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Crunch idles 100,000
WASHINGTON (UPI) — A payroll survey for the week
of Dec. 9-15, released by the Labor Department Friday,
indicated that as many as 100,000 workers were laid off in
mid-December as a result of the energy crisis.
Hie report did not include nearly 75,000 layoffs
announced since Dec. 15 in the auto, maufacturing and
airline industries.
In a related incident, Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash.,
said representatives of seven oil companies and federal
energy administrator William E. Simon would testify
before his investigations subcommittee Jan. 21 “to
determine whether there is in fact an oil shortage.”
Spy report said distorted
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (UPI) — The White House
neither confirmed nor denied Friday newspaper reports
that presidential detectives discovered the Pentagon was
spying on Henry A. Kissinger.
It only said the reports were “distorted” and “touched
on a matter peripheral to” a serious leak of national
security information.
Reports by the Chicago Tribune and the Scripps-Howard
News Service said the White House “plumbers” inves
tigation office discovered the Pentagon was spying on
Kissinger during the secret Vietnam peace talks in Paris,
fearing that Kissinger was not passing on to the military
highly sensitive intelligence information he had.
Ransom offer made
BUENOS AIRES (UPI) — A leftist guerrilla group sent
a communique to Buenos Aires newspapers Friday,
saying Esso Argentina oil company had agreed to pay a
$lO million ransom in food, medicine and other supplies
for the release of a kidnaped American executive
Reds shoot down bomber
SAIGON (UPI) — Communist gunners shot down a
South Vietnamese fighter-bomber and a helicopter Friday
in a day of fighting in scattered areas of Vietnam. In
Camodia, heavy fighting raged as close as five miles from
Phnom Penh.
Rail shutdown looms
I.ONDON (UPI) — Government officials say the state
run British Railways Board will reject a four-day
ultimatum by 29,000 railroad engineers to get peace talks
started by Tuesday. They said a total one-day rail
shutdown Tuesday appears certain.
Dutch ration; 4 gallons
The Dutch government imposed gasoline rationing of
four gallons a week today and the price of gasoline in
Greece jumped to SI.BO a gallon for regular and $2.10 for
premium, the highest prices in the West. Venezuela said it
planned a further increase in its oil prices on Feb. 1.
Kissinger in Egypt
ASWAN, Egypt (UPI) — U.S. Secretary of State Henry
A. Kissinger went into a second round of talks today with
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. After his talks with
Sadat, he planned to meet Israeli Prime Minister Golda
Meir in Jerusalem, then return to Aswan for more talks
with the Egyptians.
Ford recalls vehicles
DETROIT (UPI) — The Ford Motor Co. recalled 133,000
of its 1974-model automobiles Friday, saying it had to
replace a speed control device.
Cost Council broke law
WASHINGTON (UPI) — A three-judge emergency
Court of Appeals said Friday the Cost of Living Council
was violating the law by keeping many big business cost
and profit figures secret. As a result, the council will be
ordered to rewrite its rules so that key business statistics
— which corporations keep carefully guarded for
competitive reasons—will be open to public inspection.
Plea report denied
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The office of the special
Watergate prosecutor as well as the attorney for John D.
Ehrlichman denied Friday that the former White House
aide has agreed to plead guilty to one felony in exchange
for cooperation in the Watergate case.
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will charge rent
THOMASVILLE, Ga. (UPI)
— The General Services Admin
istration in Washington is crack
ing down on south Georgia of
ficials who have been working
in rent-free offices in federal
buildings.
The GSA now says the coun
ties will have to pay up to $9
a foot for the office space they
occupy.
“We were proud to get a fed
eral building in Thomasville,”
said Thomas County Commis
sion Chairman Theron Davis,
“But at those prices, you can
get your wagon ready to move.”
Thomas County extension
agent Gene Grimes said the
GSA told him it would start
charging $9 a foot for federal
office building space starting
July 1. The total bill to the
county, he said, will be $9,280.
Grimes said he was told he
would have to pay $1 a day for
Jobless
rate down
ATLANTA (UPI) - The un
employment rate in the South
east declined slightly in Novem
ber despite layoffs by the air
lines and automobile manufac
turing industries, according to
the Federal Reserve Bank of At
lanta.
In its monthly review, the
bank said Friday economic
growth in the area continued at
a moderate pace during the
month. Manufacturing jobs in
creased while construction em
ployment declined.
Three Es theme of 1974 session
ATLANTA (UPI)-The 1974
Georgia General Assembly
opens a 40-day session Monday
with heavy emphasis on the
“three E’s”—economy, ethics
and elections. All tied together,
they’ve got legislators in some
what of a bind.
First, it’s an election year.
Not only are all House and Sen
ate seats up for grabs, but sev
eral key figures in both cham
bers are eyeing bigger political
plums, with at least six of them
potential candidates for govern
or.
It’s a year where the economy
is at a low ebb because of the
energy crisis, and yet realistic
lawmakers realize money must
be found in a bare-bones budget
to give teachers pay raises and
continue at least part of die
property tax reduction.
And it’s a year where public
confidence in politicians is also
sagging, in the wake of Water
gate, prompting a major effort
to write Georgia’s first ethics
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In nearby Valdosta, Lowndes
County Chairman Billy Lang
dale said his county’s rent will
be $9,829 forextension and home
economics offices, or $7 a
square foot.
Both counties are protesting
the action by letters to Sen. Her
manTalmadge, D-Ga.,and Rep.
Dawson Mathis, D-Ga.
Citizens
suggest
two bills
Rep. John Carlisle will in
troduce two bills in the General
Assembly which resulted from
suggestions by two citizens
here.
One will authorize nursing
home administrators to certify
patient disability for an ab
sentee ballot. This measure
resulted from a suggestion by
Joe Burson, Spalding voter
registrar.
Another bill would reduce to
two questions a four-page
questionnaire prospective state
employes are required to fill
out. The bill resulted from a
suggestion by Jerry T. Walker,
Experiment Station employe.
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tomorrow near 50, low tonight
near 30. Sunrise tomorrow 8:44,
sunset tomorrow 6:47.
code.
Gov. Jimmy Carter, in his
final year, has proposed a $1.6
billion budget, which is nearly
$47 million less than the cuurent
appropriation—first time that’s
happened since the state budget
act went into effect a decade
ago.
The governor, who cut more
than S2OO million from the Edu
cation Department’s budget re
quest, says there is no money
for a teacher pay raise. But
legislative leaders say they’re
looking for at least a 5 per cent
cost of living pay raise for all
state employes. Even Jimmy
the Greek would rate it a sure
thing that they will find it.
It is a year of cautious
change. While some lawmakers
continue to snipe at reorganiza
tion’s No. 1 son, the Human Re
sources Department, they prob
ably will approve a no-fault in
surance plan and some form of
consumer protection, while
accepting one of several ethics
Meet Karen Harris
New voice on hospital authority
One of the unwritten rules of
governing boards is that they do
not draw from their own em
ployes for board membership.
And certainly not from
middle management.
However, with the ap
pointment of Mrs. Dayle
(Karen) Harris to the hospital
board, Spalding County Com
missioners broke with some
traditions.
The attractive 35-year-old
Griffin mother-of-two will make
a place for herself in the record
books when she assumes her
duties as a member of the eight
man — ’er person — board Jan.
21.
Mrs. Harris will be the first
woman to ever serve as a
member of the authority.
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With fuel saving uppermost in the minds of the nation’s
motorists, students and teachers at Griffin Tech
converted an eight cylinder engine to a four and found it
cut down fuel consumption by some 25 percent. The four
cylinders were not removed but bypassed in the
experiment. School officials had read in the newspapers
about the experiment in another state and tried their hand
at it here. Students Ronny Bond and Greg Coogler, and
proposals which deal with va
rious stages of campaign dis
closures and conflict of interest.
As one leading House member
put it, “We want to get all the
controversial stuff out of the
way early.” So, the equal rights
amendment likely will come up
quickly in the House but
chances of its passage, accord
ing to one high source, are even
slimmer than last year.
No-fault insurance, which has
been kicking around for two
years, will be one of the first
major issues dealt with by the
Senate, according to Sen. Al
Holloway, D-Albany, Carter’s
floor leader in the upper cham
ber. “And, it’ll pass...the peo
ple are sold on it,” he said.
A consumer protection code
will have tougher sledding, but
the new version appears to have
soothed many of the ruffled
feathers that caused last year’s
attempt to fail.
Carter said a series of hear
ings had resolved most of the
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She also win be the first
member to come from the ranks
of hospital employes.
And lastly, it appears that she
will be the youngest active
authority member.
Mrs. Harris brings 15 years of
nursing experience, both in
direct patient care as well as
supervisory and pharmacy
work, with her to her new job.
But she fears that good, solid,
medical experience may not be
enough to convince some people
that she is really qualified to
have a voice in a man’s world.
Especially since she is
replacing long-time board
chairman Carl Richardson, who
retires from the board this,
month.
But Karen Harris already
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opposition. However, the death
of House Speaker George L.
Smith, who was set to lead a
fight for its acceptance when
felled by a stroke in November,
may make the consumer code’s
path a rough one.
Legislators will be asked to
look at a long list of recommen
dations by a blue ribbon educa
tion study panel, but there does
not appear to be much chance
to finance most of them.
“The shortage of funds has
put a crimp in expectations,”
said Senate educational chair
man Terrell Starr, D-Forest
Park, who along with Rep. Bob
Farrar, D-Decatur, headed the
blue ribbon panel. “Apparently
all we have is a continuation
budget and the future is not
bright for new, innovative pro
grams.”
The General Assembly, to be
gaveled to order at 10 a.m.
Monday, will be expected to
pass a state speed limit of 55
miles an hour, reject efforts at
feels she has a very special
constituency.
“The working people of the
hospital have long needed
someone on the board who
knows their side of the story,”
Mrs. Harris said.
Other than her ingrained
feeling of loyality to other
hospital employes, she has no
axe to grind.
Karen Harris ran no race to
receive an appointment to the
hospital board. Other than
answering several telephone
calls asking if she would take
the job if it were offered, she
had no campaign.
In fact, now that she has
received the four-year term,
she will have to give up her
hospital job. She worked part
instructors Roy Jones and Walt Mason (1-r) check engine
at school’s workshop. They ran a half gallon of gas before
the conversion and a half gallon afterwards. Before the
switch the engine ran 14:15 minutes and afterwards it ran
18:20. The experiment did not indicate how much of the
power was lost. The students and teachers said they were
willing to convert an engine in a car to see how the power
is affected.
school district consolidation and
“blue laws” overhaul, consider
passage of local option sales
and income taxes, deal once
again with House reapportion
ment and look into a proposal
to put the state gasoline tax on
a sliding scale to keep up with
rising retail prices.
Rep. Tom Murphy, a Bremen
Democrat, will officially take
office on opening day as the new
House speaker and Rep. Al Bur
russof Marietta becomesspeak
er pro tern. It will be the first
House session in nearly three
decades without George
L Smith and in his memory,
the session is expected to be
relatively free of squabbling
and power fights.
Although they will not official
ly announce until after the ses
sion adjourns, several possible
gubernatorial candidates in this
summer’s primaries — at least
three in each house—will be vy
ing for a share of the spotlight.
Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox, who as
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time in pharmacy. She
previously was nursing services
director. “I still hope to be able
to do some private duty nursing
to keep in touch,” Mrs. Harris
said.
Karen is married to airline
pilot Dayle Harris and they
have two daughters, Beverly,
12, and Laurie, 9.
They live at 806 Sunnybrook
drive.
She has worked at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital since
coming to Griffin in 1967.
They attend the First United
Methodist Church.
Karen is a member of the
Griffin Jaycettes and an avid
skier.
The family spends summer
vacations in Colorado.
presiding officer controls the
Senate, plans to seek another
term as governor.
Also eyeing the race are Sens.
Harry Jackson of Columbus and
Bobby Rowan of Enigma. The
top Democrat and the two top
Republicans are possibles in the
House. Majority Leader George
Busbee of Albany says he defi
nitely will be in the race. So
does Minority Whip Harry Geis
inger of Dunwoody. Another
possibility is Minority Leader
Mike Egan of Atlanta.
“One thing might be more
harmful to you than losing your
savings — winning a fortune.”