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JACQUELINE’S FABRICS 1224 Etheridge Mill Rd. 228-4683 NO.I jPOLYGLAS TIRE \ CHOICE OF DISCERNING CAR MAKERS | BE WHITEWALLS BO MILLION SOLD TO DATE SAVE 9 a90 TO *12.26 PER TIRE TERRIFIC e TRACTION * J f TIBES LI s,zes $ sizes s,zes ssizes$ sizes jA 7.00-13 G7B-14 C7B-14 F7B-14 H7B-14 L7B-15 was $35.90 to $36.65 878-14 was $37.30 to $39.75 was $40.45 to $44.55 was $46.20 to $48.20 plus $2.00 to $2.14 D78 ' 14 plus $2.31 to $2.54 F78 ' 15 plus $2.67 to $2.80 "78-15 plus $3.01 to $3.15 Fed Ex. Tax per tire, fed. Ex. Tax per tire, Fed. Ex. Tax per tire, Fed. Ex Tax per tire, depending on size depending on size depending on size depending on size and tire off your car and tire off your car and tire off your car and tire off your car GOODYEAR § gHILL’S TIRE STORE Solomon & 6th St. Phone 228-1347 WASHINGTON — Federal Energy Administrator William Simon has busy hands as he briefs newsmen at the White House on President Nixon’s Thompson, a graduate of South Georgia College and the George Washington University Law School, has been deputy director of the office since its creation in 1972. He has worked for the GAO since 1941. Two men reelected ATLANTA (UPI) — Troy Simpson of Cornelia and D. Douglas Barnard Jr. of Augusta have been reelected to their second terms on the state Transportation Board. Simpson is from the 9th Congressional District and Barnard from the 10th. They were elected by caucuses of state legislators from their respective districts. Hazelhurst man drowns HAZELHURST, Ga. (UPI) - Samuel Parker, 26, of Hazelhurst, drowned Wednesday while fishing with a friend in the Altamaha River near here. Jeff Davis County Coroner Robert Miles ruled the death accidental. Authorities said Parker and Coleman McCoy were fishing when Parker apparently slipped and fell into the river. Augusta mayor honored AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPl)—The George Walton Medallion, honoring one of Georgia’s signers of the Declaration of Independence, will be presented to Augusta Mayor Lewis Newman Jan. 29. The presentation is being sponsored by the Georgia Commission for the National Bicentennial Celebration and the Augusta-Richmond County Bicennial Committee. The Lyman Hall Medallion will be issued next year. Airport to get equipment ATLANTA (UPI) - A federal grant of $82,000, to be matched by state and local funds, has been awarded to the Albany-Dougherty County airport to purchase two fire and crash rescue vehicles, the state Office of Aviation Development announced Wednesday. The grant will be matched by $49,000 in state and $9,000 in local funds. energy message which went to Congress shortly after the briefing. President Nixon asked Congress for $l.B billion for research and development, BT a # IHvO J i dL 1 Bt Bj ,fl unemployment insurance for workers ousted from jobs by the energy crisis and a plan to prevent price gouging. (UPI) Ex-plumber Krough ready to spill guts WASHINGTON (UPI) - For mer White House plumber Egil “Bud” Krogh Jr. may be ready to “spill his guts” and damage President Nixon after he is sentenced today on a federal civil rights conspiracy charge, a close friend says. Krogh, 34, director of the White House investigative unit formed in 1971 to plug leaks of alleged national security infor mation, pleaded guilty Nov. 30 to conspiring to deprive Dr. Lewis Fielding of his civil rights by directing the burglary of his Los Angeles office in Sept. 1971. He could get a maximum 10 years in jail and a SIO,OOO fine. Sentencing was scheduled for 1:45 p.m. EDT. Fielding was the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, who had been indicted for leaking the Pentagon Papers to the press. Krogh, who resigned as undersecretary of transporta tion May 9, 1973, and took “full responsibility” for the break-in, later renounced his actions and CT I lJ&-r > 'JJW® f |g|i|||ggy I / naX W —* w > "*** . IM I JUL* * W W nßEik\ » ii ryjL—< r fl 1 g " B x S * SEE US THIS WEEK *• FOR A GREAT VALUE. ‘ 4 W' 3 Piece LIVING ROOM GROUP Superbly designed for beauty and crafted for long service - with comfortable naugahyde covering - - - it consists of winged sofa, chair and love seat. In your choice of colors ■ - - black, red or green All 3 pieces SOAA9S Now 0n1y... Jfc Jr JF BUY ON GOODE-NICHOLS EASY TERMS GOODE-NICHOLS Furniture 206-208 South Hill Street . Phone 227-9436 Page 9 promised Watergate prosecu tors “a full and truthful disclosure” after sentencing. He said he would wait until he was sentenced before testifying, to “avoid any possible suggestion that I am seeking leniency through tes tifyng.” Edward L. Morgan, a close friend and former White House aide who resigned from a Treasury Department post last week, predicted Wednesday Krogh would “spill his guts” about the plumbers operation and that his disclosures may lead to Nixon’s impeachment. “Bud’s confession and the tape erasures will probably do the President in,” Morgan told the Wall Street Journal Wed nesday. He said he considers impeachment inevitable. Federal charges of lying to a grand jury, and a Los Angeles charge of burglary, were dropped after Krogh pleaded guilty. — Griffin Daily News Thursday, January 24, 1974 $ JFins by a quote FRESNO, Calif. (UPI) - Irene Hodges beat a speeding ticket by quoting President Nixon. •* Mrs. Hodges was cited Nov. 18 for driving too slowly—s7 miles per hour—in the fast lane of California 99, where the S speed limit was then 70 m.p.h. FIGHT INFLATION.... teg? We’ve Prepared A Real Good | FRIDAY SPECIAL~~| Kentucky fried FISH DINNER __—2 pieces Fish ITTI ■ with The !111 *£ 7? ( Trimmings 1111 Kentucky 1 / sl-45 till 1 SPECIAL SAVE $1 19 26* 2 Convenient Locations KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN OF GRIFFIN 131 East Solomon St. Phone 227-3678 1477 West Mclntosh Road Phone 228-2432 Call In Advance — Your Order Will Be Ready She said she had just heard President Nixon’s nationwide appeal to drivers to slow down voluntarily to save gasoline, although the present 55 m.p.h. limit was not yet in force. She argued, and the judge agreed, that she was just being a patriotic American, complying with the President’s request.