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Griffin Daily News Wednesday, April 17,1974
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Delegates to the VOCA annual regional conference in
Columbus, Ga., included (front, l-r) Sheila Daniels,
Chiquita Farley, Yolanda Garland, Melody Jester, Diane
Whidby, Portia Fuller, Cassandra Favors, Coordinator
VOCA club wins at regional
The Griffin High School
VOCA club attended the or
ganization’s annual regional
conference, held at Eddy Junior
High School in Columbus, Ga.
Contest winners at the con
ference were:
First place winners —
Yolanda Garland, public speak
ing; Cassandra Favors, career
Tech Days set
here May 16
Griffin Area Vocational
Technical School has an
nounced May 16 as Tech Days
for the Griffin-Spalding County
and surrounding area.
Tech Days are designed to
give employers and students a
chance to get to see what the
Strange bedfellows
LOS ANGEI.ES (UPI) - If
politics makes strange bedfel
lows, show business can too, as
“The Sam and Pat Hour”
showed Tuesday.
Although former Mayor Sam
Yorty and former Gov. Pat
Brown are both nominally
Democrats, they have inhabited
opposite ends of the political
spectrum throughout 30 years
in California politics, and in
1966 ran against each other for
governor.
Yorty, 64, is now a radio talk
show host, and as his guest
Tuesday he had the former
governor, 68, for an hour’s
chat. Among the things they
agreed on were that old
antagonisms between them
have been mellowed by time,
both think living under Commu
nism would be bad, and there
seem to be “more nuts around
today than there were 10 years
ago.”
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manual; and Chiquita Farley,
individual talent.
Second place winners —
Diane Whidby, community
projects; Melody Jester and
Lynda Willis, yearbook.
Third place winners —
Patricia Holland, Sheila
Daniels, Vickey Piercy and
Cheryl Freeman, group per-
other has to offer, according to
school officials.
Griffin Tech graduates
students in 18 occupational
areas, including automobile
mechanics, body and fender
repair, business occupations,
carpentry, cosmetology,
drafting, electronics, data
processing, masonry, practical
nursing and welding.
Students receive not only
excellent, up-to-date
professional instruction, but
also consumer education and
job attitude training.
Information on each graduate
will be available to prospective
employers to aid them in
recruiting, Tech officials added.
Tech Days also allow students
to gain experience in job in
terviewing techniques.
More information about Tech
Days may be obtained by
contacting Larry Brindley,
local Tech Days coordinator.
Ho hum
SAN JUAN, P.R. (UPI) - A
streaker rode a bicycle back
and forth on the street outside
Puerto Rico’s Capitol for about
five minutes Tuesday.
Witnesses said the man took
off his clothes on a hill opposite
the building and began biking.
After about five minutes, he
got dressed and rode away.
Oscar Stokes; (back) Mike Kendall, Cheryl Freeman,
Vickey Piercy, Bunny Maddox, Patricia Holland, Sheila
Gilford and Linda Blanton. Debra Martin and Lynda
Willis also attended the meeting.
forming arts (dance); and
Portia Fuller, job interview.
Other conference participants
were:
Linda Blanton, arts and
crafts; Debra Martin and Sheila
Gilford, delegates; Mike
Kendall, acting parliamentar
ian; and Bunny Maddox,
regional representative.
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Cadet MSG David Ellison of the Griffin High ROTC unit
receives congratulations from Capt. Regis W. Davis of Ft.
Jackson, S.C., after being awarded fifth place in the 10th
annual Southeastern Drill meet. It was held at Atlanta's
Grady Memorial Stadium.
Sheila Gilford is State VOCA
president.
Patricia Holland was elected
to run as region four’s can
didate for State Secretary.
The local VOCA will attend
the clubs’ state convention May
8-11 at Epworth By-The-Sea,
near Brunswick, Ga.
Showboat
destroyed
VICKSBURG, Miss. (UPI) —
The 73-year-old paddlewheeler
Sprague which was the setting
for the motion pricture “Show
boat,” has been destroyed by
fire.
The largest sternwheeler ever
built was engulfed in flames
Monday night at its mooring in
the Mississippi River and was
called a “total loss” by Mayor
Nat Bullard.
It had been converted into a
tourist attraction on the water
front and housed a museum,
restaurant and theater, where
“Gold in the Hills,” a melo
drama about life in the Gay
‘9os was staged each summer
by the Vicksburg Little Thea
ter.
“I felt like I was losing a
member of my family,” said
Margie Rucker, who played the
heroine Nell in the play, as she
watched the smoldering hulk of
the Sprague.
The vessel was built at a cost
of $300,000 in 1901, but
Aiderman Travis Vance said
the Sprague’s tourist value
alone exceeded $500,000.
Food price drops
NEW YORK (UPI) - The
price of food delivered to New
York City agencies dropped 5.6
per cent since last month, city
officials reported today.
That news was a hopeful sign
that the current halt in the rise
of consumer food prices may
continue, officials said.
Chicago police have shakeup
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believed to be the biggest
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new Police Supt. James M.
Rochford changed the jobs of 68
top officers.
Rochford, who had promised
to overhaul the scandal-ridden
department when he was
appointed to the post Feb. 11,
named Capt. Michael A. Spiotto
second in command.
Spiotto’s appointment as first
deputy superintendent appar
ently was intended to upgrade
the image of the department,
carrying to the post one of the
strongest and cleanest records
on the force.
Rochford’s changes resulted
in the promotion of 27 persons,
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the demotion of 12 and a lateral
shift of 29. He transferred 19 of
21 district commanders.
A few of Rochford’s moves
reflected the results of poly
graph tests he gave to all top
echelon commanders when he
first took over the department.
The lie detector tests were
administered in an effort to
find out if top officials had any
knowledge or involvement in
corruption, and Rochford re
vealed at the time that seven
men failed the tests.
When Rochford ordered his
officers to take the tests, he
also demanded they submit
undated resignations with the
understanding the resignations
would be accepted if they were
found corrupt.
Rochford said Tuesday the lie
detector tests gave no clear
indication of illegal activity by
any policeman, and he has not
yet accepted any of the
resignations.
Tuesday’s promotions, demo
tions and transfers were his
decisions alone, Rochford said.
Mayor Richard J. Daley, who
appointed Rochford to his post,
confirmed at a City Hall news
conference that he was not
consulted about the changes,
including the demotion of the
police commander in the
Deering District where Daley
lives.
The major demotion came
when Rochford moved Capt.
James J. Riordan from his post
as chief of patrol to deputy
chief of traffic.
Rochford also named Lt.
Marilynn O’Regan deputy chief
of traffic administration, mak
ing her the highest ranking
policewoman.
Rochford’s shakeup of the
department follows a series of
scandals which ied to the
convictions of scores of police
men, including two former
district commanders, on
charges of extorting tavern
owners.
Shocking privilege
HARTFORD, Conn. (UPI) —
The Connecticut Senate Tues
day approved eight bills to
eliminate sex discrimination.
One of the bills allows women
to witness executions.