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Busbee, wife (c) greet campaign workers.
Shapard, Childers
win nominations
Griffin businessman Reid
Childers defeated veteran
Spalding County Commissioner
Jack Moss in the Democratic
primary here yesterday.
Mrs. Virginia Shapard ap
peared headed for a victory
over Kyle Cobb in a race for the
28th state senatorial district.
The two Spalding candidates
ran in the Democratic primary.
Childers will face Republican
Ivan Taylor in the general elec
tions in November. The winner
of the senate race will be
matched against Alton Norris of
Griffin who won the Republican
nomination without opposition.
In the commission race
Childers received 4,824 votes
and Moss received 3,801,
unofficial returns showed.
Spalding gave Mrs. Shapard
4,453 votes and Cobb 4,336.
The district includes all of
parts of Spalding, Henry,
Clayton, Fayette and Coweta.
Clayton County reported
today it would not begin
counting absentee ballots until
noon and officials said they had
no idea when they would be
finished.
Mrs. Shapard said today:
“I feel such overwhelming
gratitude to all those who
worked so hard on my cam
paign and to those who voted for
me. We won the primary and
Mitchell ask jurors
not be locked up
• WASHINGTON (UPI) - Any
jury chosen for the Watergate
cover-up trial would be prejud-
, iced enough against the six
defendants and thus should not
be sequestered, argues former
Attorney General John N.
♦ Mitchell.
He asked U.S. District Court
How Spalding voted
Busbee Maddox Hitt Miller Cobb Shap. Childers Moss Dorsey Marshall Dye Thompson
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Mrs. Shapard
now the runoff. It was a close
race. I wish all the voters had
the opportunity to run a cam
paign. It would make them
appreciate their votes so much
more. Every vote counts and
everyone should vote. It is with
sincere conviction that I
reassert my pledge to the
people of the 28th district that I
believe in honesty, integrity and
efficiency in government.
Thank you all; I can’t thank you
enough.”
Judge John J. Sirica Tuesday
to rescind his order that jurors
be locked up between sessions
of the trial, scheduled to begin
Sept. 30. It may last as long as
three months.
The jurors would be guarded
by federal marshals and
prevented from reading or
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Reid Childers
Childers said:
“I want to thank those who
worked and voted for me. I will
forever be grateful for your
trust and I want you to know
that your trust has not been
misplaced. I will work hard to
be a good commissioner, giving
you a government with good
business practices, and working
for orderly growth. I ask for the
support and prayers of all the
people in Spalding County.”
hearing about the trial.
In a brief motion, Mitchell
also said he would not make
any more complaints about
prejudicial publicity unless
there is “legal action” that
“may have a direct impact” on
the case, presumably the
possibility that former Presi
dent Nixon might be indicted.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday Afternoon, September 4,1974
Busbee winner
GOP race close
ATLANTA (UPI) — Georgia
voters put an end to the “Pick
rick follies” of fiery Lester Mad
dox Tuesday night by over
whelmingly rejecting his bid for
a second term as governor,
choosing instead veteran State
Rep. George Busbee.
But the controversial Maddox
was reluctant to admit defeat.
At midnight, five hours after
the polls closed and trailing by
more than 100,000 votes, Maddox
refused to concede.
“We’ll wait,” he said, and led
his supporters in a chorus of
“God Bless America.”
Busbee, a 47-year-old “work
horse” legislator who helped
make Maddox a minority-vote
governor eight years ago, de
clined to claim victory until
“the trend is recognized by all
the candidates and acknowl
edged.”
But, he added, “I appreciate
the high privilege of being the
Democratic nominee.”
With 92 per cent of the vote
counted, Busbee had 513,299
votes to 340,896 for Maddox, a
58-year -old steelworker’s son
who sought to become the first
Georgia governor in 30 years to
return to office.
Atlanta businessman Harold
Dye and Macon Mayor Ronnie
Thompson were locked in a
close race for the Republican
nomination for governor.
Dye who held a slim lead
early this morning fell behind
Thompson later today.
With 2,059 of 2,196 precincts
reporting, Thompson had 21,145
votes (50.13 percent) and Dye
had 21,036 (49.87 percent.)
Thompson may have been hurt
by reports he would be involved
in a grand jury investigation of
gambling in Macon and Dye’s
inquiries into the probe to save
the GOP from “another Water
gate.”
Veteran educator and admin
istrator Zell Miller, who served
two terms in the State Senate,
defeated Mrs. Mary Hitt of Jes
up, the Democratic national
committeewoman,for lieutenant
governor—an office in which he
will preside over the Senate.
Miller faces Republican John
Savage Nov. 5.
Superior Court Judge Thomas
O. Marshall overcame first
’ round leader Jack Dorsey for a
seat on the Georgia Court of
Appeals.
Maddox had led the 12-man
race in the first primary Aug.
13, but got only 36 per cent of
the vote although he led in 134
of Georgia’s 159 counties. Many
political observers predicted
then that Maddox was in deep
trouble.
The runoff quickly became a
bitter, personal campaign with
Maddox flailing Busbee as a
liar, a “dirty” politican and a
political captive of black State
Rep. Julian Bond.
Busbee termed Maddox’s
charges the “dying gasp of a
fading politician grasping at
straws,” and he called for vot- 1
ers to “put an end to the Pick
rick follies.”
Maddox heavily lost in black
precincts, where a picture show
ing him chasing blacks from his
restaurant, “Prickrick,” with a
pistol in 1964, was circulated
with the caption, “Lest we for
get.”
The urban vote also went sol
idly for Busbee, the Georgia
House majority leader who mar
shaled the legislative vote that
awarded Maddox the governor
ship in 1966. Maddox had trail
ed Republican Howard Call
away, now secretary of the
Army, but the write-in vote for
former Gov. Ellis Amall kept
either candidate for getting a
majority. The election was
thrown into the Democratic
dominate legislature.
Gov. Jimmy Carter, who could
not succeed himself, made no
public endorsement but private
ly said Maddox was no quali
fied to govern. He sent Busbee
a message late Tuesday night
stating he looked forward to
“placing the reins of govern
ment into your capable hands.”
Busbee, not as well known
statewide as Maddox, stumped
hard to make up that deficit.
His endorsements included one
from Julian Bond, a controver
sial black leader, whom Mad
dox roundly criticized. Bond re
portedly distributed letters to
many Georgia blacks, showing
a picture of Maddox driving
blacks at gunpoint from his
restaurant in 1964. The caption
said, “Lest We Forget.”
Lester Garfield Maddox be
came a legend of sorts in Geor
gia. Two and a half years after
he chased three black ministers
from his downtown Atlanta res
taurant while brandishing a
gun, he was sworn in as gover
nor. But Maddox’s accession to
office in 1967 was tainted by the
fact that he was not elected by
the people, but chosen by the
Democratically-controlled Gen
eral Assembly. Republican How
ard “Bo” Callaway, now secre
tary of the Army, won the elec
tion, but failed to get a major
ity because of a massive
write - in campaign for former
Gov. Ellis Arnall. The Supreme
Court threw the matter into the
legislature and while some of
the lawmakers did so reluctant
ly, they chose Maddox, the
Democrat, over Callaway.
Calling himself “just an av
erage fella” but regularly mak
ing news with such unorthodox
publicity stunts as riding a bi
cycle backwards, Maddox quick
ly became widely known. The
bald, bespectacled son of a
steelworker became, in one na
tional observer’s eyes, “the
P. T. Barnum of politics.”
In an interview with UPI
shortly before he launched his
bid to become the first Georgian
to be re-elected governor in
nearly 30 years, Maddox spoke
about his political philosophy.
Daily Since 1872
Man
holds
pilot
BOSTON (UPI) - A man
held an Eastern Airlines
captain at knifepoint at Logan
International Airport today and
demanded ransom of SIO,OOO
which he said would be given to
the poor.
There were no passengers or
other crew members aboard
the DC9 shuttle from New
York.
A Federal Aviation Adminis
tration spokesman said the
money was placed on the
runway in sight of the hijacker
as he demanded, but it was not
certain if he picked it up.
The hijacker, using the
plane’s two-way radio, was in
radio communication with the
airport tower.
Officials said the plane
requested and received permis
sion to takeoff. The captured
captain, L.E. Whittaker, asked
that another pilot be put aboard
the plane.
A spokesman for Eastern
said the man permitted the
other 95 passengers to leave
along with four crew members
—first officer J.L. Kincaid and
flight attendants C.M.Drew,
F.G. Daniels, and Y.T. Fumiss.
He said the man remained
aboard the plane, flight No.
1160, with Captain Whitaker.
The plane had left New York’s
LaGuardia Airport at 7 a.m.
and arrived at Logan at 7:40
a.m.
“Apparently he didn’t make
his presence known until the
passengers were starting to
leave the plane. He ordered
the plane to be emptied. We
understand the man is a young
black male with a razor or
knife,” the spokesman said.
Airlines spokesman William
Oliver said the hijacker de
manded SIO,OOO and said the
money would be given to the
“poor people of Roxbury.”
John Richmond, an Eastern
official, said the unidentified
hijacker rushed down the
plane’s aisle as passengers
were deplaning.
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
70, low today 57, high yesterday
78, low yesterday 66, high
tomorrow in mid 70s, low
tonight in mid 50s. Sunrise
tomorrow 6:07, sunset
tomorrow 8:02.
Tough day in House
By United Press International
It was a tough day for some
members of the Georgia House
during the primary runoff Tues
day with at least eight of them
losing their seats to newcomers.
Three of the incumbent losers
represent districts in Atlanta.
Barber Sam Sheats defeated
Rep. E. J. Shepherd in District
28, David Scott turned back
Rep. William S. Stephens in 37,
and Robert A. Holmes downed
Rep. W. M. Alexander.
Another Atlanta incumbent,
Clarence G. Ezzard Sr. wallop
ed challenger Douglas C. Dean.
Other House members to be
defeated included: Sidney Low
rey of Rome to E. M. Childers,
Rome, in District 15; J. E. Bo
hannon of Carrollton to Tom
Glanton of Carrollton in District
66-2; J. W. Morgan of Covington
to Bobby Sigman of Oxford in
District 74; Hoyt Adams of
Upatoi to W. Randolph Phil
lips of Shiloh in District 91, and
Vince Moyer of Warner Rob
ins to Roy H. Watson of Warner
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Miss September
Miss September at Shorter College is Abbie Mansour, and
she is prepared for these balmy days of late summer and
early fall. It is difficult for this pretty communications
freshman from Griffin to believe, but before long icy days
will come again and snow will fly in Rome. Abbie is a new
Roman. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mansour, Jr.,
have recently moved to Lakeland Drive in Rome. They
previously lived in Griffin. A graduate of Griffin High
School, Abbie was a member of the Beta Club and captain
of the Varsity cheerleaders. She is attending Shorter
College on an Academic Scholarship.
Robins.
House winners included Rep.
John K. Patterson of Carrollton
over Ralph M. Parkman of Car
rollton by two votes, and vet
eran broadcaster Ed Mullinax
of LaGrange over Seale Hippos
LaGrange.
Some new faces in the House
included John Hawkins and Mrs. <
Peggy Childs from Atlanta,
Thomas Kilgore of Douglasville,
Lynn Gammage of Cedartown,
Earleen Sizemore of Sylvester
and Lowell Leggett of Bruns
wick.
In three Senate races to re
place veteran legislators, these
were the results:
—Hanson Carter of Nashville
defeated Loyce W. Turner of
Valdosta to succeed Bobby Ro
wan of Enigma who made an
unsuccessful race in the guber
natorial primary.
—Mrs. Virginia Shapard of
Griffin, a housewife making
her first race, defeated Kyle T.
Cobb of Griffin to replace Rob
ert Smalley.
—Lawrence Stambaugh of'
Stone Mountain downed Marion
F. Mundy of Stone Mountain to
replace Max Cleland, a defeat
ed candidate in the lieutenant
governor’s race.
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have done about some problems
which have thrived on oar
attempted solutions.’’