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— Griffin Daily News Thursday, April 3,1975
City doesn’t like county rec switch
The county has changed its
position on the recreation
budget and the city doesn’t like
it.
Another round in the dispute
got under way today when the
city commissioners met and
voted not to accept the county’s
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change of position.
The city received a letter
yesterday stating the county
commissioners would be happy
to “take under consideration”
any supplemental budget
requests a majority of the
recreation board might make, if
toward the end of the year,
various recreation programs
are endangered and if the
recreation board can demon
strate the need.
The city is upset with the
wording “take under considera
tion”.
On March 24 the county wrote
that they had agreed to accept
the additional funding. There
was no mention of the word
“consideration”.
The city answered, “We
cannot accept your change of
position from the positive of
acceptance to the ominous of
consideration. We insist that the
reinstatement of these funds be
forthcoming on a request of a
majority vote of the recreation
board.”
It was thought the matter was
close to being settled last week
when the county and city agreed
to a supplemental budget in
which both governments would
cut their share by $4,750 each.
The county originally had
pushed for a $9,500 cut by each
I board, or a total reduction of
, $19,000.
This morning Mayor Louis
Goldstein said the city would be
glad to cut the budget by the
whole amount if anybody could
show where the fat is. So far,
nobody has.
“Commissioner Reid Childers
just pulled the $9,500 figure out
of thin air,” he said.
“I’m not going along to put
the recreation department at
the mercy of county commiss
ioners who are men unqualified
in the field of recreation. The
budget should be in the hands of
the recreation board, not the
city or county commissioners.
It would be dangerous if either
the city or county board had
control over the recreation
department. The county and
city have the same number of
representatives on the board.
They are well qualified and they
should run the department,”
Goldstein continued.
He said the county’s change
from “acceptance” to “con
sideration” means the county
will make decisions on the
recreation department by the
purse strings.
“There’s no two ways about
it,” Goldstein said.
The city’s vote this morning
was not unanimous.
Commissioner Raymond
Head said he agreed with the
city’s position but he thought
wording was too small an issue
to jeopardize the whole
program.
“If the city and county set up
two recreation departments,
the city would have to cut down
as there would be less money.
We can’t do all these things on
less money.
“The main thing is to keep the
program together. It would be
better to have a joint program
with a cut budget than a
Jury seated
for Connally
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
bribery trial of former Treas
ury Secretary John Connally
Jr. may depend on whether the
jury believes him or his long
time Texas crony, Jake Jacob
sen.
Assistant Watergate Prosecu
tor Jon A. Sale said Connally
asked for and got SIO,OOO for
helping raise 1971 price sup
ports for raw milk, and said
Jacobsen, the prosecution’s star
witness, will testify to that.
Connally’s lawyer, Edward
Bennett Williams, said Connally
got no such payment. He said
Jacobsen kept the money and
made up the bribery story.
A jury was seated Wednes
day. Sources said the lead-off
witness would be Agriculture
Department economist Don
Paarlberg.
Prosecutors say they will
play a tape recording of
Connally’s conversation with
Richard Nixon on March 23,
1971,. two days before the
former President reversed the
Agriculture Department and
raised dairy price supports.
Connally is charged with
twice accepting $5,000 for
helping to obtain the increase.
Jacobsen, a friend of Connally
for 25 years, was a lawyer for
Tom Lane
appointed
to board
Tom Lane, former office
manager for the county com
missioners, has been appointed
to the county planning board.
The board makes zoning
recommendations.
Mr. Lane had served as
secretary of the board while he
was employed by the county. He
will replace James “Red” Head
who resigned recently.
The county commissioners
also voted yesterday to close a
portion of County Line road
near Rover as requested by Otis
Blake who owns land there.
Bobby Harrison, a rural mail
carrier, had objected to the
road’s being closed.
TV sets,
money
stolen
Television sets were among
the items taken in two
burglaries at county homes
yesterday.
Two tv sets, a camera, hair
dryer and some S4OO in cash, all
valued at around $950, were
stolen from the W. G. Dix
residence on Birdie road. Entry
was made by prying open some
sliding glass doors between the
carport and kitchen area,
Spalding Sheriff’s officers said.
The home of James Jennings
on Carver road also was
burglarized.
Entry was made by breaking
a glass in a door on the side of
the house.
Two televisions, an electric
drill and other tools, valued at
about SI,OOO, were missing.
Twelve Atlas steel radial
tires, valued at S4OO, were taken
in a break-in at Willis Oil Co.,
120 Searcy avenue.
A tape player and tape were
stolen from a car parked at the
Dundee No. One parking lot
yesterday. Bobby Brownlee of
Locust Grove owned the auto.
reduced program operated by
the’city alone,” he continued.
Mr. Head said there was more
than money involved. The
county children could not share
the program, he said. “The
scars will be there for years to
come.”
The county had agreed to pay
$1,250 per month as its share of
park security, beginning June 1.
The city said waiting until
then for the county to begin
sharing in security costs is a
concession, along with cutting
the budget, that the city is
making. Already since Jan. 29
when police officers began
patrolling the park, the city has
paid out $2,742. Security will
cost the city another $8,246 from
April 1 to June 1, or a total of
$10,988 before the county begins
to pay its share.
Associated Milk Producers, Inc.
In April 1971, Sale said,
Connally reminded Jacobsen of
his help, mentioned the milk
producers’ political funds and
asked, “You think you can get
some of that money for me?”
But Williams said Connally
“did not at any time receive
anything whatsoever from the
milk producers or Mr. Jake
Jacobsen or anyone else. “He
(Jacobsen) converted it to his
own use. He embezzled the
money.’l
Williams said Jacobsen asked
an AMPI lobbyist, Bob A. Lilly,
about giving SIO,OOO to Connally
for political contributions.
“Later, in conversation with
Connally, in a casual manner
he said, ‘Mr. Secretary, you
were very helpful. We have
money available for you for a
campaign contribution if you
choose,’ 1 ” Williams quoted
Jacobsen as saying.
Williams quoted Connally as
“'No, Jake, I am a
Democrat in a Republican
administration. As a member of
a Republican administration I
will not Contribute to Demo
crats aitfi as a Democrat I will
not contribute to the Repub
licans.’”
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number of 384 food stamp ap
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March.
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In March volunteers gave 104
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Prisoner
bitten
by snake
A city prisoner, working with
a sanitary department crew,
was bitten by a snake Tuesday."
Police Capt. E. N. Tarleton
said Willie J. Williams was
helping remove piles of tree
limbs and leaves from Herndon
avenue, when a small snake
came out of the leaves and bit
him on the leg. <
Someone caught the snake
which was apparently
poisonous, Capt. Tarleton said.
Williams was treated by Dr?
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medical examiner.