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Forecast Warm Map Page 6 I -w>* F I : > \ * |i^' ' A 1 \ ; - z >.r' '" - -' ‘ '*^* , * K ' N^^* s’'* 5 ’'** —i*w § £»>&’. ***. . # fewWb Sheriff Gilbert talks about growth. Tire firm hits snags in expansion plans Charles Neel who operates a tire dealership on Everee road ran into a couple of snags last night in efforts to expand the business. He learned from City Atty. Bob Smalley at the city com mission meeting that some of the land involved has restrictive clauses in FHA and VA insured loans on some of the houses nearby. Neel also heard objections from Benny Henzel, 805 Pamela drive. He presented a petition he said was signed by 40 residents in the area who ob jected to rezoning the area to ■*x-> “You’re only young once — during which folks try to make you behave as if you weren’t.” Storm over pardon picks up force WASHINGTON (UPI) - President Ford will consider requests for clemency from Watergate defendants on an individual basis but has no present plan to grant mass pardons, it was announced today. In what apparently was a reversal of an announcement Tuesday that the “entire matter” of pardons for those convicted or charged in the Watergaate scandals was “under study,” Senate Republi can leader Hugh Scott read a statement by Ford following a meeting between the President and congressional leaders. Scott told reporters there is “no study going on” at the present on the President’s permit expansion of the busi ness. Such an expansion would cause more drainage problems and increase business noise in the area, Henzel said. He read a two page statement typewritten on legal size paper to the commissioners outlining some of the objections to rezon ing. Neel said the land he wanted rezoned to commercial and light industry would be used for paved parking lots. Henzel said the paving would make worse a drainage problem in the area. Neel said he had contacted people with property involved. There were 18 at first, he said, then he purchased three lots, cutting the number of people to 15. Three of these still objected to the rezoning, Neel said, while the others either said they would not object or would not protest. Chairman Louis Goldstein examined the list of signatures Henzel presented and spotted the names of some people on both the list Neel had got up and the one Henzel presented. Commissioner Preston Bunn made a motion that action on the rezoning be tabled until the next meeting of the com- power of pardon. Scott said that if Ford receives in due course applica tions for pardon they will be considered. He said no such requests have reached the President’s desk. The statemnt authorized by Ford Tuesday and delivered by John W. Hushen, deputy press secretary, said Ford was studying the question of blanket amnesty for Watergate defen dants. It brought an outpouring of criticism from both Republi cans and Democrats in the aftermath of the unconditional pardon granted former Presi dent Nixon Sunday. Ford, in his formal statement today, said that a study will be DAILY Vol. 102 No. 216 missioners Sept. 24. He said this would allow time for city officials and Neel to get together and check on the land restrictions in the area. The other four commissioners agreed to the delay. Don Young, manager of the Atlanta Gas Light Company in Griffin, introduced Dave Jones, the new assistant manager of the Griffin operation. Young said Jones is expected to become manager here when he (Young) retires in a few months. The commissioners welcomed Jones to the com munity and said they looked forward to working with him. The commissioners also recognized Wendy Wright, Teresa Strickland and Gregg Head of the Griffin High Student Council. They came to observe the meeting. The students said others on the council would attend future meetings of the commissioners so they could learn how local governments operate. The commissioners also welcomed Mrs. Sydney Wynne of the Provisional League of Women Voters. The League has its representatives attend public meetings of local govern ing bodies. made “for any request concern ing pardon of an individual.” “However,” he added, “no inference should be drawn as to the outcome of such study in any case. Nor is my pardon of the former President under unique circumstances stated by me in granting it, related to any other case that is or may be under study. “The announcement yester day by Mr. Hushen concerning study of the entire matter of presidential clemency and par dons was prompted by inquiries to the White House press office concerning Mrs. John Dean’s reported statement in reference to pardoning of her husband and similar public statements in behalf of others.” Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday Afternoon, September 11,1974 Spalding growth With more and more people living in Spalding County, the amount of law enforcement work the sheriff’s department is called on to do has increased considerably. That was the thrust of what Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert told the Exchange Club yesterday. He called it a report on the “state of the sheriff’s department.” He clicked off statistic after statistic to show what he meant. For instance, between Janu ary and August of this year the department has: —Made 1,698 arrests. (Os these 911 were from warrants sworn out by one citizen against another.) —Served 395 civil papers. —Patrolled 196,700 miles which is enough to go round the world eight times. —Has worn out two and a half patrol cars. —Made 89 trips to the state mental hospital at Milledge ville. —Made 25 trips to Georgia prisons. —Made 73 trips to other penal institutions and jails to pick up prisoners arrested for Spalding County. —Answered 1,862 citizen complaints ranging from reporting prowlers to murder. The Investigative Division of the department has investigat- MM Jr? ‘ Welcome WASHINGTON—President Ford and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin stand side by side at White House welcoming ceremonies for Rabin. Ford said the U.S. stands with Israel and is committed to Israel’s survival and security. (UPI) Scott and House GOP leader John J. Rhodes briefed report ers after the hour and 45 minute meeting with Ford. Scott said there is “no study going on” at the present on the President’s power of pardon. Scott said Ford called several congressional leaders including himself Sunday morning in advance of the Nixon pardon announcement but the decision was Ford’s alone. In response to questions, Rhodes said nothing came up in the morning meeting concern ing Nixon’s health —“Nothing was said.” There have been reports that Nixon was depressed and that Ford was influenced by friends, and perhaps members of the GRIFFIN What it means to law enforcement NEWS ed one murder, three rapes, five robberies, 41 assaults, and 86 All of the burglaries were at residences. The department has in vestigated 18 deaths, 48 missing persons and 414 other cases. The sheriff injected a footnote to say that since he began a business house watch service last October, not one business house has reported a burglary. A deputy on patrol makes regular checks at business houses. During the check he leaves the patrol car, checks the business to make sure it is as secure as possible against break-in, and leaves a card telling the owner when the check was made. The plan has proved itself effective, the sheriff’s records show. This work load is carried out by a total of 23 full time people and two part time. There are 12 uniformed deputies and three in vestigators. There are three jailers, two clerks, two school crossing women and a dispatcher. Ten of the deputies are assigned to regular patrol car duty. It averages out having seven of them at work daily, Gilbert figures, considering time off, sick days and vaca tions. This means two (plus) patrol- Nixon family, to move compas sionately to relieve Nixon of the anxiety of facing possible Watergate charges. White House spokesmen have denied that Nixon’s health entered into the discussion of pardon. Hushen said Tuesday Ford knew the Nixon pardon “was a controversial decision. He still thinks this was the right decision and he will be proven right in the long run.” Asked if the President was aware of the extent of the dissenting reaction he has aroused, White House counselor Robert Hartmann, one of Ford’s closest advisers, said, “I think so.” The criticism came from both Daily Since 1872 men average working each eight hour shift. It means, Sheriff Gilbert continued, that some of them work nine and 10 hours a day. It also means that there is one patrolman in a car and three patrolmen working alone in separate cars trying to main tain law and order and answer all calls at night, the sheriff explained. When new wage and hour laws go into effect next Janu ary, some changes in the number of hours worked and salaries will be affected, Sheriff Gilbert pointed out. All law enforcement and lire protection people will be af fected with the new regulations. Sheriff Gilbert figures he’ll have to have three more deputies by then just to maintain the present level of service. He has had 24-hour patrol service here for seven years. Records show that the city of Griffin had 22,000 people in 1970, the sheriff went on. The county had 18,000. Since then, single residential permits have been issued to 3,260 people in the county. That figures to be about 10,000 more people in the county since 1970, the sheriff estimated. The city of Griffin has 60 people in police work while the county has 23, the sheriff ob served. Jet crash kills 69 of 82 aboard CHARLOTTE, N. C. (UPI) - An Eastern Air Lines DC-9 jet crashed and burned today while attempting a landing in fog at Charlotte’s Douglas Municipal Airport, killing 69 of the 82 persons aboard. “We have received 13 victims from the crash and we have been notified that this is the total number of survivors,” Harold Green, administrator at Charlotte Memorial Hospital, told UPI. The flight was Eastern 212, bound from Charleston, S.C., to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, via Charlotte. In Miami, Eastern officials identified the commander of the flight as Capt. J. E. Reeves, 48, and the copilot as James Miller Daniels Jr., 36. Both men were based in Atlanta. The plane crashed at 7:33 a. m. EDT in an open field two and one half miles south of the airport, near Charlotte’s York Street Exit of interstate high way 77. Residents near the airport said the plane’s engines seemed to be functioning properly when it passed overhead, but that the craft apparently was too low. They said after the plane went Democrats and Republicans. Sen. Sam Ervin, D-N.C., said further pardons would be “a mockery of equal justice under the law.” House Republican leader John J. Rhodes of Arizona said that while he supported Ford’s pardon of Nixon, “It does not necessarily follow that a similar pardon should be issued to those individuals under the former President who par ticipated in criminal activity.” Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, D- Hawaii, asked: “Are they going to empty out the prisons now?” Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D- Mass., urged Ford to declare at least a 30-day moratorium on any further Watergate pardons. And Sen. Walter F. Mondale, ®A Prize-Winning Newspaper 1974 Better Newspaper Contests over, they heard an explosion and saw smoke billowing into the sky. Witnesses said those who survived the crash were thrown free from the plane into a clump of trees. Dozens of ambulances and police threaded their way through the morning rush hour traffic to reach the scene and transport survivors to Charlotte Memorial Hospital. A hospital spokesman said most of the survivors were burned and all were reported in critical condition. The DC-9 is designed to carry a total of 88 passengers, so the flight was filled almost to capacity. A Federal Aviation Adminis tration spokesman in Washing ton said the plane was approaching Runway 36 from the south when it disappeared from the radar screen. Another FAA spokesman, Jack Barker in Atlanta, said radio communications with the aircraft were routine up to the moment of the mishap. He said there had been nothing to indicate the plane was in trouble. Barker said the plane was on D-Mont., proposed a constitu tional amendment giving Con gress the power to overrule presidential pardons by a two thirds vote. Hushen made the surprise announcement that Ford was studying clemency for all persons involved in Watergate related scandals only two days after Ford startled the nation with his unconditional pardon of Nixon. The study would cover 48 defendants, including those who have pleaded guilty or have been convicted by juries. Executives of 14 corportations also have pleaded guilty in connection with contributions to He was quick to say he did not conclude that the city did not need that many people — not by any means. His point was that the county would need more law enforce ment people just to maintain present services to the growing number of people in the county. Turning to training and minimum standards for law enforcement people in the future, Sheriff Gilbert sees that by 1982 a four-year degree will be required. The society becomes more and more complex and demands on law enforcement people increase almost every week, the sheriff continued. He predicts that minimum basic training soon will be 114 hours or three weeks and a middle ground figure in this area would be about seven weeks. As training requirements increase, an 11-week training program is probable. Sheriff Gilbert said an ideal program would be 26 weeks of training, just in basics of law enforce ment. He has taken an active leadership role in trying to get training improved and thinks the program is headed in the right direction. a radar approach because the fog was too thick for a visual landing. One eyewitness reported hearing what he said sounded like several explosions before the plane crashed and burst into flames. Dense smoke billowed up from the crash scene and ambulances and police had difficulty reaching the site because of the early morning traffic. Jim Stanley, 19, who was driving near the airport said: “I heard the jet and then I heard the explosion. I ran down into the woods and saw a tremendous funnel of smoke. I had seen what looked like the tail section going into the fog. The roar of the fire was tremendous.” Stanley said upon closer inspection “I saw a girl lying beside the fusilage screaming. There wasn’t anything we could do for her. I got sick watching that girl. Weather ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY 88, low today 64, high yesterday 87, low yesterday 63, high tomorrow in upper 80s, low tonight in upper 60s. Nixon’s re-election campaign. Former Nixon cabinet mem bers John Mitchell and John Connally, who are awaiting trial in separate cases, would be included in the study. Amid these developments, Ford has postponed his an nouncement on a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam era draft dodgers and deserters until later this month. He said Ford would act on that issue “certainly no later than the end of the month.” When asked whether the Nixon pardon would lead Ford to liberalize the amnesty plan, Hushen said: “I would not speculate along those lines.”