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Former Nixon Administration officials, John N. Mitchell
(c) wearing hat and Maurice H. Stans, hold press
conference on steps of U. S. Federal Courthouse as they
emerge after both had been found innocent of all charges
Doctor
fees set
to increase
CHICAGO (UPI) — The
American Medical Association,
in guidelines anticipating the
end of federal price controls
this week, has urged physicians
to increase their fees only
enough to maintain a steady
income in the face of rising
costs.
The goal of the guidelines is
to help curb inflation while at
the same time helping physi
cians adquately meet rising
costs,” the AMA said in an
article in this week’s issue of
American Medical News, a
newspaper published by the
association.
The AMA suggested that
doctors increase fees when they
feel it necessary “to meet
increases in operating costs—
not to boost their own
incomes,” the news said.
American motorists on move
United Press International
American motorists, bitten by
the spring travel bug and
encouraged by more readily
available gasoline supplies, are
traveling more and faster.
“Our tickets doubled over
normal this weekend,” said
Michigan State Police Trooper
Door Wilts who patrols busy
Interstate 75, the state’s main
artery to northern tourist
areas.
Oil industry and federal
energy officials fear the easing
of the gasoline shortage might
prompt motorists to abandon
fuel saving measures and thus
bring about a renewed crisis.
“There is no doubt in my
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1 of 14 Georgians
has government job
ATLANTA (UPI) - Approxi
mately one of every 14 Geor
gians holds down a government
job.
Roughly 1240,000 persons are
budget into state government’s
far-flung, $4.5 million-a-day op
eration, including those who,
like school teachers, are partial
ly paid through other means.
City and county governments
report 126,000 employes and the
U.S. Civil Service Commission
says about 73,000 currently work
for the federal government in
Georgia.
That means that about one
third million of the state’s 4.8
million inhabitants do their
thing for bureaucracy.
The record $1,674 billion state
budget, officials figure, contrib
utes in the neighborhood of 6.65
per cent of the estimated $25.1
billion gross state product and
mind that if the public doesn’t
do a better job of conserving
than they have done this
month, we are going to
definitely have additional shor
tages,” Jim Hart of the
Alabama Petroleum Council
said.
While many stations remain
on short hours and some report
end-of-the-month shortages,
weekend motorists are finding
it easier to find unlocked
pumps.
A spokesman for the Chicago
Motor Club said about 22 per
cent of the stations in Illinois
and Indiana were open Sunday.
The American Automobile
Association’s latest survey
showed no critical shortages
GRIFFIN
Daily Since 1872
Spalding manufacturing
adds $58.8 million in value
of conspiring to defraud the government by use of their
political power to influence justice. Some 150 spectators
greeted them with cheers and boos. (UPI)
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8.2 per cent of the $20.1 billion
estimated personal income.
Figures prepared for United
Press International by the state
Planning and Budget Division
did not place a price tag on
employe services—it varies with
the department. In some cases,
the percentage is high, as with
the Education Department
which sees 61 per cent of its
budget go to help pay the state’s
57,485 school teachers.
The Human Resources De
partment, by far the state’s
largest agency, has 23,934 bud
geted positions, but some of
them are funded locally or by
federal money. The Labor De
partment also draws heavily
from federal funds.
As state services increase,
state employment goes up every
around the country, but the
auto club warned “there can
still be a pinch this summer
with the tourist season coming
on.”
Pump prices appear to have
leveled off after several months
of steady increases, but station
owners warn that more hikes
could come this summer.
Regular gasoline prices
around the country range from
58 cents in Hawaii to 52 cents in
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mex
ico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Highest gasoline prices were
reported in Hawaii, with an
average 58 cents for regular
and 62 cents for premium, and
in New Jersey, New York,
California, Arizona and Neva-
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, April 29, 1974
year though the Carter adminis
tration has figures to show the
escalation has slowed through
reorganization. On the average,
state employment rose about 6
per cent a year over the last
decade. There were peaks—l 4
per cent in 1969—and valleys—
-2.2 per cent last year.
Municipal governments, rep
resenting 482 incorporated cities
of at least 200 population, and
the state’s 159 county govern
ments report a combined in
crease in 10 years of 30,000
employes and about $25 million
in salaries. The latest count,
reported by John Langsfield of
the Association of County Gov
ernments, is 125,960 fulltime
employes, compared with 94,548
in 1962, with a $55.4 million cur
rent payroll, up from $30.2 mil
lion.
da, with regular going for 55-56
cents and premium selling for
59-60 cents.
In New England, the Middle
Atlantic States and the South,
regular gas was selling for
about 54 cents a gallon, and
premium 58 cents. In the
Middle West, regular averages
about 55 cents, premium 58.
Mountain state stations are
charging around 53 cents for
regular and 57 for premium.
Idaho, Oregon and Washington
prices are about 54 cents for
regular and 58 for premium.
Station operators claim they
are not profiting from the
hikes, making only 2-3 cents on
each gallon.
Value-added by manufac
ture in Spalding County by 54
firms totaled $58.8-million in
1972, according to the U. S.
Department of Commerce.
this was an increase over the
$42.7 - million value-added-by
manufacture in 1967, the report
showed.
Value-added approximates
the value of products shipped
less the cost of materials used in
the manufacture of the
products.
The Spalding report was
based on 54 establishments.
Twenty-three of them had more
than 20 employes.
The 6,900 people employed in
the Spalding establishments
had a total payroll of $37-million
in 1972. Figures for 1973 are not
available.
The value-added in Georgia’s
7,540 plants in 1972 amounted to
$7.4-billion. In 1967 the total was
$4.7-billion for the state.
The textile mill products
industry with $1.5-billion in
value-added or 21 percent of the
state’s total value-added figure,
was the state’s leading in
dustry.
Patroleum products and coal
products with $43-million in
value-added showed the
greatest percentage increase
with 182 over 1967.
Value-added figures for
neighboring counties in 1972
included: Butts $12.7 - million;
Clayton $79.9 - million; Fayette
sll.B million; Henry $35.6-
million; Upson $65.3-million.
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Participating in a community cleanup effort during the
weekend were (1-r) Debbie Smith, Dean Roberts, Mike
Head, Tammy Weaver, Luanne Montgomery, Robyn
Vol. 102 No. 102
Nixon
reports
tonight
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
President Nixon will go on
nationwide television and radio
tonight to give a fresh
accounting of his actions and
knowledge of the Watergate
cover-up, administration offi
cials said today.
He will speak at 9 o’clock
tonight.
The speech comes on the eve
of the President’s response to a
House Judiciary Committee
subpoena for 42 taped conversa
tions between him and some
top former aides between Feb.
20 and April 18,1973, the period
when the full scope of the
Watergate scandal began to
unravel.
According to close advisers,
the President will only partially
comply with the subpoena by
providing the impeachipent
investigators edited transcripts
of most of the tapes, not the
actual recordings that the
committee demanded.
In his address to the nation,
Nixon is expected to touch on a
plan whereby he would permit
the committee to verify the
accuracy and authenticity of
the transcripts. Officials said
the transcripts have been
edited to delete coarse lan
guage and matters that are
irrelevant to the impeachment
inquiry or pertain to national
security.
The President’s new Water
gate address will fall one day
short of the April 30 first
anniversary of another broad
cast when Nixon disclosed that
he had only recently learned of
higher White House involve
ment in the Watergate break-in
and cover-up.
Cleanup volunteers
Chaplain says U.S.
needs heart change
America needs to have a
change of heart and it needs to
hear and heed the voice of God.
That’s what the Rev. Claude
Smithmier told a humiliation
and prayer service yesterday at
the First United Methodist
Church.
The Rev. Smithmier, pastor
of a Chamblee United Methodist
Church, is chaplain of the
Georgia Department of Ameri
can Legion. He was the speaker
for the community wide service
here. The American Legion
Post 15 and its auxiliary
arranged the program.
It was in connection with the
national day of humiliation,
fasting and prayer declared for
tomorrow by a Congressional
resolution.
The minister quoted the Rev.
Mother slain;
her son held
ATLANTA (UPl)—The mother
of a 17-year-old college student
was shot nine times Sunday
when she grabbed the barrel of
the semi-automatic rifle her son
was holding, police said today.
The youth, John McLaughlin,
was jailed on a charge of mur
der in the shooting which, offi
cers said, came after a three
hour argument that started at
the dinner table.
According to the police ac
count, McLaughlin shut himself
in his room after the argument.
His mother came in and grab
bed the barrel of the gun he
was holding and the weapon dis
charged.
McLaughlin’s sister, Becky,
Bolton, Susie Edwards and David Skrine. Litter in the
truck was part of that picked up in the drive.
Inside Tip
Impeach
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Billy Graham as saying that
America reached the cross
roads a long time ago and that it
is on a dead end street.
He said the evangelist
believes America needs to
change its direction.
The Rev. Smithmier said the
trouble was a moral question.
Tongue in cheek he quoted the
comic strip character as
saying, “We have met the
enemy and he is us.”
“I am America; you are
America; our leaders qre
America; we elected them” the
chaplain said.
Bob Turner, commander of
Post 15, and Mrs. Ann Lewis,
president of the auxiliary,
coordinated arrangements for
the program.
told police she heard her mother
scream “shoot me” followed by
several shots. She said he heard
something unintelligibile from
her mother, then some more
shots.
The girl said her brother
came out of the house carrying
the rifle and said, “I think she’s
dead.” She said her mother had
been drinking before the argu
ing began.
While the girl who had fled to
a neighbor’s house, was being
questioned at police headquar
ters, McLaughlin called officers
and apparently told them he
wanted to surrender. Police said
he was charged after making a
statement about the shooting.