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Circulation Manager Larry Donald (1) and Bill Kilgore of the department
display ABC membership plaque.
Griffin men suspects
in Pike burglary case
Two Griffin men have been charged with burglarizing a
Pike County home.
Pike Sheriff Billy Riggins said Buddy Frank Williams of
837 Gum street and Eddie James Price, 331 North Third
street, were being held in the August break-in at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Buffington on New Hope road in
Pike County.
The sheriff said bonds have been set but there are hold
orders in Spalding County for both suspects.
The burglary was discovered by Mr. Buffington who
came home and found men loading household articles into
a vehicle parked at the rear of his home.
In their haste to get away, the burglars crashed into a
utility pole but managed to escape.
The stolen items, including a television set, radio, watch
and other things, have not been recovered, Riggins said.
A third suspect also is being sought.
Many college buildings
desperate for repair
ATLANTA (UPI) - Old
buildings at many of Georgia’s
colleges and universities are in
desperate need of repairs and
remodeling, a spokesman for
the Board of Regents said
Wednesday.
“We’ve got a lot of old
buildings in bad need of
renovation,” said Harry Mur
phy of the regents’ public
information office. “This kind
of money has always been hard
to come by from the legis
lature. It’s one of our higher
priority items but its just one of
those things that get cut in the
waning days of the session.”
Murphy said the board has
asked for $4 million in the
fiscal 1977 budget for repairs
and renovation at the institu
tions. Last year, the board was
Porno film shows real murder
By LIONEL BASCOM
NEW YORK (UPI) — Police are investigating the
circulation of a bizarre brand of pornographic movies
which show the actual murder and dismemberment of an
actress on screen.
Viewers at private screenings reportedly pay up to S2OO
to witness the filmed killings, Detective Joseph Horman of
the Police Department’s Organized Crime Control Bureau
said Wednesday.
Horman said very reliable sources say there are eight
movies — called “snuff’ or “slasher” films — being
circulated.
“I had first heard about them from a reporter,”
Horman said. “As a result of that initial inquiry I sought
out my sources in the underworld, sources who have
proven to be very reliable in the past.
“They said that in the end, the climax depicts the
actually murder of the female,” Horman said.
He indicated the films begin with an actress and several
actors engaging in a variety of sex acts. Soon, however, a
knife appears, and the actress —obviously unaware of the
nature of the film—is stabbed to death and dismembered.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday Afternoon, October 2,1975
budgeted $2.1 million for
“rehabilitation” of buildings.
He said the board hopes to
remodel the academic building
at South Georgia college in
Douglasville, the old student
center at Kennesaw College in
Marietta and the Murphy
Building at the Medical College
of Georgia in Augusta, among
other things.
He said repairs are needed at
some of the schools for
compliance with the state fire
code.
At the North Georgia Techni
cal and Vocational School in
Clarksville, 17 boilers used to
heat classrooms are in such
bad condition that they barely
meet state requirements, state
inspectors report.
School officials know about
Griffin Daily News
is member of ABC
The Griffin Daily News has
been accepted for membership
in the Audit Bureau of Circula
tions (ABC). It is the recognized
authority for listing circulation
statements of major publica
tions in the United States.
ABC circulation figures are
considered the last word in the
national business community.
As a member, Griffin Daily
News circulation figures are
audited by the ABC.
The first ABC audit report
showed net paid circulation of
the newspaper to be 10,823 for
the period ending June 30.
the boiler problem, said Dr.
Russell Clark, a state assistant
superintendent who helps direct
Georgia’s vocational-technical
schools.
“One heck of a rebuilding job
is needed. An engineering study
is being sought to determine
just what should be done about
the boilers.”
The current state budget
includes no funds to cover
needed repairs at North Geor
gia, Clark said, but funds have
been requested for the next
budget.
Individual costs for boilers
range from $5,000 to about
$12,000 for the kind of units
used at the school, officials
said.
He said a number of films simulate death, but the eight
he is after show real killings.
“We came closest in Miami, this was where we actually
pinpointed them as recently as seven days ago,” said the
detective, who is working on the case with four other
members of the bureau.
“It’s such a secret operation, these things are well
guarded,” he said..
“The thing thatis really astonishing,” Horman said, “is
that there is such a market. That’s almost as astonishng
as the fact that somebody would actually commit a
murder for the purpose of making a film.
“Based on the price, I would imagine the people who
purchase these things are from affluent backgrounds,’ ’ he
said.
“The information I had received said they were proba
bly shot in Latin America. Argentina was the word I got,”
Horman said.
He said persons showing such films could only be
prosecuted under obscenity laws.
“The murder is in another jurisdiction,” Horman said,
“and proving it would be very difficult.”
The sworn statement of cir
culation which the Griffin Daily
News filed with the U. S. Postal
service yesterday showed
11,707. The report to the Postal
Service showed the average
daily circulation to be 11,391.
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The reports filed with the
Postal Service and the audit
figures from ABC are separate.
But the ones filed with the post
office yesterday were the latest
figures available.
The gains in circulation will
be reflected in the next ABC
report.
ABC auditors check every
paid circulation the newspaper
shows on its circulation records.
Membership in the ABC
means that the circulation
reports of the Griffin Daily
News, checked by ABC
auditors, will be carried in
national publication of circula
tion figures.
ABC figures carry with them
the prestige of the nationally
recognized circulation
authority.
“It’s easier to believe that
money isn’t everyting if that’s
all you have.”
Daily Since 1872
Jets under study
for ‘pot’ plane
ATLANTA (UPI) — Federal ‘
officials are now thinking about
jet engines as a means of flying
a drug-smuggling plane off a
woodland runway in Polk
County that is too short for a
regular takeoff.
Assistant U. S. Attorney
Julian Longley said Wednesday
“there has been a good deal of
speculation in aviation circles
on the possibility of using Jet
Assisted Takeoff (JATO).”
The process would mean
attaching small rockets to aid
the four-engine plane in getting
off the ground in a short space.
The big plane has been sitting
on the strip since Aug. 4 when
it was brought in with a load of
marijuana, resulting in the
arrest of 15 persons.
Longley said general opinion
was that there would be only
“a small margin of error” in a
JATO takeoff.
He said he may also seek
bids from private contractors
on having the plane dismantled,
then lifted out by a big Sky
Crane helicopter.
Longley had hoped to handle
the project that way with
equipment from Ft. Benning,
but Department of Defense
officials said regulations might
bar the Army from doing such
jobs when they could be
handled by private contractors.
Prices
show
hikes
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
Spurred by sharp increases for
food, fuels and metals, whole
sale prices rose 0.6 per cent in
September, the Labor Depart
ment said today.
For the past three months
combined, prices have in
creased at a compounded
annual rate of 11.1 per cent for
bulk purchasers. These whole
sale costs eventually show up in
prices consumers pay for goods
and services.
Although the seasonally ad
justed increase in September
was less than the rises of 0.8
per cent in August and 1.2 per
cent in July, it was still the
third highest for 1975. The
September increase worked out
to a 7.2 per cent annual
increase.
The Wholesale Price Index in
September stood at 177.7 from a
base of 100 in 1967. That meant
wholesale buyers paid $177.70
for goods that would have cost
SIOO eight years ago.
Wholesale costs for food
jumped 4.3 per cent, led by
higher prices for vegetables,
beef, hogs and milk, the
department said.
Labor said fuels, metals and
other materials that make up
industrial commodities in
creased 0.7 per cent as a group
for the biggest jump in 11
months.
Grant files
NEW YORK (UPI-W.T.
Grant and Company announced
it has filed a petition to
reorganize under chapter 11 of
the Federal Bankruptcy Act.
Chapter 11 permits an insolvent
firm to continue operations
without a receivership while
seeking to restructure its
finances and come to an
amicable agreement with its
creditors.
The company said it believes it
will have sufficient assets to
assure continued operation of
the business until the end of the
fiscal year next Jan. 31.
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Mrs. Jones: ‘Don’t ever give up.’
Mrs. Marion Jones
is Teacher of Year
Mrs. Marion A. Jones (Bet
ty), third grade teacher at
Third Ward Elementary School,
has been named Teacher of the
Year for 1975-76 in the Griffin-
Spalding County School System.
Mrs. Jones was recommend
ed by faculty members at Third
Ward School to be considered
for this honor along with other
teachers nominated by the
faculties of their respective
schools.
Mrs. Jones was selected by a
system-wide committee of
members of the Griffin-
Spalding Association of Educa
tors.
She has taught 14 years at
Third Ward School and four
Farmer’s Almanac
sees early winter
NEW YORK (UPI) - It must
be October, because the Old
Farmer’s Almanac is back with
its 184th edition and predicting
an early winter.
This long familiar handbook
of Yankee thrift and common
sense predicts the winter will
“start out wild then settle down
to being mild through Janua
ry.”
It warns of “devastating”
downpours along the Pacific
Coast before New Year’s. At
the same time, early snows will
cover the much of the northern
part of the country from the
Rocky Mountains to New
England.
In late February, the Al-
years in other school systems.
She is married to Marion A.
Jones and they have three
children: Beth, a speech and
drama teacher at Lowndes
County High School; Bruce, a
senior at Georgia Southern
College; and Bill, who owns and
operates a local business.
Mrs. Jones’ goal is to help
children realize the importance
of self-discipline and to assume
responsibility for his own
actions. She teaches honesty,
integrity, and some other old
fashion values. She believes in
being firm but gentle.
Mrs. Jones does not have any
magic formula but believes that
if one thing doesn’t work try
manac predicts, blizzards will
sweep across the nation,
followed by late March rains
and a warm and dry April.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac,
founded in 1792 by Robert B.
Thomas and published in
Dublin, N.H., is not only living
nostalgia, but proof that some
of the time-honored ways of
doing things come in handy
when your money runs out
before the end of the month.
Like how to keep a fireplace
going for almost 300 hours on
$3.50 worth of coal.
Or the wonders of vinegar
which can be used for
everything from curing indiges
tion to clearing complexions to
unclogging sinks.
something else and “Don’t Ever
Give Up”.
She says that she uses some
preaching, testing, more
practice, retesting, and lots of
praying and sweating.
Mrs. Jones is a member of the
First Christian Church, where
she has taught Sunday School
for eight years. She is a circle
leader, president of Christian
Women’s Fellowship, and a
church board member.
She is also active in the Pine
Tree Garden Club, a member of
the Elks Aidmore Auxiliary,
and has represented Third
Ward School on committees as a
member of the Griffin-Spalding
Association of Educators.
Miller
library
speaker
Lt. Gov. Zell Miller will be the
speaker at the dedication
program for the new Flint River
Regional Library here Sunday.
The program will begin at 3
p.m.
An open house will follow.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
73, low today 59, high yesterday
72, low yesterday, total rainfall
.12 of an inch. High tomorrow in
mid 60s, low tonight in mid 40s.