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New Georgia governor puts education on top of list.
Page 8.
City pays out $103,359
The city commission meeting
last night turned out to be
mostly a bill paying session.
When all was said and done,
the commissioners had spent
some $103,359.63. Many of the
payments were on contracts for
services and construction on
projects in progress.
Transactions approved were:
—53,410 for Mclntosh Trail
dues for participation in that
organization and its law en
forcement programs. This is
based on 15 cents per person in
Griffin based on 22.734 people.
—52,516.06 for Georgia
Municipal Association dues
based on nine cents per person
with a base amount of $470.
—52,426.34 to Grever and
Ward, landscape architects for
cemetery work.
—54,732.22 for exterior
Dimes March
set Jan. 26
Dr. Jim Dunaway, chairman,
announced today the annual
Mothers March for Dimes
would be Sunday, Jan. 26.
He said plans are being made
to contact as many households
as possible seeking con
tributions to the fund which
battle birth defects.
Moose Lodge 1503
plans celebration
Griffin Moose Lodge 1503 will
celebrate its silver anniversary
(25th) Jan. 19-25.
The festivities begin Sunday
with an open house from 1 p.m.
until 6 p.m. A Pilgrim Robing
ceremony will be held at 3 p.m.
All charter members, past
governors, officers and their
wives plus past senior regents,
elected officers of the Women of
the Moose and their escorts will
be honored at a dinner Monday.
There will be a special
Auxiliary meeting Tuesday at 8
p.m. in conjunction with the
lighting at new library.
—54,920 to R. Dixon Speas for
airport study payment.
City Manager Roy Inman said
about 11-12 of the study would be
reimbursed from state and
federal sources.
—520,562.06 which was the low
bid for 1975 tire requirements
submitted by Real Tire Service.
—51,566.36 to Wiedeman and
Singleton Engineers for Decern-
Waldheim worries
about Middle East
UNITED NATIONS (UPI) -
U.N. Secretary General Kurt
Waldheim says he’s “more and
more worried” about the
explosive Middle East situation
because of the lack of progress
in peace efforts.
The secretary general says
he doubts the U.N. peacekeep
ing force will be able to stay in
the region beyond spring,
raising the possibility of a new
outbreak of warfare.
“It is clear that efforts to
work out a political settlement
in the Middle East have not
made substantial progress,” he
said Tuesday. “This is one
anniversary.
A 25th anniversary class en
rollment, honoring charter
members will highlight the
Wednesday festivities.
An anniversary party is
scheduled Thursday. It will
include a floor show and dance.
Merrill Cain and the Untouch
ables will perform.
The Legion of the Moose ball
is set for Friday, Jan. 24. It
starts at 9 p.m.
The 25th anniversary ball will
be held Saturday, Jan. 25
beginning at 9 p.m.
James E. Allison is govemoi*
DAILY
Vol. 103 No. 12 Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday Afternoon, January 15,1975 Daily Sirtce 1872
ber services.
—520,821.42 to Paul W. Heard
& Co., for work on modification
of water treatment plant.
—57,397.46 to Collier Con
struction Co. for work on Cabin
Creek Water Production
Control plant.
—535,006.61 to Arthur Pew
Construction Co. for work on
sewage treatment plant.
The board approved an ap
plication by Jack Faulkner to
reason why we are getting
more and more worried about
the situation.”
Waldheim, in comments at a
news conference, said “a
second reason is it is doubtful if
the mandate for peacekeeping
forces in the Middle East will
be extended again after it
expires this spring.”
House fire
The Griffin Fire Department
answered a fire alarm late this
-morning to the home of Dr.
Ralph Hajosy in Hillandale.
The extent of damage was not
immediately known.
of Moose Lodge 1503. Roger C.
Bevil is secretary. Ben F.
Hoard is junior past governor,
Luther Cox is junior governor,
Richard Knight is prelate, S. D.
Storey is treasurer.
Sam R. Cecil, M. E. King and
Maurice Rawlins are trustees.
Lamar McGuffey is sergeant
at-arms, Ronald Peters is assis
tant sergeant-at-arms, Julius
Kapiloff is inner guard and Ray
Piasecki is outer guard.
Frances McCarthney is
Senior Regent for Women of the
Moose.
GRIFFIN
By HELEN THOMAS
UPI White House Reporter
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
Conceding that the “state of the
union is not good,” President
Ford today formally asked
Congress to ease the recession
with a sl6 billion one-year
rebate for 1974 taxpayers and a
$16.5 billion permanent income
tax cut funded by increased oil
tariffs.
Delivering his first State of
the Union address before a
nationally televised joint ses
sion of Congress, Ford reported
the “bad news” that citizens
are upset with the economy. He
predicted a federal deficit of
about S3O billion this year and
$45 billion next year pushing
the national debt to more than
S6OO billion.
Most of Ford’s energy conser
vation and economic proposals
were unveiled in his radio
television speech Monday night
and subsequently by aides. He
called on Congress to enact
them by April 1.
Among his new ideas were
deregulation of new natural
gas, opening the oil-rich Navy
properties at Elk Hills, Calif.,
to commercial production, tap
ping the outer continential shelf
and naval oil reserves in
Alaska, extending the 12 per
cent investment tax credits for
public utilities from one to two
years, a tax credit of up to $l5O
for home owners who install
insulation and storm windows.
He also said his 10-year
program to make America. ,
“invulnerable” to foreign ener
gy boycotts envisioned 200 U.S.
nuclear power plants, 250 new
coal mines, 150 coal-fired power
plants, 30 new oil refineries, 20
relocate the Plaza Bottle Shop,
a liquor store, to 535 West
Taylor street.
They approved a resolution
recognizing the services of the
late Girdean Harper as a city
tax assessor and other civic
Russia turns down
trade agreement
WASHINGTON (UPI) - In a
piajor setback to Secretary of
State Henry A. Kissinger’s
policy of detente, the Soviet
Union has turned down a trade
agreement because Congress
demanded the Kremlin permit
increased emigration of Rus
sian dissidents, especially Jews.
Kissinger announced the re
jection in a Tuesday news
conference.
“The administration regrets
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ON COLLEGE lecturing cir
cuit, David Eisenhower and
wife Julie, daughter of
former President Richard
Nixon, expect to tour the
country sometime this year
as both have signed to speak
as a team before college
audiences.
NEWS
new synthetic fuel plants,
drilling “many thousands of
new oil wells,” insulation of 18
million homes and constructing
millions of new fuel-conserving
vehicles.
In an obvious appeal to
bipartisan support, Ford re
called Democratic President
Harry S. Truman’s appearance
before the 81st Congress in 1949
when Ford was a freshman
congressman and Truman re
ported that the state of the
union was good.
“Today,” Ford said, “that
freshman member from Michi
gan stands where Mr. Truman
stood and I must say to you
that the state of the union is not
good.
“Millions of Americans are
out of work. Recession and
inflation are eroding the money
of millions more. Prices are too
high and sales are too slow.
“Now, I want to speak very
bluntly. I’ve got bad news and I
don’t expect any applause. The
American people want action
and it will take both the
Congress and the President to
give them what they want.
Progress and solutions can be
achieved and they will be
achieved.
“The emphasis of our eco
nomic efforts must now shift
from inflation to jobs.”
Ford asked Congress for a
one-shot tax reduction of sl6
billion in the form of cash
rebates to individuals up to
SI,OOO per return and to
business. He said that if
Congress acts by April 1, the
first checks for half the rebate
could be mailed in May and the
second in September.
Os that amount, he said, sl2
duties.
The commissioners recogniz
ed some members of a class
from Griffin High which is
studying civic government.
Quimby Melton 111 is the
teacher.
Detente setback
this turn of events,” he said.
“It has regarded and continues
to regard an orderly and
mutually beneficial trade rela
tionship with the Soviet Union
as an important element in the
overall improvement of rela
tions.”
Although he squarely blamed
Congress for the rejection,
Kissinger said he would go to
Capitol Hill “in a spirit of
- conciliation” to see if he could
get a bill passed that the
Russians would accept. He also
said attempts to create good
relations between the two
superpowers would continue.
“All the communications we
have received from the Soviet
government seem to suggest
that the political orientation is
unchanged, and we will conduct
our policy until we receive'
evidence to the contrary on the
basis of carrying forward the
policy of detente.”
The cornerstone of the trade
agreement of 1972 gave Russia
most-favored-nation trade sta
tus, essentially the same
treatment other friendly nations
receive. This changed an old
cold war trade policy which,
although liberalized, still put
some import barriers in the
way of Russian goods.
The change had to be
approved by Congress. Howe
ver, many lawmakers, led by
Sen. Henry M. Jackson, D-
Wash., held up approval be
cause they objected to what
they called persecution of
dissidents in the Soviet Union,
especially Jews who wanted to
leave the country.
The measure passed with an
billion would go to individuals
and $4 billion to businesses,
including farmers, to promote
expansion and create jobs.
“Cutting taxes now is essen
tial if we are to turn the
economy around,” Ford said.
“A tax cut offers the best hope
of creating more jobs.”
Ford proposed reducing fu
ture individual income taxes by
$16.5 billion through raising the
low income allowance and
reducing tax rates—primarily
for low and middle income
wage earners.
The plan would raise from
$4,300 to $5,600 the amount a
person could earn without
paying income taxes.
Initial reaction indicated
Ford’s across the board rebate
on 1974 taxes faced tough
sledding in the Democratic
controlled Congress. Rep. Al
Ullman, D-Ore., acting chair
man of the House Ways and
Means Committee, virtually
ruled out any tax relief this
year for upper income wage
earners.
Ford conceded his plan was
inflationary but it was “more
important than ever” to control
federal spending. Without such
action, he said government
expenditures within 15 years
“could easily comprise half of
our Gross National Product”
compared with less than a third
now.
He repeated he would not
initiate any new spending
programs this year, except to.
develop ehergy sources, and
said he would not hestitate to
veto any new spending initiated
by Congress.
Ford called on Congress to
cooperate with him in slowing
Weather
SUNNY
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
55, low today 25, high yesterday
41, low yesterday 19, high
tomorrow in mid 50s, low
tonight near 30.
informal agreement to liberal
ize emigration. The trade bill
was signed on Jan. 3, in a
White House ceremony and
widely praised.
Kissinger said, “The Soviet
Union considers this legislation
as contravening both the 1972
trade agreement, which had
called for an unconditional
elimination of discriminatory
trade restrictions and the
principle of noninterference in
domestic affairs.
“The Soviet government
states that it does not intend to
accept a trade status that is
discriminatory and subject to
political conditions and, accor
dingly, that it will not put into
force the 1972 trade
agreement.”
Griffin city officials
to attend Mayors’ day
All five Griffin City Com
missioners, City Manager
Roy Inman and Supt. Charlie
Smith of the electric depart
ment plan to attend the 17th
annual Mayors’ Day and
legislative conference in
Atlanta on Jan. 19 and 20.
The purpose of Mayors’ Day
is to focus the attention of the
General Assembly on the pro
blems of city officials in the
operation of their municipali
ties; to honor and recognize the
General Assembly while it is in
session; and to allow city of-
down the growth of federal
programs and called for reduc
tions totaling more than sl7
billion in the 1976 fiscal year.
In a drive to restore the
nation’s energy capacity and
make the United States “invul
nerable to cutoffs of foreign
oil,” Ford recommended a plan
that included:
—Excise taxes and import
fees totaling $2 per barrel on
product imports and crude oil.
—Deregulation of new natural
gas and enactment of a natural
gas excise tax. He asked for a
tax of 37 cents per thousand
cubic feet or the equivalent of
$2 a barrel.
—Enactment of a windfall
profits tax to make sure oil
producers do not profit from
the oil crisis. Ford also said he
would remove the price ceiling
of $5.25 per barrel on old
domestic crude oil on April 1.
Ford said that the windfall oil
profits tax would produce
revenues of about sl2 billion.
The President also urged
quick action on legislation to
allow commercial production on
the naval petroleum reserve at
Elk Hills, Calif.
Ford also pledged the ad
ministration would move ahead
in exploring and developing the
Outer Continental Shelf for oil
sources and the Naval Pe
troleum Reserve No. 4 in
Alaska.
Until Congress acts, he said
that he would use his presiden
tial powers to raise the fees on
all imported crude oil and
petroleum products by $3 per
barrel on April 1. After
Congress acts, he said he would
rescind his administrative or
ders.
Carlisle, Mostiler
see need sometimes
for closed sessions
Rep. John Carlisle of Griffin
said today he thought the House
passed rule on opening com
mittee meetings to the public
was a good compromise.
Rep. John Mostiler of Griffin
said today he thought some
committee sessions should be
treated in the same manner as a
jury deliberation in a court
trial.
He said he favored full dis
closure of what transpired in a
closed session without getting
into personalities.
Both Carlisle and Mostiler
were among the 122 House
members who voted to allow the
Rules and Conference Com
mittees to have closed sessions
if they wished.
The rule requires other com
mittee sessions in the House to
be open.
Sen. Virginia Shapard of
Griffin is in the Senate where
that body voted unanimously to
open all committee meetngs to
the public.
“It’s a good step in the right
direction,” Carlisle said.
In sessions before, all of the
committees have had the option
of closing or opening their
meetings to the public, Carlisle
said.
Reiterating he thought the
ficials to explain some of their
municipal problems to the
legislators in order to solve
them with positive legislation.
Mayor Louis Goldstein said
the biggest legislative concern
to cities this year is the
broadening the local tax base
with people choice revenue
sources and to provide property
tax relief.
He said he thinks each county
should have the opportunity to
decide through referendum on a
local option sales tax which
could bring relief to property
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Gerald Ford
At the same time, he called
for wider use of coal to make
up for the oil loss and said that
he is submitting amendments to
the Clean Air Act which would
permit a postponement of
enforcement of antipollution
regulations.
new rule was a step in the right
direction, he said, “After all,
you can’t change everything in
one session.”
This indicated he favored
more openness in the law
making process.
But Carlisle said his experi
ence has taught him that at
times there is a need for closed
meetings.
“Sometimes it’s necessary to
have a private session and hash
something out,” Carlisle said.
“Folks don’t give up because
things are too tough today —
they quit when tomorrow looks
like it won’t be any better.”
tax.
He said the commissioners
will be working very hard with
the state legislators in hopes of
achieving positive legislation to
help solve the problems.
Gov. George Busbee and Lt
Gov. Zell Miller will be the
featured speakers.
More than 400 incorporated
cities and towns, representing
99.8 percent of Georgia’s
municipal population, comprise
the membership of the Georgia
Municipal Association.