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Delegation petitions
against liquor store
A delegation of people who
live in Africa district objected
to the possible location of a
package liquor store in the area
today.
They presented petitions to
the Spalding County Com
missioners this morning oppos
ing the store.
Mrs. Maynard Smith present
ed the petitions she said were
signed by 537 people.
She said the petitioners
specifically were objecting to
locating a package liquor store
on the Expressway and Manley
road.
G. W. Bozeman has applied
for a package license to operate
a store in a former truck stop
building there. Those appearing
to object to the store said work
on renovating the building
already is under way.
The Spalding Commissioners,
meeting in an upstairs jury
room, said application had been
K-Mart
construction
approved
The Griffin City Com
missioners, upon recom
mendation of the local zoning
and planning board, have ap
proved the plans for con
struction of a large K-Mart
store and food cento - .
The store will be built west of
Griffin on Ga. 16 adjacent to the
Peter Pan Motel.
Maravich
suspended
ATLANTA (UPI) - The At
lanta Hawks today suspended
high-scoring guard “Pistol”
Pete Maravich “indefinately”
for “disciplinary reasons.”
Hawks Coach Cotton Fitzsim
mons announced the suspension
but refused to give the reasoa
Maravich has been averaging
over 28 points po game for the
Hawks this season, but the
Hawks have won only 24 games
while losing 32 and are current
ly not in line for a playoff
berth.
Families must eat
Some trucks keep rolling
DALLAS (UPI) - The
independent truckers still haul
ing poultry to the West Coast,
steel pipe to the Deep South
and carrying produce into
Texas, are not defying the
nationwide boycott because
they want to. Their families
still must eat.
Truckers passing through
Dallas despite violence and
threats all along their routes
say they agree with the
demands of the boycotters but
have to keep their trucks
moving to make their payments
and keep food on their families’
table.
It’s a decision they say will
keep truckers divided for
months.
Charles Mooney of Lufkin,
Tex., stocky, deep voiced and
carrying two days growth of
beard, held out his quivering
hand.
“See that, just nerves,” he
said. “I came in here last night
about 9 o’clock. Now, ordinarily
I’d stop out there somewhere
and get a nap in the sleeper.
But not now; who’s going to lay
down out there not knowing
what’s going to happen to the
truck?
Can’t Pay for Rig
“I can’t pay for my rig if I
let it sit, but I can’t pay for it
in normal times either. What
are you going to do. These guys
not running, they have kids too,
I know that, but their kids got
made for the license but it has
not been approved. They said
the application was going
through routine processing and
they didn’t know the final out
come.
Some 26 people crowded into
the jury room which normally
seats 12 jurors. The com
missioners could not meet in
their regular office downstairs
because it is being renovated.
Not all of the 26 present had
come to voice their views on the
liquor store. Some were for
other business.
Mrs. Smith pointed out that
Africa district had voted
heavily against legal liquor
sales in a referendum last year.
Chairman Jack Moss of the
commissioners said that this
was true but that the results of
the referendum were binding
city and county wide, regard
less of how a specific district
might have voted.
He assured the delegation
that their petitions would figure
into final decisions on the
proposed store.
- He said that any business that
was locating anywhere would
have a strike against it if the
people in the area voice objec
tion.
But Moss said he did not want
to get the hopes up of the people
who objected. He said if the
applicant met all legal require
ments then the commissioners
would have no legal grounds to
stand on If they considered
turning down the request.
Moss and Commissioners
Sandy Morgan and Palmer
Hamil pointed out that the
district was zoned for business
that would permit a package
store in the area.
Mrs. Smith said following her
discussion with the com
missioner she and those object
ing to the store might look into
die possibility of asking that the
area be zoned so package stores
would not be allowed.
“We’ll do anything,” she said,
in efforts to prevent the
package store from being
located there.
She pointed out that the
Pomona United Methodist
Church and Beaverbrook would
to eat to. Maybe they’re just
not as concerned about their
kids; . . ~ maybe they’re more
concerned.”
“I don’t know. That’s up to
each individual. He does what
he thinks he has to do and I do
what I think I have to do.”
Jack Oswald of Longview,
Tex., just arrived from a three
day trip carrying lettuce to
Texas from California (he
carried chickens on the trip to
the West Coast), said bottles
were dropped from overpasses
in Arizona onto a truck he was
teamed with. Wayne Hammons
of Jacksonville, Tex, made the
same trip, and said his life was
threatened at a rest area near
El Paso.
Don Spradlin of Oklahoma
City was just heading for
Virginia with a load of steel
and thought the truckers were
all going broke because of
themselves.
“Some of the (boycotting)
truckers don’t have any family,
any ties,” Oswald said. “They
don’t care whether they’re
sitting still or running. We got
to run. If we don’t make that
trip, our kids aren’t going to
eat.”
Mooney said the boycotters
were likely men working on
wages for a company.
Got Nothing to Lose
“They got nothing to lose
shutting it down,” he said. “I
GRIFFIN
DAI E WS
Daily Since 1872
be in the general area of the
package store.
The Rev. Eugene Walton,
pastor of the church, was with
the group that came to object to
the store.
The Rev. Harold Graham,
director of the Flint River
Baptist Association, and John
Wortham, a television repair
man and gospel singer, joined
the group in protesting the
package store.
Wortham said in his opinion
the law authorities had not done
a good job in checking out the
records and reputations of some
people who had been approved
for liquor licenses.
The Rev. Graham said he
didn’t like the filth he saw
developing in the community
and this turned the discussion
toward the litter problem in the
county.
Wortham said many of the
dumpsters had trash thrown
about them and didn’t look
good. He objected to their being
painted green and suggested
another color — possibly
yellow. He wanted the county to
assign prison labor to clean up
around the dumpsters.
The commissioners said
keeping the dumpsters serviced
was a big job and that some of
the prison labor had to be used
in keeping roads in good shape.
Chairman Moss said install
ing and maintaining the
dumpsters was one of the
biggest undertaking and
require more work than
anything the county has
initiated in the last five years.
One woman who did not give
her name said all they wanted
the commissioners to do was
pledge they would do every
thing they could legally against
the liquor store.
“The Lord will do the rest,”
she said.
Another in the delegation said
“A-Men.”
One man who did not give his
name and who was with the
group opposing the package
store said he would pray about
it and would pray for the county
commissioners, too.
The Rev. Graham renewed a
plea that water lines be ex
got tied up in Ohio the last
time. The people doing it
weren’t the ones that owned
their rigs. They sit out there
and they’re drawing five
dollars an hour and I sit there
and I’m losing seventy to a
hundred dollars a day.”
“I think we’re all going broke
slow,” Spradlin said. “All these
guys still out there driving are
doing it because they have to.
They don’t want to.
“I borrowed $2,000 from the
bank some weeks ago, and now
I’ve got to run my truck. I’ll
take this (steel pipe) on into
Virginia, and maybe then I can
just park it. We’re up against
some greedy people.
“They didn’t put this truck
stop out here for my convenien
ce. They’re out here to make
money, and at 50 cents a gallon
for diesel, they’re making
money.”
Mooney and Oswald said the
effects of the boycott will last
months.
“I’d like to get in my rig and
head for Lufkin and park it,”
Mooney said. “The other
truckers will remember my rig.
They’ll know I kept running.
Maybe months from now one
guy will see me and ask me
why I didn’t shut down. There’s
going to be some grudges. You
just can’t go to bed and wake
up and forget about this.”
Griffin, Ga„ 30223, Tuesday, February 5, 1974
tended to the Baptist Camp
ground near Pomona.
The commissioners said they
would check with the city to see
Budget shocks
Sen. Talmadge
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
Democrats have begun de
nouncing President Nixon’s
$304.4 billion red ink budget as
too fat and inflationary.
“I am somewhat shocked at
the S3O billion in increased
spending (over this year’s
$274.7 billion budget),” said
Sen. Herman E. Talmadge, D-
Ga. He said it would mean
“continued deficit spending and
continued inflation.”
“I’m alarmed and dis
couraged that the budget
projects another smashing defi
cit,” said Sen. Harry F. Byrd,
D-Va.
Nixon, submitting the budget
to Congress Monday for the
fiscal year starting July 1,
asked congressional cooperation
to keep its $9.4 billion deficit
from going even higher.
Rep. Thomas P. O’Neill Jr.,
the House Democratic leader,
said “we must cut the budget
below S3OO billion and revise
the spending priorities to
emphasize domestic needs such
as education, housing and
health.”
Senate Democratic Leader
Mike Mansfield denounced the
record $85.8 billion defense
portion of the budget as “far
too high” and promised to help
trim it through overseas troop
cutbacks. Sen. Warren G.
Magnuson, D-Wash., called the
highlights^
By United Press International
Cuba not discussed
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger told newsmen Tuesday the subject of Cuba was
not brought up during a meeting with Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko. Other officials said the Middle
East and European problems were discussed.
Subpoena is signed
LOS ANGELES (UPI) — A California judge has
ordered President Nixon to testify at the burglary trial of
John Ehrlichman and two other former White House
officials.
The unprecedented subpoena was signed Monday by
Superior Court Judge Gordon Ringer.
The White House said Nixon will “respectfully decline”
to testify.
Pullback continues
TEL AVIV (UPI) — Israel troops have begun shrinking
their hold on the west bank of the Suez Canal in a gradual
pullback into the Sinai Desert.
Israeli newspapers reported today that Defense
Minister Moshe Dayan would visit Washington at the end
of the month, apparently for talks on a troop withdrawal
deal with Syria.
Biggs in solitary
RIO DE JANEIRO (UPI) — Brazilian federal police
have accused two Scotland Yard agents of trying to evade
extradition laws. The police refused to hand over Ronald
Biggs, mastermind of Britain’s $5.7 million Great Train
Robbery.
Police ordered the 44-year-old Biggs kept under solitary
confinement in Brasilia, the nation’s capital, to await the
Supreme Court’s decision on whether he should be
extradited to London.
Merchant killed
BELFAST (UPI) — Moments after a coal merchant slid
into his parked car gunmen fired five shots at him from a
speeding car. He was killed instantly. Police are seeking a
motive.
A bombing campaign by extremists was stepped up and
several persons in Belfast were injured.
if it could be worked out. The
city in agreement with the
county furnishes water for the
county installed pipe lines.
budget’s health proposals “fis
cal foolery” with “all the
earmarks of a shell game.”
Sen. Howard M. Metzenbaum,
D-Ohio, said the budget short
changes urgent medical re
search programs.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-
Mass., called it “a retreat”
from the President’s earlier
promises to insure all Ameri
cans high quality health care at
reasonable cost.
A Republican critic, Sen.
Jacob K. Javits of New York,
said the budget contains “short
falls” in health, education and
aid to the poor which will
require “beefing-up action by
the Congress.”
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“Modesty, like honesty, is
hard to pretend — either a
fellow has it, or he doesn’t.”
Vol. 102 No. 31
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Discuss legislation
ATLANTA — Rep. John Carlisle, Griffin (1) and Rep. George Petro, Decatur, confer during
Monday session. The Georgia legislature is at the half way mark of the session and is still
faced with such major legislation as ethics in government, no fault insurance, consumer
protection and milk rebates. (UPI)
Passage of 55 mph
speed limit certain
ATLANTA (UPI) - The.
House had a bill lowering the
state speed limit to 55 m.p.h. at
the top of its agenda today. Pas
sage of the bill was certain.
All 50 states are under orders
from the federal government to
either lower speed limits or for
feit all federal highway con
struction funds. The Senate
approved the lower speed limit
during the first week of the
session, but it took another
three weeks for the House to get
to it.
In action Monday, the Senate
voted 50-1 to abolish the state
Division of Investigation (DOI)
and revive the old Georgia Bu
reau of Investigation (GBI).
The old GBI became the DOI
and was merged with the Public
Safety Department two years
ago under Gov. Jimmy
Carter’s governmental
Conferees vote to roll
back crude oil prices
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
House-Senate conferees have
voted to roll back the price of
crude oil, and one Senate
sponsor of the move says it
should reduce retail gasoline
prices by about four cents a
gallon.
The 12-4 vote Monday by a
conference committee of sena
tors and representatives also
broke a deadlock which has
been holding up legislation
giving President Nixon sweep
ing powers to deal with the
energy crisis.
The committee adopted an
amendment by Sen. Henry M.
Jackson, D-Wash., which would,
if enacted by Congress, put a
ceiling of $7.09 a barrel on
crude oil which has been selling
for up to $10.25.
The provision was substituted
for a controversial proposal to
control windfall profits of the
petroleum industry. Debate on
the profits measure before
Christmas was so intense that
Congress ended its session and
adjourned for a month without
passing the energy bill.
Based on May Levels
Under Jackson’s amendment,
prices for crude oil and
virtually all its products,
including gasoline, would be
based on levels last May 15,
plus provable increases in costs
to retailers since then.
reorganization plan.
But the DOI, the Public Safety
Department, and Carter all
agreed the new system was not
working as well as anticipated.
They all supported the bill,
which now goes to the House.
The new setup would create
three divisions within the GBI
— an investigative arm, the
Crime Lab, and the Crime In
formation Center.
DOI Director Bill Beardsley
said Monday he would rather
head the investigative division
than take over the whole GBI.
The House voted to reconsider
legislation passed last week giv
ing poor elderly persons exemp
tions from education taxes. That
means another vote can be
taken anytime during this ses
sion.
Rep. Jack Cole, D-Dalton, said
he wanted to study several
The price of crude oil
actually could be as low as
$5.25 per barrel under the
amendment, but the President
is given discretion to raise it to
$7.09 as an incentive for more
production.
Jackson, predicting the re
sulting retail gasoline saving at
four cents, said the amendment
may clear the way for Senate
passage of the energy bill,
authorizing the President to
order gasoline rationing if he
sees fit and a long list of other
conservation measures.
Meanwhile, federal energy
chief William E. Simon urged
motorists not to buy gasoline in
amounts less than $3 worth at
one time in order to reduce
what he called “tank hoarding”
in which motorists make the
rounds of service stations,
buying a few gallons at a time
to keep their tanks always full.
“Panic buying isn’t helping
the situation,” Simon said.
“...Many gasoline stations and
trade associations feel there
would be enough gasoline if
motorists do not use their tanks
to hoard gasoline.”
New Regulations Proposed
He also proposed new regula
tions to equalize prices of home
heating oil in Eastern states,
where some people have been
charged twice as much as their
neighbors.
Forecast
Weather
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amendments tacked on the bill
just before it was passed, in
cluding one making tax exemp
tions optional in each commun
ity-
The House voted 131-4 for a
constitutional amendment
allowing the state to pay
$250,000 to the first company
that established a plant in
Georgia to produce aluminum
ore from Kaolin, a clay found in
middle Georgia that is used to
make white paint and porcelain.
The plant would have to pro
duce at least 300,000 tons of the
ore each year.
The House also passed a bill
requiring interpreters for deaf
persons involved in court pro
ceedings and calling for con
struction of curb ramps on city
streets for handicapped per
sons.
City to ask
state to pave
Ellis, Lyndon
Griffin City Commissioners
and local state representatives
will meet with Department of
Transportation officials in
Atlanta Monday to request the
repaving of Ellis road and
Lyndon avenue. They also will
ask that a traffic light be in
stalled on the North Ex
pressway at Mclntosh road.
They will request that the
repaving be put on top priority.
The commissioners said the
need for a traffic light at the
Expressway-Mclntosh in
tersection has existed for some
time but as traffic will become
even heavier when the shopping
center under construction there
opens, they will request that the
light be installed as soon as
possible.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
57, low today 28, high yesterday
48, low yesterday 32, high
tomorrow in low 60’s, low
tonight in mid 30’s. Sunrise
tomorrow 8:34, sunset
tomorrow 7:09.