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Griffin Daily News Thursday, December 13,1973
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Gov. Carter warns
against roadblocks
By United Press International
Gov. Jimmy Carter has
warned truckers he won’t allow
roadblocks on Georgia high
ways, but also says he will fly
to Washington today to speak
for their cause.
The Georgia Association of
Petroleum Retailers says that if
the Nixon administration plans
to cut back on the production of
gasoline it must agree to higher
prices if dealers are to make
money.
Carter warned truck drivers
Wednesday they will be arrest
ed and their rigs impounded if
they stage protest roadblocks in
the state.
The warning came in a state
ment issued after truck drivers
blockaded a truck stop on 1-75
near Cordele for about five
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hours. It was one of the largest
truck stops in the South.
The blockade at Perlis’ Truck
Stop was ended after truckers
met with Crisp County Sheriff
Bob Benson.
Carter said the protests “can
not be tolerated and that he had
instructedthestate Highway Pa
trol to keep the roads open.
However, he said he had re
ceived “numerous complaints”
of overpricing of gasoline and
diesel fuel, and that he is sym
pathic with the truckers’ prob
lems.
The governor said he will
meet in Washington today with
new energy chief William E.
Simon, other federal officialsand
members of Congress.
Jack W. Houston, executive
secretary of the petroleum re
tailersassociation, said the price
of gasoline must be raised one
to three cents a gallon or there
will be widespread layoffs at
service stations.
The Nixon administration or
dered a 25 per cent cutback in
the production of gas Wedness
day to encourage greater pro
duction of heating oil and other
fuels.
Some Georgia dealers should
have their supplies reduced as
much as 40 per cent, with the
worst of the cutbacks coming in
February, Houston said.
Without a price increase to
make up for the decrease in to
tal sales, dealers will be forced
to lay off help and take other
cost-cutting steps, he said. The
result will be slower service and
long lines at the gasoline
pumps.
The three cent increase would
be “the outstanding amount,”
he said. “The man who runs 40
per cent short might need three
cents. Others could get by with
a one cent increase.”
“Gasoline dealers are asking
themselves, how do I live with
out the right to raise my prices
just a little bit to keep my peo
ple and feed my family,” Hous
ton said.
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NEW YORK — George Metesky (c), the man initially dubbed “the mad bomber,” smiles as
he leaves court here after charges against him were dismissed, paving the way for his
release after nearly 18 years in state mental institutions. Metesky, 70, planted bombs in *
buildings and phone booths in New York City for some 22 years until being caught in 1957.
The judge told Metesky “not to do it again” before dismissing the charges. (UPI)
Southern GOP split
on Connally, Reagan
ATLANTA (UPI) — Southern
Republicans are about equally
split over California Gov. Ron
ald Reagan and former Treas
ury Secretary John Connally as
their No. 1 choice for president
in 1976.
That’s the conclusion drawn
by Georgia Republican leader
Bob Shaw, a vice chairman of
the National GOP Committee
who talked at length about the
subject with other party leaders
at a Southern conference here
last week. Other observations
included:
There is growing sentiment in
the South for a ticket comprised
of Vice President Gerald Ford
and national GOP Chairman
George Bush.
While preferring someone else
now, the South could support
New York Gov. Nelson Rocke
feller if he got the nomination.
Illinois Sen. Charles Percy
could not count on much visible
Southern support, even if he
were the party’s presidential
candidate.
“There is a big tossup among
Southern Republicans for Rea
gan and CoimaHy,” Shaw said.
“Reagan is sweeping the senti
ment of the South like Barry
Goldwater did in 1964. He has
charisma, he’s a different type.
Connally is younger, he has the
ability, and when he speaks, he
sounds so authoritative. If Con
nally says it, then it’s gospel.”
Shaw said the split between
the two is not so much mani
fested in party, as it is in self.
“Most Republicans I talked
with were divided within one’s
self which would be better. They
feel that either would be very
desirable to the 13 southern
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states.”
Rockefeller, who is resigning
as governor presumably to
make another effort for the
presidency, appeared at the
Southern Republican con
ference, as did Reagan and
Connally, but did not appear to
be as warmly received as the
other two.
“I thought Rockefeller got a
good reception, but he is not
going to capture a lot of South
ern support,” Shaw said. “On
the other hand, if he is able to
put all of the other parts of the
country together and get the
nomination, Southerners would
not find it difficult to swtich to
him.
“But if the convention were
today, the Southern states would
fight like the dickens for the
other two.”
Shaw said hepersonally would
work for the nomination of Con
nally or Reagan, as things now
stand, but he’s not sure which.
He will decide that later. But
he gives Rockefeller his due.
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