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Griffin girls, boys win. See page 10. ®A Prize-Winning Newspaper 1974 Better Newspaper Contests /-S | 1 J" daSSfl ’ Betty Hill (1) and Rebecca Buck hope that donations to the Salvation Army kettle appeal will increase this weekend. Capt. Roy Asher who is commander of the post in Griffin said that contributions through the kettle appeal were running behind last year’s. Members of Griffin civic clubs helped with the kettle coUections today by ringing bells and soliciting contributions downtown and at shopping centers. Flu hits state ATLANTA (UPI) - The state Health Department reported three confirmed cases of influenza in Georgia Friday, the first reported cases this year. Tom McKinley, assistant di rector of the epidemiology division of the department, said Grady Hospital in Atlanta had reported three confirmed cases of influenza and added these cases were an indication that many other victims in the city Attorney appointed in Henry MCDONOUGH, Ga. (UPI) - A. J. Wells, a local attorney, was appointed Friday to defend Jerry Banks, 23, charged with the murder of a Jonesboro High School band director and a college coed. Flint Judicial Circuit Judge Hugh D. Sosebee named Wells as attorney for Banks. No date was set for an arraignment. Banks is charged with killing Marvin King, 38, and 18-year old Melanie Ann Hartsfield, a student at Clayton Junior College, with a shotgun Nov. 7. He had reported to police that he found their bodies while hunting. Georgia Power wants permanent rate hike ATLANTA (UPI) - Georgia Power Co. will ask the state Public Service Commission for a tempporary emergency rate increase Monday of $85.8 million to be collected before May 1, 1975. A spokesman for the utility said Friday the utility is preparing a case to ask for a permanent increase which will be filed before the end of the Kettle gifts slow are coming down with the ailment. McKinley said the three cases reported at Grady had been identified as similar to those of the Port Chalmers A-strain. The Port Chalmers virus is a new type of influenza that shifted antigenically and brought about the necessity of producing a new vaccine to provide adequate protection. He said health authorities had been notified of a “sharp increase” in school absenteeism in public schools in Dalton and Campbell says controls lower home food prices ATLANTA (UPI) - Two speakers told a regional meet ing of the American Meat Institute Friday that export controls on farm products and employment are two of the main problems facing farmers. J. Phil Campbell, U. S. undersecretary of agriculture, said export controls on farm products would raise prices aboard while lowering them at home. Georgia state economist Do nald Ratajczek told the meeting that unemployment may reach year and possibly as early as next week. Friday Harold McKenzie, Georgia Power senior vice president, responded to a letter Gov. Jimmy Carter wrote last week contesting the company’s need for higher rates. Carter’s letter contended Georgia Power customer de mands only showed a three per cent growth in 1973 but GRIFFIN DAI LyIT NEWS Vol. 102 No. 293 Whitfield County because of upper respiratory illnesses. The cases of flu in Georgia are occurring this year about three to four weeks earlier than usual, McKiney said. He said that this might be the result of improved surveillance tech niques. McKinley said, “It’s beginning to make its presence known. “There has been a definite increase in cases of respiratory illness at Grady this week compared to last week.” eight per cent in the United States by next summer. Ratajczek said there had been four quarters of double digit inflation this year but he doesn’t expect it to run that high in 1975. He said he thought the prime lending rate would drop to seven per cent in the spring and “that kind of move will cause the economy to show an upward move.” Campbell said that if farmers were not allowed to sell overseas and reserve supplies were built up in the United Griffin, Ga., 30223, Saturday Afternoon, December 14,1974 Lawmakers plan public meetings People in this community will have a chance to tell local legis lators what’s on their minds at two public meetings. The first will be next Wednes day at the Chamber of Com merce auditorium beginning at 7 p.m. The second will be at the Stuckey building of the Ex periment Station Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. Rep. John Carlisle announced plans for the meetings today. He and Rep.-elect John Mostiler and Sen.-elect Virginia Shapard will be on hand to answer questions about state and local legislative matters at the two sessions. Carlisle said the Chamber Emigrations figure in Russ trade bill WASHINGTON (UPI) - After two years of delay, the Senate has passed a bill to offer the Soviet Union nondiscrimina tory trade terms in exchange for free emigration for its Jews. President Ford was expected to welcome Friday’s passage of the bill by a 77-4 margin although there was no immedi ate comment from the White House. The bill now goes to a conference with the House. At the State Department, a spokesman expressed gratifica tion over passage of the bill which the administration con siders crucial in building international good feeling with the Soviet Union and other Communist countries. The Senate endorsed, by an 88-0 vote, an amendment by Sen. Henry M. Jackson, D- Wash., to provide most favored nation treatment for the Soviet Union only if Russia opens its doors. That amendment had held up the bill for a year until States, “this becomes a pricing mechanism that drives far mers’ prices down at home and prices up on the world market.” Campbell said, “Export con trols and the holding in reserve of stocks that could be sold simply do not work. Besides why should farmers alone be selected for price controls through such a devious device when wage and price controls have been found objectionable and not workable and only recently been abandoned?” McKenzie said company figures show peak demand climbed by nearly seven per cent last year. The utility acknowledged that Carter’s figures showing almost no increase in national electric demand through August of this year were correct but McKen zie said Georgia’s peak demand over the same period increased by 6.5 per cent. McKenzie said the company meeting will focus a good bit on tax relief proposals which may come before the General Assembly next year. Emphasis on problems facing Georgians who work for an hourly wage will be emphasized at the Jan. 7 meeting at the Stuckey auditorium. The legislators said citizens are invited to attend the sessions, participate in the discussions, give their views and hear from the people who will represent them in the General Assembly next year. The hearings in years past have been well attended and lively and legislators think the sessions this time will be the same. a compromise was reached Oct. 18 between Jackson, Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and the Russians. As debate on the bill unfolded, Jackson said: “If the Soviets fail to live up to the letter and spirit of this agreement the basis of trust and confidence that is essential to the whole range of our relations will be destroyed.” He said he wanted his investiga tions subcommittee to monitor emigration. Congress will have the ability to rescind most favored nation treatment for Russia after 18 months, if the Soviet Union does not allow disgruntled citizens to leave. Jackson said he expected at least 60,000 Jews to emigrate annually. The Senate also adopted amendments which would: —Establish an East-West Trade Review Board to assure orderly development of trade with Communist countries and avert huge, unbalancing deals like the Soviet grain purchase two years ago. —Limit credits to the Soviet Union to S3OO million. Additionally, the bill will grant President Ford authority to enter into international negotiations to lower world trade barriers, compensate any domestic industry injured by foreign competition, and set up preferences for developing na tions. ' Guard open house will be tomorrow The Griffin National Guard unit reminded Griffinites they are invited to inspect facilities of the company tomorrow during open house from 1-4 p.m. “must look at Georgia custom er patterns and not national averages if we’re to plan wisely.” McKenzie said all indicators point to more, rather than less use of electricity in the future and he cautioned against any policy or action that suppposes future “growth trends will defy the past.” He said any effort to impose “artificial social restric- : IS - J K fl - * k '-. Bjgjy' •■ ■: ■ • flp3s,.~> ■ Wy-y, ’MF* ? ■E < f Wjfefwto, <■ -1 e v ' r ■ ,•%'■• i aH k ffl, ; .■F JB .... ' '*«gF -WIBIHHI «*sk,-**~** „$ l jßlßhkb a The joy of Christmas BINGHAMTON, N. Y. — Saint Nicholas may be Jolly but little Niki Margaritis is fearful during her first encounter with the jolly old gent in a department store in Binghamton (UH) Fist fight breaks SEOUL (UPI) - Legislators from the ruling party and. the opposition fought with their fists on the floor of the South Korean parliament today after an opposition lawmaker called for President Park Chung-hee’s resignation. The fistfight broke out only one day after the reopening of the National Assembly, which had been paralyzed for 45 days by an opposition boycott to push demands for constitutional revisions. Lippman dead NEW YORK (UPI) - Walter Lippman, a giant of American journalism who twice won the Pulitzer Prize, died today after a lengthy illness. He was 85. tions” would jeopardize “the quality of life for Georgians.” McKenzie denied implications the company is building indis crimantly. He said Georgia Power is only trying to meet a growing demand that is being further boosted by the shift to electricity from scarcer or costly energy sources. The Georgia Power Project, a consumers group, announced at Daily Since 1872 Slump may claim work by Picasso TAMPA, Fla. (UPI) — The nation’s economic slump may have claimed another victim — a posthumous work of art by Pablo Picasso. Picasso had donated the design of a huge sculpture, “Bust of a Woman,” to the University of South Florida here before his death and the school donated the site. But to actually construct the 100-foot high sculpture will cost a half-million dollars and a two year fund raising effort has brought in only $125,000. “The general state of the economy has been the principal factor contributing to the lack of success in securing the support needed,” said George S. Jenkins, chairman of the Picasso fund campaign. a press conferencce Friday' they would oppose the rate increase. Jane Switek, spokesp erson for the group, said this is the fifth time since 1971 that Georgia Power has asked for a rate increase. She said her group is conducting a petition drive to mobilize opposition to the rate increase. NATIONALA'X H LrwiW Weather ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY 60, low today 31, high yesterday 54, low yesterday 34, high tomorrow near 50, low tonight near 40. But Jenkins said the project should not be abandoned. “Indeed, we continue to believe that the Picasso should and will be built,” Jenkins said. Project director Jerry Ed monson, director of university development, said Friday’s meeting of the fund raising committee was the first in several weeks. “When we were told to meet, most of us really thought it would be to tell us the project would be shelved, but instead, we discussed exploring a couple of possibilities,” Edmonson said. He said one avenue will be an attempt to obtain support from major corporate donors. If the statue is completed, it will be the largest Picasso sculpture in the world. z/ , v “Folks who move leave behind neighbors who either are glad they were there — or that they’re not”