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Two-year-old John Thomas was among those who helped eat a 32-foot banana split at
Devotie Baptist Church yesterday afternoon. The church went for a record size treat. John
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Thomas.
Woman beaten, husband killed
ATLANTA (UPI) - Twice in
the past three months, bandits
had tried to rob Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Coleman after their
monthly Social Security check
arrived.
A third attempt over the
weekend left Coleman, 51, dead
and his wife, Thelma, 55,
injured from a beating.
Homicide Detective Dan Gen
son said the two men being
sought in the attack apparently
knew when Coleman’s check for
ATLANTA (UPI) — Game management chief Hubert
Handy was walking up Long Creek in the isolated Blue
Ridge area of North Georgia when he came upon signs of a
recent struggle in the creek sand.
Curious, he explored the wooded area near the bank and
found the carcass of a deer.
Suddenly, he heard the growl of a large mongrel dog —
one of the vicious “devil dogs.”
“I was armed only with an axe,” Handy said. “I started
swinging it, and saying ‘Come on pup, come on pup’.
“The dog finally ran off,” he said. “But if there had
been two dogs there instead of one, I would have been in
serious trouble.”
The dog had been feeding on the carcass for about two
days, Handy said.
These wild dogs — called “devil dogs” by some — are a
growing problem in Georgia and several other
southeastern states, including Tennessee, Alabama,
South Carolina and Florida.
They travel in packs of eight to 10, posing a danger to
man, game animals and livestock in Georgia’s rural
areas.
Cleve Harper, another game management officer, ran
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No one injured
No one was injured when this truck, loaded with poles,
had an accident near the Georgia 16 and 155 intersection
Saturday morning. The driver of the truck was Howard
Biggest and best
a disability arrived because all
three attempts occurred around
the 3rd of the month when such
checks are delivered.
The first in August netted
nothing when Mrs. Coleman
screamed, frightening the ban
dits off, and in the second, S4OO
was taken.
Genson said the couple
apparently was watching televi
sion when two men burst into
their northwest Atlanta home
and demanded money. Mrs.
Coleman said the men began
Wild dogs threaten people and animals
beating her and her husband
.when they refused to give them
any cash.
The woman was dragged by
the heels for two blocks to a
vacant lot where her screaming
led neighbors to call police.
Officers found the body of her
husband in the middle of the
street near their home. He had
been stabbed in one leg and
apparently bled to death.
Genson said two black men
were sought in the murder.
upon a pack in the same Blue Ridge refugee area some
time ago, Handy said, while tracking down a bunch of wild
dogs running deer.
“The dogs had caught a deer and were pulling it down.
Harper was in a jeep. He shot one and was aiming at
another when one dog attacked and grabbed his arm. But
the other dogs retreated after the first one was shot.
“He (Harper) had to get several stitches taken in his
arm,” Handy said.
An article in the magazine “Guns and Ammo” told of a
party of surveyors clearing a transit line near Atlanta.
They fought off a pack of wild dogs with a chain saw and
two bush axes, killing nine dogs in repeated attacks,
according to the article.
The last survey conducted of the wild dog problem in
1969 showed there were an estimated 300,000 dogs without
owners in Georgia. In that year, 3,104 deer were killed by
dogs, Handy said. Since then, “that problem hasn’t
diminished,” he said.
The Georgia Cattlemen’s Association said 9,174 cattle
were lost to predators in one year with 7,763 of that
number killed by wild dogs. The monetary loss amounted
to $663,908.
Lee Jobe of Jackson. He is pictured at right surveying the
wreckage from the door of his truck
GRIFFIN
Daily Since 1872
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Whalen asks grand jury
views on juvenile judge
Superior Court Judge Andrew
Whalen, Jr., in his charge to the
Spalding Grand Jury this
morning, said it should be
determined by the end of the
year whether or not the Griffin
Judicial Circuit gets a new
juvenile judge.
Presently Judge Whalen
handles juveniles cases in the
four county circuit of Spalding,
Pike, Fayette and Upson. A
recent state law proposed a
separate juvenile court could be
established if recommended by
two successive grand juries in
each county.
Recommendations for the
court already have been made
by grand juries in the four
counties and will be considered
by Spalding Grand Jurors this
week and by grand juries in the
other counties during their
upcoming terms.
Judge Whalen said even if the
Spalding jury recommends the
separate court, he will not
establish it unless the recom
mendation also is made by each
of the other counties and even
then only if he feels it is
practical and feasible to do so.
The major cost of the court
would be the salary of a part
time juvenile judge and would
be pro-rated among the four
counties. The new judge would
be appointed by Judge Whalen.
Judge Whalen noted that the
Flint Circuit, which also is
composed of four counties, pays
its juvenile judge, Sam Whit
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Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday Afternoon. October 6,1975
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Lt. Gov. Zell Miller (r) commended the people of Griffin
and S palding County for their part in the effort to make
the new Flint River Regional Library building a reality
during the dedication yesterday afternoon. Among those
sharing the platform were (1-r) Miss Anne Hill Drewry,
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
75, low today 57, high yesterday
62, low yesterday 53, high
tomorrow in low 70s, low tonight
in upper 50s. Total rainfall over
the weekend .41 of an inch.
The Georgia Swine Growers Association said 17,546
swine, mostly pigs, were killed by wild dogs in a single
year, costing about $45,852.
“It’s a constant fight, constant,” said Handy.”We used
to have natural predators, cougar, bear, wolves, but
man’s pets now are fast assuming the wolf’s role.”
Handy says the biggest problem is abandoned dogs,
taken by their owners to isolated areas and turned loose.
But dogs that have a home can become killers, he said.
“All country folks let their dogs loose,” he said. “And if
there’s a race (after game) other dogs join in. You start
off with one or two but pretty soon you have a pack of eight
or 10, all kinds of dogs.
“The worst combination for killing deer,” he said, “is
the hound, which is a good tracker, and a collie or
shepherd which runs by sight and is big enough to bring
the deer down.”
The Georgia legislature in 1971 passed several “wild
dog” bills. One of the measures provides that anyone may
legally defend life or property against wild dogs under the
express protection of the courts.
Still, it’s risky business shooting a dog, Handy said.
Library dedicated
Brandt pushes unity
of U.S. and Europe
Deputies
resign
Two Spalding Sheriff’s
deputies have turned in their
resignations following an in
vestigation into illegal activities
of the recently raided Casa
Blanca Club on Futral road and
the Windjammer Club on School
road in Sunny Side.
Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert said
Deputies Milton Holmes, Jr.,
and David Hill both have
resigned their posts.
Four persons were arrested
and a large quantity of beer and
whisky were confiscated during
raids at the clubs a week ago on
the night of Sept. 28.
Fair opens
The Spalding County fair was
scheduled to open this afternoon
for a six-day run.
Manager Jack Smith said
exhibits were in place and set
for opening night.
The rain during the weekend
has not presented any major
problems, Smith said.
retired school teacher and board of education member;
Mrs. Paul Kurtz, wife of the library board chairman;
Ethel Peerson, former director of the Flint River library
who now lives in Alabama, and Sen. Virginia Shapard who
introduced Lt. Gov. Miller.
LONDON (UPI) — Former
West German Chancellor Willy
Brandt called today for closer
“American integration into
Europe” in political, economic
and military affairs.
“Our interests cannot always
be identical in every single
case,” Brandt told EDICON,
the 16th annual Conference of
United Press International Edi
tors and Publishers, Edicon.
“They are however linked
with each other and they
cannot be pulled apart,” Brandt
said.
Brandt spoke to 634 editors
and publishers from 35 U.S.
states and the District of
Columbia and 20 other coun
tries on three continents.
The delegates were beginning
a three-day conference at the
Inter-Continental Hotel. It was
the first in the EDICON series
to be held in Europe.
Brandt said the United States
should begin treating the nine
nation European Common Mar
ket “as a growing unit” in
“politics, security and econom
ic matters.”
The European Security Con
ference in Helsinki marked a
watershed in transatlantic rela
tions, Brandt said.
The documents signed there
“may attain historical sig
nificance. They are at all
events the first pan-European
documents encompassing the
United States’ political links in
and to Europe,” Brandt said.
“Today the hesitant integra
tion of the West European
states corresponds to a substan
tial degree of American inte
gration into Europe,” Brandt
Burglars may have more
than they bargained for
Burglars who broke into the
Greenlife Nursery on Meadow
vista road Saturday night or
Sunday morning were warned
to contact a physician at once.
They may have inhaled toxic
gas.
Dr. Ira Slade, the owner, told
Spalding Sheriff’s officers that
the area burglarized had been
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said. He said this integration
“has taken place almost
imperceptibly and almost as a
matter of course.”
The former chancellor said
“an effective defense system
for the territory of Western
Europe and North America is
only conceivable as a single
unit.”
In economics, “it is in our
mutual interest that the eco
nomic barriers between the
Community and America have
been lowered and that, if at all
possible, they should not be
raised again.”
In international affairs and
relations with the Communist
bloc, Brandt said “the consoli
dation of our Atlantic partner
ships will remain the
precondition for detente.”
UPI Editor H.L. Stevenson,
opening the conference, said it
was the largest ever held. He
introduced speakers at the first
working session, to be followed
by a luncheon addressed by
Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, leader
of Britain’s Conservative party.
“If you think you can solve
the world’s problems you
haven’t read today’s
newspaper.”
treated with a highly toxic gas.
He said the persons who entered
should contact their family
physician as soon as possible so
their doctor can contact Dr.
Slade for the antidote and treat
ment.
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change were taken.