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Acting is a hot job
City Commissioner Preston Bunn turned television actor Saturday in Zebulon along with
some other Griffinites. He was included in the cast of people from this area for Mt parts in
the Johnny Cash special filmed in this area. Bunn found the actor’s garb a little hot under
the September sunshine at the station in Zebulon. He shucked the coat during a break.
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Two known dead
in flash flood
NELSON LANDING, Nev.
(UPI) — Two persons are dead
and at least seven are missing
in a weekend flash flood that
ripped through this shoreline
i> settlement Saturday.
Clear and warm weather was
forecast today as searchers
prepared to resume rescue
operations at daybreak for at
least seven persons missing
when a killer flash flood swept
this shoreline settlement into
Lake Mojave Saturday.
The bodies of Marian Carter,
formerly of Santa Ana, Calif.,
and Nadine Peterson of Las
Vegas, Nev., were recovered by
rescue workers. They were
reported to have been inside a
restaurant near the shore of
Lake Mojave when the flood
waters struck.
A National Parks Service
spokesman said the seven
missing were presumed dead.
Gov. Mike O’Callaghan, who
flew to the flood-devasted shore
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MIAMI, FLA.—Darlene Parnass pets her injured German
Shepherd as her two year old son watches their ’<B station
wagon burn. This ended the motor trip for the Mike
Parnass family just seven miles from home on a trip that
originated in California. Hopefully it has ended a string of
resort Sunday, offered state
assistance in the search for
victims and said he was there
to make sure the rescue
operation was coordinated pro
perly.
O’Callaghan, who was also a
regional director of the Office
of Emergency Preparedness in
Santa Rosa, Calif., said, “Any
time that you go to a disaster
where human lives are lost,
even with the sun shining
brightly, it’s a dismal scene.”
The temperature Sunday was
near 100 degrees, with one
white puffy cloud marring an
otherwise clear sky over the
mountain where a cloudburst
spawned the flash flood Satur
day afternoon.
The flooding of Nelson
Landing, located about 35 miles
south of Las Vegas, Nev., was
caused by heavy rains in the
mountains about six miles west
of El Dorado Canyon. Nelson
Landing is located between the
Maybe the bad luck is over
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canyon mouth and the lake.
Water began rolling down the
canyon and picked up debris
and momentum as it neared the
narrow funnel-like mouth of the
canyon that leads into the lake.
The flood waters washed
buildings, trailers, boats, cars
and people into the lake as it
churned down the canyon.
A 100-foot crane with a
“clamshell” scoop was brought
into the area to dig up the
debris before rescue divers
entered the lake.
The shoreline has been
pushed several hundred feet
into the lake by the debris. The
bay, once about 40 feet deep
and used for launching boats,
virtually has been filled by mud
and silt.
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82, low yesterday 64, high
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problems for the Parnass family that began in November
when Mike was stabbed in the heart by a holdup man,
their dog was accidently shot a week ago by a friend and
his leg put in a cast, and when the car caught fire their
extinguisher did not work. (UPI)
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday Afternoon, September 16,1974
Computer doing
utility billing
The city of Griffin hopes to be
able to shift by October billing
of electricity, water, garbage
and sewerage services to newly
installed electronic computer
systems installed in the ad
ministrative building down
town.
During the transfer to the new
system, some errors might pop
up.
City Manager Roy Inman said
that for the moment employes
handling billings are hand
proofing mailings now as a
double check.
But he said even with the
double checking, some errors
may occur.
He asked Griffinites to be
patient and understanding
during the shift to the new
billing system.
Any errors detected or called
to the attention of the billing
personnel will be corrected
immediately, the city manager
said.
Some errors are almost
inevitable in the shift, he said.
But he said hand proofing is
being done now was an effort to
hold them to a minimum.
When the utility billing is fully
automated into the new equip
ment, the city will consider
using it for other work.
Payroll, tax billings, projec
tions and all sorts of other
technical data problems are
expected to be turned over to
the complex system in step by
step phases.
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“To lose all you own might
seem the worst that could
happen to you — until you lose
hope.”
They seem
to like
each other
LONDON (UPI) - Ching
Ching and Chia Chia seem to be
hitting it off well together,
raising smiles on panda-lovers
disappointed by the flop of Chi
Chi and An An.
The two giant pandas went on
public display at London Zoo
Sunday, tumbling and rolling
happily together in their
glassed-in paddock.
Zoo officials expressed hope
the two animals —presented to
former Prime Minister Edward
Heath on his trip to Peking last
spring —would be the first
giant pandas to breed outside
their native China.
The frolicking of female
Ching Ching and male Chia
Chia was a far cry from the
sullen indifference and some
times downright hostility Chi
Chi and An An displayed back
in the 19605.
An An, a Moscow Zoo male,
was flown to Britain in hopes of
mating with Chi Chi, a London
Zoo female. They didn’t and
their nonromance saddened
panda-lovers around the world.
Both died of old age in 1972 at
the age of 15.
Ching Ching is a 2-year-old
female. Chia Chia is two
months her junior.
Zoo officials said it would
take three years before the two
pandas were old enough to
mate. “But in view of their
extreme compatibility we are
very hopeful,” an official said.
Vandalism, burglaries, thefts
keep lawmen here on the go
Local lawmen had their hands
full over the weekend in
vestigating a rash of vandalism,
burglaries and thefts.
Several thousands of dollars
worth of jewelry, mostly in
diamond rings, were stolen
early Sunday morning when a
thief or thieves broke the front
plate glass windows at Fried
man’s and Wynne’s jewelry
stores on North Hill street and
made off with the diamonds
which had been in the show
cases.
The burglaries happened at
5:55 o’clock Sunday morning.
According to Taylor Wynne,
owner of Wynne’s Jewelers, two
burglar alarms went off at that
time. When the plate glass was
broken, a loud bell started
ringing at the jewelry store and
another alarm sounded at the
Griffin Police Station, less than
two blocks away.
At Wynne’s, the burglar
reached through the window
and bundled up the cloth on
which the jewelry was
displayed. The thief apparently
cut his arm on the broken glass,
as there was blood on the
window.
Mr. Wynne said most of the
jewelry at his store was
diamond rings, the value of
which has not yet been deter
mined.
The assorted rings and ring
sets taken from Friedman’s
was valued at $2,366.
A Griffin employee, driving
the city’s street sweeper, said
he had just driven by the stores
and by the time he had turned
around at the railroad tracks at
Broad street and was heading
back on the other side of Hill, he
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Carol Browing joins in a spruce up campaign as Griffin Tech gets ready for open house.
Griffin Tech
open house set
Griffin Tech will have open
house Thursday night from 7 till
9 o’clock so students, parents
and others interested in the
school can see first hand all of
its departments.
Faculty and staff members
will be at the school to help
guests with information about
courses and enrollment
procedures.
The school will start its fall
heard the alarm bells sound but
saw no signs of any activity.
Vandals were on the loose
over the weekend striking at a
number of residences in the
Hillandale area and at a North
Expressway business.
Two plate glass windows were
shot out in the living room at the
home of the Carl Larson’s at 200
Hillandale. A plate glass win
dow also was shot out at the
residence of Mrs. Stella Grays,
213 Larcom lane. Police said
apparently a BB or pellet gun
was used.
Two Hillandale residents
reported vandals broke their
car windows.
R. E. Flanders of 211 Laramie
drive complained that someone
threw a small rock through his
windshield and broke the radio
antenna on his car while it was
parked in front of his residence.
The glass also was broken in a
1968 auto owned by C. B. Reeves
of 215 Laramie drive.
Someone shot out a plate
glass window at the Security
Life Insurance Co., 314 North
Expressway. A BB or pellet gun
was used there police said.
Vandals came into the yard of
E. C. Vickers on Hereford road
and set fire to Mr. Vickers’
lawm mower and garden tiller
over the weekend.
The blaze destroyed the
mower and damaged the paint
on the tiller.
The Spalding Sheriff’s De
partment was investigating.
Wilbur Colbert, 802 Lane
street, reported that someone
rolled his truck down the street
away from his residence and
stole all four tires and wheels
and a tape player.
quarter Oct. 1
The vocational-technical
school is fully accredited by the
Southern Association of
Schools. It is one of 26
vocational-technical schools in
Georgia.
As a tax supported institution,
the school is under the super
vision of the State Department
of Education with a local ad
visory board.
A brown mahogany chair was
stolen from the porch at the
home of Emily Joanne Sikes,
721 West Poplar street.
Mrs. Alice Dutton of a Griffin
address reported that she left
her purse in her car while the
vehicle was parked in front of
135 South Hill street and when
she returned the purse was
gone.
The yellow-brown pocketbook
contained S3B in cash, keys and
other items.
Griffin Police officers on
patrol discovered that someone
had been stealing gas from
trucks at Uniform Rental Co. on
Uniform road.
Atlanta Symphony
votes to strike
ATLANTA (UPl)—Musicians
with the Atlanta Symphony Or
chestra voted unanimously this
morning to go on strike for the
first time in the symphony’s
history.
The 75-0 vote came amid
plans to open the symphony’s
30th season Thursday.
There was no indication when
contract negotiations would re
sume.
The musicians voted to reject
a top offer of $13,200 base sala
ry for a three-year contract,
said Frank Ratka, general man
ager of the orchestra.
Ratka said he was “shocked”
when he learned of the strike
vote by the Atlanta Symphony
Players Association.
He said plans would be made
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Joe L. Kendrick of 629
Williams street reported a
burglary at his residence.
Someone cut the screen and
entered his home. A .22 caliber
pistol was missing from under
neath his pillow.
A 10-speed bicycle was stolen
from the home of Helen Reid on
McDonough road and a mini
bike was taken from the yard of
H. J. Evans on Wilson road.
Apparently nothing was taken
in a burglary at the home of
Arleen Foster on McDonough
road. There was some S4O
damage to the broken window
there.
later for refunds on subscriber
and opening night tickets.
Contract negotiations began
last spring and both sides main
tained as late as last Thursday
that no major troubles had de
veloped between negotiators.
The contract is normally signed
in the spring.
When wage talks began, the
association asked for a weekly
salary of 1300. Base pay under
the 1973-74 contract was $243 a
week for a 42-week season.
Joe Walthall, president of the
players association, said last
week that the association’s
main concern was “parity with
growth” or comparable pay
with other major orchestras in
the country, plus periodic in
creases.