOSA, Ga. (UPI) — A 26-year-old Georgia Power Co.
employe died Monday when a live power line swiped his
repair rig some 50 feet above ground.
Floyd County authorities identified the man as Stanley
Burton of Rome and said he was dead on arrival at Floyd
County Hospital.
Burton was reportedly working with a crew behind
Coosa High School when a bar extending his rig into the
air hit the electric line.
Accident probed
HARTWELL, Ga. (UPI) - Georgia State Patrol and
local authorities are investigating a car-tractor collision
Monday that left a Hart County man dead and a woman
hospitalized in fair condition.
Trooper Mack Childs of the state patrol said Frank
Truman, 60, was dead on arrival at Hart County Hospital,
and Mrs. Sally Barnes Evans, 46, of Bowersville suffered
head injuries in the crash.
HOTEL UNSAFE
NEW YORK (UPI) - The
Broadway Central Hotel was
officially declared unsafe Mon
day by Manhattan Court Judge
Sidney A. Fine. The hotel
collapsed 18 days ago, killing
four persons.
Judge Fine declared the
remains of the hotel dangerous
and gave the owners 10 days to
prevent further collapse.
DOI seizes
records
CALHOUN, Ga. (UPI) -Rec
ords of Gordon County Commis
sioner Everett DeFoor have
been seized by agents of the
Georgia Department of Investi
gation, it was revealed Monday.
DeFoor’s records from 1968 to
1972 were ordered impounded
Friday by Cherokee Circuit
Judge J. L. Davis at the re
quest of the state attorney gen
eral’s office, in an investigation
into charges of alleged miscon
duct.
DOI agents, headed by spe
cial prosecutor Tony Hight of
the attorney general’s office,
would not comment on the rea
son for the action, which offi
cially was termed a “routine
investigation.”
The Concerned Citizens of
Gordon County had charged a
few months ago that several
elected officials of the Gordon
County government were in
volved in alleged wrongdoing.
The clerk of court, county or
dinary, tax commissioner and
county commissioner were
among the officials cited.
The committee charged in
findings from its investigation
thatDeFoorallegedlyused coun
ty equipment for personal use,
and that there was a conflict
of interest in his purchase of
county equipment and other
transactions.
The ad hoc citizens commit
tee urged an audit of county
operations and an inventory of
all county equipment.
Hight, deputy assistant to the
attorney general, was asked to
lead the investigation after Che
rokee Circuit District Attorney
David Vaughn Jr. withdrew
from the case because he knew
them.
Bad day
for man
NEW YORK (UPI) - Police
said Donald Anderson, 38,
sloshed flammable fluid around
his girl friend’s new apartment
and set it on fire Monday
because he didn’t want her to
live there. It was the beginning
of a bad day for Anderson.
After lighting the fire, police
said Anderson found there was
no doorknob on the inside of the
apartment door and he was
trapped.
The apartment was on the
first floor, so Anderson ran to a
window and jumped, apparently
without looking. The window he
chose was over some jagged
stone stairs leading to a
basement, which were littered
with broken glass.
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STOCKBRIDGE, Ga.—Although the cheetah is the world’s fastest four-legged animal, and
being a cat with a cat’s natural curosity about things that he has no business fooling with,
our friend here got too close for comfort and had to move fast to avoid being trampled by a
pair of rhinos here at Lion Country Safari. (UPI)
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PHNOM PENH—Government soldier and pet dog take
break on back of truck enroute to frontline near Tuol Leap
about 14 miles southwest of Phnom Penh. (UPI)
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— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, August 21,1973
IN MEMORY
In' loving memory of
Clifford Hamby.
Six years have slipped by
dear, since you have been
away, but our sweet and
happy memories of you are
in our hearts to stay all
though your smiles have
gone and your hand we
cannot touch. We thank God
for precious memories of the
one we loved so much. It
broke our hearts to lose you.
But we know God needed
your help, so he called you
home to help the angels
around his throne. They say
he picks the fairest of flower
first to go in his beautiful
garden. It was so hard for us
to give you up, but when we
look at the morning as it
shines so bright above and
we know God lets it shine
brighter to guide us with
your love the pains of
loneliness is so strong each
dav. We have got to wait
until we meet you in heaven
on that glad day then we will
sit down together with our
heavenly Father up above
and talk it all over. For we
know God loves you as much
as we do. Still loved and
missed by all.
Wife: Pauline Hamby
Children: Mr. and Mrs.
Ronnie Hamby