Newspaper Page Text
Forecast
Cool
See Page 12
Ethridge Mill road
resurfacing hits snag
Plans to widen and resurface
• Ethridge Mill road from High
way 19 near the airport to the
Pike County line have hit a
. nag-
The State Department of
fransportation (DOT) had
agreed to the proposal.
« But the contract the Spalding
County Commissioners
received called for surface
treatment only and some road
• leveling work.
The commissioners said
Water extension project
may end up in court
Don’t be surprised if the latest
county water extension
program ends up in court
• That was the word today from
the Spalding County Com
missioners.
, The commissioners said the
contractor had requested a
meeting with them to go over
some points of disagreement.
» Chairman Jack Moss said the
• Spalding
. gets paving
request
Spalding County Com
missioners today received a
petition for paving on Banks
• road. They said they would
check the signatures to see how
many property owners in the
area were making the request.
• The road is off the High Falls
road.
The commissioners observed
, that the road runs over a gas
pipe line.
They said if the road were
paved, the county would have
• to pay the gas company $26,000
for the right to do so.
The commissioners intimated
, they would only gravel over that
gas line portion of the road, if
they decide to pave Banks road.
HUB •ft
Sitting and knitting
NEW LONDON, N. H. — Art Fontaine, 37, a lineman for the Kearsarge Telephone Co. tends
to his knitting while sitting on the back of his telephone truck during a work break.
Fontaine, who started knitting at age 10 has won 9 ribbons at major fairs in New
Hampshire. Art is also the biggest cop in Franklin, N. H.,where he is a member of the
auxiliary police force. Fontaine learned to knit out of envy of a girl his family knew. UPI
today this was not their under
standing with the DOT. They
were checking in an effort to get
the matter cleared up.
The commissioners had
requested widening and a plant
mix surface which would be
better and last longer than the
surface treatment.
The commissioners believe
there was a mix-up somewhere
in preparing the contract at
DOT. They had understood
county commissioners would
meet with the contractor and
his lawyer. But Moss said after
the meeting he wouldn’t be
surprised if the matter went to
court.
Moss said the contractor’s
lawyer had drawn up a docu
ment of some 50 pages outlining
specifics which he claims the
county owes.
The contractor has been
working under a SIOO per day
penalty since last March. The
project was supposed to have
been completed by then.
The commissioners indicated
today they planned to stand
firm in their position and see it
through.
Meanwhile, some work on the
project remains incomplete.
•VI NV/
“Most things you do are not
neutral — they’re either good
for you or bad for you.”
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
60, low today 32, high yesterday
77, low yesterday 60.
GRIFFIN
daily#news
Daily Since 1872
from Downing Musgrove, the i
DOT director, that the state i
contract would include the
better grade surface as well as !
the widening work.
If there is no mistake in the
contract the state DOT sent the
county, then Chairman Jack
Moss suggested the county ask
for the $17,000 involved in the
state work so the county could
do the job the way they
originally planned.
If the DOT would assign the
The latest hassle between the
contractor and the county was
to get some lines tested which
already have been laid.
Chairman Moss said earlier
in the construction project, he
observed the contractor would
test lines in certain places, find
| Invitation considered
WASHINGON (UPI) — The Senate Watergate
committee today will vote on a proposal that President
Nixon be invited to testify.
The proposal was made by Sen. Lowell P. Weicker, Il-
Conn. Nixon would not be required to testify under oath.
But a transcript of his testimony would be made public.
Other members of Nixon’s party have called for him to
make a full disclosure on Watergate.
Liquor petitioners
may make move soon
Another meeting of liquor
referendum backers is in the
works but the time and place
have not been nailed down, a
spokesman said today.
The campaign for signatures
has been held up for the past
several weeks. Backers of the
drive indicated they didn’t want
it to become involved in the city
commission election.
With that out of the way after
today, backers of the petitions
hinted they might resubmit the
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, November 6, 1973
$17,000 to Spalding, the com
missioners said they could do
the job first class for about
$5,000 more from local funds.
Then the county would have a
good road that might last up to
20 years, Chairman Moss said.
Commissioners Sandy
Morgan and Palmer Hamil
agreed they would rather hold
out for the widening and plant
mix surface than to accept what
the state had offered.
leaks, then move on to another
area and test there and find
some leaks.
This prompted Chairman
Moss to jokingly ask if the
contractor were installing a
sprinkler system in the county.
petitions later this week.
A Dec. 4 referendum date has
been discussed but campaign
backers said this was unofficial.
They said that whether or not
there is a runover in the city
commission election would not
figure in their plans to resubmit
the petitions.
Petitions submitted to Or
dinary George Imes were
picked up several weeks ago by
campaign officials. They said
they didn’t want the drive to run
into the city commission elec
tion.
Imes had assembled a staff of
people to check the petition
names against voter registra
tion lists.
All of the signatures including
those already verified by Imes’
staff were picked up when the
petitions were withdrawn.
T-squad
makes 66
cases here
The Georgia State Patrol’s T-
Squad made 66 arrests in
Griffin and Spalding County
over the weekend.
Seventeen of the drivers were
charged with driving under the
influence and 38 were charged
with speeding. Other offenses
included driving without a
license and having an expired
MVI sticker.
Sgt. A. W. Murphy of the
Griffin Post said that only three
men of the 18-member T-Squad
were working here during the
four day period which began
Friday and ended last night.
Many of the men were taking a
few days off due to the long
hours of overtime they spent
last week trying to track down
the Molena bank robber suspect
in Fayette County, he ex
plained.
They are expected to be back
in full force in Spalding and
Clayton Counties this weekend.
T| 1 !
Voting clerks Mrs. Reba Mathews (1) and Mrs. Jewell
Phillips check registration lists at the Third Ward
precinct at Spalding Courthouse this morning in the city
Poll managers
report light vote
Voters trickled to the polls
this morning in the city com
mission election.
Poll managers at several
precincts reported no rush as
the voting got under way.
At stake are two seats on the
city commission board.
Candidates for the First Ward ■
post are: Emmitt B. Cone, 1
Ernest H. (Tiggy) Jones, Jim i
Moore, J. W. Pruitt, Jr., and Joe
J. Williams. <
Scott Searcy, the incumbent 1
Cent er-lining
roads proposed
Sandy Morgan, vice chair
man of the Spalding County
Commissioners, today proposed
that the county consider center
lining some 152 miles of roads.
He showed fellow com
missioners Jack Moss and
Palmer Hamil a list of streets
that might be considered for
center line work.
Both men had seen the list
before and agreed with Mr.
Morgan that the work was
needed.
Moss and Hamil said that the
board might want to make some
changes in the list and put
priority on heavily traveled
Joint recreation
board planned
Griffin and Spalding County
Commissioners may skip
setting up a joint recreation
board through the state
legislature and set up one under ■
existing laws.
That was the word today from
the Spalding County Com
missioners. i
Chairman Jack Moss said a
meeting with the city com- i
missioners would be scheduled
to discuss the matter. It could <
be held before the day ends, he
said.
Moss said Jim Owen, county 1
attorney, and Bob Smalley, city I
attorney, had consulted on the
idea. The attorneys indicated i
they thought the joint board <
Vol. 101 No. 264
Voters go to the polls
for the post, was not eligible to
seek reelection, since he does
not live in the ward. He was
assigned to it when the city went
from a three to a five member
board.
Candidates in the Fourth
Ward race include H. B. Davis,
J. W. Lanckum and R. L.
(Skeeter) Norsworthy, the
incumbent.
In the event of a runover, city
officials indicated it probably
would be Nov. 20.
streets.
Commissioner Morgan said
the 152 miles of work would cost
about $9,120. The county would
contract with the State Depart
ment of Transportation for the
work.
The county has found it can
get the work done cheaper this
way than on a do-it-yourself
basis.
The state can do the job for
about S6O a mile. Mr. Morgan
said that the paint alone would
cost about $35 per mile, if the
county were in the center line
business.
could be set up under existing
laws.
The recreation board which
would serve both the city and
county would have seven
members. Three would be
appointed by the city com
missioners and three by the
county commissioners.
The six appointees would
name a seventh member.
One city and one county
commissioner would be on the
seven-member panel.
Moss said it’s possible the
board could be ready to operate
by Jan. 1.
The board would oversee all
recreational programs in the
community.
commission election. City voters went to the polls to elect
city commissioners for the First and Fourth Wards. The
polls will close at 7 p.m.
News highlights
By United Press International
Man acquitted
FREEHOLD, N.J. (UPI) — Lester Zygmaniak was
acquitted of murder in the “mercy killing” of his brother
George who lay paralyzed in a hospital bed. The jury
found him temporarily insane when he fired the fatal shot.
Lured into ambush
BANGKOK (UPI) — Communist-led guerrillas killed3o
soldiers in northeast Thailand after luring them into an
ambush, military officials said. Twenty-four men died in
the fighting Sunday and six others after being airlifted to a
hospital, the officials said.
Ford gains support
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Rep. Gerald R. Ford gained
new support for his nomination to be vice president. Sen.
Birch Bayh, D-Ind., told the Senate Rules Committee he
now intends to vote for confirmation “if this committee
does not reveal anything new.” Two House critics of
President Nixon, Reps. Paul N. McCloskey Jr., R-Calif.,
and Donald W. Riegle Jr., D-Mich., both said Ford was
competent.
Rehearsals complete
CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) — The Skylab 3 astronauts,
Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson and William R. Pogue,
completed ground rehearsals for their spaceflight
starting Saturday.
Comet photographed
PASADENA, Calif. (UPI) — The first photo of the
comet Kohoutek, taken by Jesuit priest-astronomer
Martin McCarthy on Oct. 31, was released by Hale
Observatories Monday. The photo was snapped while the
comet was 196,230,000 miles from earth.
British shoot sniper
BELFAST (UPI) — British troops, turning back an
attack on an observation post near the Irish Republic
border, shot a sniper. Two snipers had fired on the post at
Armagh and a shootout followed, an army spokesman
said.
Runway damaged
SAIGON (UPI) — Communists fired rockets at Bien
Hoa air base on the outskirts of Saigon and damaged a
runway, hangar, mess hall and fuel dump. The
government said the stepped-up fighting may be a prelude
to a full-scale offensive by the Communists.
Inside Tip
Nixon
See Page 6