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Ever wonder what’s inside one of those big metal covered panels on a telephone pole? Just a
bunch of wires and other gadgets as the Griffin Dally News camera found out when it
spotted Mike Winkler of Barnesville at work on a pole near Spalding Square. Winkler who
works for Southern Bell out of Griffin was making a connection for a new business telephone
in that rapidly growing section of Spalding County.
Police wrestle
gun from man
Two Griffin police officers
barely missed getting shot early
this morning during a scuffle
with a drunken suspect who had
pulled a service revolver from
one of their holsters and pointed
it at them.
The incident began about 2:50
a.m. when Lt. Tom Malsbary
and Officer Dickie Carreker
spotted a car traveling down
East Broadway and weaving
over the centerline. They
stopped the vehicle after it went
under the railroad underpass at
Fourth and Broad streets.
The driver, identified as
Albert McCrary, 20, of Griffin,
smelled strongly of alcohol and
was taken to the city jail for an
Intoximeter test and finger
printing. While Officer
AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI)—A sug
gested increase of 10 cents per
gallon in the federal excise tax
on gasoline has found little sup
port among 17 governors gath
ering for the 1974 Southern Gov
ernors Conference.
President Ford reportedly has
been considering the gasoline
tax proposal as both an infla
tion fighting move and an ener
gy conservation step.
“I am strongly opposed to
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Carreker was getting ready to
fingerprint the man and Lt.
Malsbary was filling out an
information sheet, McCrary
grabbed the lieutenant’s pistol
from its holster.
Lt,. Malsbary said as soon as
he felt the weapon come out of
his holster, he caught McCrary
by the wrist and the two fell to
the floor struggling. When
Carreker, who was in the cage
and had his back to the two
men, realized what was hap
pening, he saw the pistol
pointed at Malsbary with
Malsbary still holding Mc-
Crary’s wrist.
To keep the weapon from
firing, Carreker said he
grabbed the cylinder and felt it
turning in Ids hand. The two
Governors cool to 10 cent gasoline tax
any increase,” Florida Gov.
Reuben Askew said. “We ought
to be concentrating on efforts
to lower the price rather than
raise it.”
Gov. Jimmy Carter of Geor
gia said he does not believe a
tax increase would help ensure
that the burden of inflation and
energy shortages is distributed
equally among all Americans.
“The tax increase is just like
the price increases we’ve seen,”
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Vol. 102 No. 211
officers got the gun even with
the floor but McCrary got it
back up two or three times.
Several times it was pointed at
Malsbary’s chest and
Carreker’s head.
Jailer Al Adkerson heard the
struggle and came to assist. He
grabbed McCrary’s head and
turned it so McCrary could not
see how to aim. The officers
then were able to get the gun
away from McCrary.
McCrary told them he “did
not mean to do it”.
In addition to the drunk
driving charge, a state warrant
was taken this morning
charging McCrary with
aggravated assault and point
ing a pistol at another.
Carter said. “It works the
greatest hardship on those who
are wasting least and who need
their cars to drive to and from
work.”
Another governor attending
the conference, which officially
begins Sunday, Dale Bumpers
of Arkansas, also opposed the
gasoline tax incrase, saying
even rationing might be prefer
able to the hardship such a tax
hike would put on middle and
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday Afternoon, September 5,1974
Five men sign up
for school board
Your
name
here?
The Georgia Department of
Revenue has some money for 11
people whose last known ad
dress was in the Griffin-
Spalding area.
The money is in the foYm of
state income tax refunds.
The checks have been mailed
to them and returned to the
state by the Post Office Depart
ment marked address unknown.
Besides the 11 people in the
Griffin-Spalding area, there are
eight others who live in this
general area.
People whose names appear
on the lists should contact the
Georgia Department of
Revenue, Box 38098, Atlanta,
Ga. 30330 to obtain a refund.
People claiming refunds
should include their Social
Security number as shown on
their income tax returns.
The 11 people listed in the
Griffin-Spalding area as having
income tax refunds coming
were:
Charles A. Allen, Rt. 2, Box
305, Griffin, Ga.
Steve and Marie Bailey, Rt. 1,
Box 167, Griffin, Ga.
Sara C. Banks, Rt. 1, Box 247,
Griffin, Ga.
Steve W. Benton, Rt. 4, Box
283, Griffin, Ga.
Oliver L. Brown, Rt. 1, Box
239, Griffin, Ga.
Tom and Mattie Brown Jr.,
Griffin, Ga.
Edwin D. Buxton, Rt. 3, Lot
17, Griffin, Ga.
Catherine Daniel, 116 N. 14th
street, Griffin, Ga.
Gerald K. Parker, Rt. 1, Box
12, Griffin, Ga.
D. Charlie Howard Thomp
son, 609 East Broad street,
Griffin, Ga.
Jackie and Denise Watkins,
1531 W. Poplar street, Griffin,
Ga.
The eight living in surroun
ding areas are:
Julious and Mary H. Alford,
Rt. 1, Box 359, Thomaston, Ga.
Harry D. and Margie Bailey,
Rt. 4, Jonesboro road, Mc-
Donough, Ga.
Kenneth D. Holzrichter, P. O.
Box 71, Monticello, Ga.
Jewel M. Jacobs, Rt. 2, Mt.
Vernon road, Jackson, Ga.
Earlene Sellers, P. O. Box 84,
c-o Mrs. H. E. Mann, Jenkins
burg, Ga.
Thomas C. and Betty J.
Steckley, Rt. 2, Box 188, Mc-
Donough, Ga.
Charles E. Thomason, Rt. 1,
McDonough, Ga.
Lanny K. and Mary M. Wiley,
140 Oxford Circle, Hampton,
Ga.
Five men, including four
present school board members,
have qualified for election to the
Griffin-Spalding County School
Board.
In the order in which they
qualified yesterday are: Dr.
Thomas J. Hunt, post six; Dan
Boyd, post seven; J. Henry
Walker 111, post nine; William
F. Westmoreland, post ten; and
A. C. Touchstone, post eight.
Businessman Dan Boyd is
seeking the seat formerly held
by the late C. T. Parker.
Mr. Touchstone was ap
pointed to that post but qualified
to run for post eight which is
presently held by Kenneth
Underwood.
Qualifying opened yesterday
at noon and will close at noon on
Friday, Sept. 27.
The terms are for four years.
The election will be Nov. 5
during the general election.
Moose
to host
state
The Griffin Moose Lodge is
making plans to be host for the
Georgia convention here Oct. 3-
6.
The sessions will include
social as well as business meet
ings.
The first day will be enroll
ment and registration of
delegates.
Women of the Moose
organizations will participate in
preliminary meetings the next
day. The convention will open
on Saturday and conclude the
following Monday with election
of officers and handling other
business.
The convention will attract
members from all over the
state.
Elaborate preparations are
under way by the Griffin Lodge
as host for the convention.
Ford says people tired
of pocketbook politics
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
President Ford, opening a pre
summit meeting of 28 econo
mists, said today the American
people are “sick and tired of
having politics played with
their pocketbooks” and are
demanding solutions to their
economic woes.
Ford, sitting at the center of
a blue covered 50-foot long
conference table in the East
Room of the White House,
urged the economists to set
aside their usually conflicting
views as much as possible to
come up with practical, worka
ble solutions to the “deadly
enemy” of inflation.
“The people want right
answers —not a long list of
lower income groups.
“I think while the move to re
duce consumption is worthy, I
believe better methods of
achieving it would be more
equitable for lower income
groups,” Bumpers said.
Kentucky Gov. Wendell Ford
said, “I am interested in tax
reduction for those retired and
on low and fixed incomes rath
er than proposals for tax in
creases by the federal govern-
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Moultrie’s Corbin Crane caused a lot of double takes when
she showed up on the streets of Atlanta with a horseless
head. The equine likeness was part of her demonstration
in the horse project at State 4-H Congress. The 17-year-old
Colquitt Countian was one of more than 300 district 4-H
winners competing for state project honors at the
downtown Marriott Hotel. She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry N. Crane.
alternative answers,” Ford
said.
The meeting was the first of
a dozen to be held here and in
large cities throughout the
country leading toward the
national summit conference on
inflation in Washington, Sept.
27-28.
Today’s session brought
together economists from cam
puses, businesses, banks and
agriculture and unions with
such widely divergent views as
those of liberals like Walter W.
Heller and John Kenneth
Galbraith and conservatives
Milton Friedheim and Alan
Greenspan, who was sworn in
Wednesday as the chairman of
Ford’s Council of Economic
Advisers.
ment.”
The energyshortage is one of
the first topics set for discus
sion Monday when the southern
governors get down to business
in their 40th annual meeting at
Lakeway, Tex., a resort area on
Lake Travis in the rugged hill
country west of Austin.
Gov. Dolph Briscoe of Texas
will preside over the session in
volving power and energy Mon
day morning, and speakers will
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A horse, of course
include Louisiana Gov. Edwin
Edwards and West Virginia
Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr.
Edwards was the only one of
the southern governors queried
who did not immediately oppose
the proposed increase in the
federal gasoline tax.
“I would want to reserve
judgment on that matter to find
out to what purpose the tax
would be put,” Edwards said.
“If the proceeds were to be
used to help solve the energy
Ford planned to go about his
business today and then meet
late this afternoon again with
the economists to receive their
suggestions and their consen
sus, if they are able to reach
one.
In his opening remarks, Ford
said the people of America are
demanding solutions to the twin
and bewildering problems of a
12 per cent annual rate of
inflation and a no-growth
economy which threatens to dip
into a deep recession.
“The people understand eco
nomics very, very well and
they are sick and tired of
having politics played with
their pocketbooks,” Ford de
clared.
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Trixie
back
home
Trixie is back home, thanks to
an election.
It happened like this:
The pet dog of Mrs. Hester
Handley and her daughter,
June, wandered away from
their home about three weeks
ago. They live on Forest
avenue.
The dog is 14 years old.
Mrs. Handley, a well known
Griffin business woman, civic
and church worker, and her
daughter, June, a teacher in the
Griffin-Spalding System,
started a search for Trixie.
They ran ads in the Griffin
Daily News and on radio
stations here.
But no one came up with any
clues on the missing pet.
Mrs. Homer Grissom worked
as an election official at the
National Guard armory
Tuesday. She noticed a dog
there from time to time during
the day and wondered about it.
The dog lay down in a comer
during the afternoon.
Mrs. Grissom checked the tag
on it and phoned the city hall to
see if the owner was recorded
there.
Sure enough, the dog turned
out to be Trixie.
A happy reunion soon was
under way at the Handley
home.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
77, low today 62, high yesterday
79, low yesterday 57, high
tomorrow in mid 70s, low
tonight in low 60s. Sunrise
tomorrow 7:08, sunset
tomorrow 8:03.
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“Worry is a form of
entertainment for folks who
never have learned the joy of
hope.”
crisis, I would support it.”
Gov. John C. West of South
Carolina noted he has opposed
all tax increases—state and fed
eral—during his administration,
and said he would also object
to any attempt to raise the fed
eral gasoline tax.
The southern governor’s con
ference opens with registration
and a Texas style barbecue
Sunday, and closes at Noon on
Wednesday.