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— Griffin Daily News Thursday, January 16,1975
Justice Dept, ponders
probe of ‘slush fund’
CHARLOTTE (UPI) - The
U.S. Justice Department will
determine if a probe will be
conducted into an alleged
“political slush fund” at South
ern Bell Telephone Co., U.S.
Attorney Keith Snyder said
Wednesday.
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president and general manager
of the firm’s North Carolina
operations, told the Charlotte
Observer in a copyrighted story
Wednesday that prior to his
dismissal in 1973, he adminis
tered a slush fund designed to
funnel contributions to political
candidates.
Mecklenburg County District
Attorney Peter Gilchrist said
Wednesday he has no plans to
investigate the alleged fund.
“Until more comes to my
attention I don’t plan to
investigate,” said Gilchrist,
noting that such political
contributions would be mis-
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demeanors and are not subject
to prosecution in North Caroli
na after a two-year period.
Snyder, contacted at his
Asheville office, said he was
not certain what if any federal
statutes had been violated. But
he said payment of illegal
contributions by corporations
generally are subject to a five
year statute of limitations.
He said he had directed his
staff to forward copies of the
story to his superiors in
Washington and they would
determine if any action is
warranted.
Ryan said he has retained
legal counsel and anticipates
filing a sl2 million civil suit
against Southern Bell because
of his dismissal.
Ryan told the Observer he
collected funds from various
department heads and funneled
them to various political
candidates of both parties.
Ryan said about SIO,OOO was
paid into the fund annually and
the money was obtained by
Southern Bell employes being
given hefty pay hikes with a
portion of the additional money
being kicked back into the fund.
The Observer said existence
of a political slush fund was
confirmed Tuesday by retired
Southern Bell assistant vice
president John Cooper and
anonymous sources within the
company.
B. Franklin Skinner, Ryan’s
successor, had told the Observ
er that because of the possible
legal action against the firm he
would make no comment on
Ryan’s allegations.
Judson Palmer, a public
relations officials with Southern
Bell, said Wednesday to his
knowledge no such fund has
ever existed within the com
pany.
“We do encourage our
employes to participate on a
personal basis in support of
either the party or candidate of
their choice,” said Palmer.
“We do recognize that on their
own they can get involved in
political activity.”
When Ryan left the firm in
September 1973, it was an
nounced that he would retire
after 27 years service rather
than accept a transfer to
Atlanta.
But Ryan told the Observer
he was fired from his $64,000 a
year job after Southern Bell
officials from Atlanta conduct
ed an investigation.
He said his subordinates were
interroraged and cross-ex
amined, and the officials delved
into his personal life without
affording him an opportunity to
be present for the questioning
or to question their findings.
,“I think the time has come
for a civil suit which will bring
out the truth,” he told the
Observer. “And for the sake of
my family and for my sons, I
have every expectation that
insofar as possible, this wrong
will be righted by a court of
law.”
Two face losing chairs
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Two j
veteran House members battled (
today to retain their powerful
committee chairmanships in
what many observers agreed ,
was a losing fight. ,
The 24-member Democratic ,
Steering and Policy Committee, ,
in an apparently unprecedented
action, voted Wednesday to
reject the nomination of Reps.
Wayne Hays of Ohio as
chairman of Administration
Committee and Wright Patman
of Texas for the Banking
Committee.
Only a vote in the caucus of
all 291 House Democrats today
to reject Rep. Frank Thompson
of New Jersey as chairman of
Administration and Henry
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ATLANTA—With a sea of senators before him, Lt. Gov.
Zell Miller takes his place at the podium, marking his first
appearance as President of the Georgia Senate since he
was sworn into office. (UPI)
Reuss of Wisconsin for Banking
could keep the hopes of Hays
and Patman alive.
The vote of 13-11 to deny
Hays the nomination for the
committee he has headed for
the past four years took
Speaker Carl Albert, chairman
of the steering committee, and
the rest of the leadership by
surprise.
Patman, dean of the House
with 46 years, 10 of them as
Banking Committee chairman,
went down 13-11 on the first
ballot.
Hays and Patman immediate
ly launched telephone and letter
writing campaigns to fellow
Democrats urging rejection of
Thompson and Reuss in the
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caucus. Thompson sent out his
own “dear colleague” letter
stating he would accept the
chairmanship and asking
caucus support.
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Griffin City Manager; Mr. Campbell, Reid Childers,
Spalding County Commissioner; and Dr. Guy Woodroof,
Kiwanis Club president. Mr. Campbell came to Griffin
yesterday to talk to the Kiwanis Club.
georgia news
Philadelphia man held
SANDERSVILLE, Ga. (UPI)
— Joseph Ulysses Lewis, 34, of
Philadelphia, was arrested here
Wednesday night on a warrant
charging him with fleeing
prosecution in the murder of
five men.
The FBI said Lewis was
taken into custody at an
undisclosed location by FBI
agents and local, county and
Calhoun County aid
ATLANTA, Ga. (UPI) —
Panama City and rural Calhoun
County suffered more than $1
million of insured damage
during the tornadoes and high
winds that swept through west
Florida into southwest Georgia
Sunday, the Insurance Informa
tion Institute reported today.
The American Insurance As
sociation’s property claim ser-
Crash kills pilot
ATLANTA (UPI) - A single
engine private plane crashed
Wednesday evening in a field
just after taking off from
suburban Peachtree-DeKalb
airport, killing the pilot and
injuring a passenger.
DeKalb County police said
Donald Roscoe McDaniels of
Atlanta was killed and Ronald
Garman of suburban Chamblee
was seriously injured.
Man shot to death
COMMERCE, Ga. (UPI) -
The owner of the Commerce
Bus Depot was found shot to
death in the depot Friday and
police launched a two-county
search for four male suspects.
Joe Gillespie, 52, who also
operated a record shop in the
depot and was reportedly
known to often carry large
state officers. He was trans
ferred to the Bibb County jail
in Macon for a hearing before
U. S. Magistrate John Hancock
today.
Lewis was charged with
gunning down five men in a
card game in north Phila
delphia about two weeks ago.
It was not known what Lewis
was doing in this east-central
Georgia town.
vices vice president W. D. Swift
put the preliminary insured loss
at >1.5 million. That included
damage to dwellings, mobile
homes, commercial buildings
and their contents and au
tomobiles.
The tornadoes and winds also
hit Bainbridge, Camilla, Sylv
ester and Pelham, Ga.
The Federal Aviation Ad
ministration said the Piper Tri-
Pacer took off about 5:15 p.m.
and then went down suddenly.
There was no report from the
pilot before the crash, an FAA
spokesman said.
DeKalb County police said the
plane burst into flames on
impact and a fire fighting unit
was sent to the scene.
amounts of money, was shot
once in the head, authorities
said.
His wallet, a large wallet
which he strapped to his belt,
was found with the strap cut
and emptied of money.
State and local authorities
searched with bloodhounds in
wooded areas of Madison and