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Mr. and Mrs. Preston Newton, representing Post and Unit 15, American Legion in Griffin,
today placed this wreath at the World War I monument in Memorial Park in
commenoration Armistice Day today. Mrs. Newton is president of the Legion’s Auxiliary
and Mr. Newton is senior vice commander.
Demo plans to save
New York in trouble
WASHINGTON (UPI) - A
Democratic proposal to save
New York City from default
with $4 billion in government
guaranteed loans is in trouble,
with fewer than a third of the
members of the Senate now
ready to vote for it, a UPI poll
showed today.
The poll of the 100 senators
showed 44 opposed to or likely
to oppose the loan guarantee
proposal, 30 for it or likely to
vote for it and 20 undecided.
The remaining six senators
would not disclose their think
ing on the issue, could not be
reached or said they would
abstain.
President Ford, asserting
New York City ought to save
itself through its own efforts
from default or go into
bankruptcy, says he will veto a
loan guarantee bill if one
emerges from Congress.
New York officials say the
city could default on its debts
early next month. State leaders
have said several state agen
cies might default as early as
Friday unless a new source of
borrowing can be arranged.
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“Peace of mind comes from
accepting a lot of things that
can’t be explained.”
Lest we forget.....
In the Hoase, where a bill to
provide $7 billion in loan
guarantees is expected to come
up next week, opposition is also
running strong. House Demo
cratic leader Thomas P.
O’Neill, Mass., says there are
enough votes to pass the bill in
the House, where urban inter
ests have greater strength than
they do in the Senate.
The Senate poll found 26
Democrats favoring and 18
opposing the $4 billion loan
guarantee bill approved by the
Senate Banking Committee by
an 8-5 vote to help the city
remain solvent. Twenty-six
Republicans opposed the bill
with only four favoring it.
Sentiment against the bill ran
strongest among senators from
the South and Southwest, where
only three of 28 favored it. The
strongest support came from
Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic
states, but opposition existed
even there, among New York’s
State prisoners moved
from Spalding jail
Some 20 prisoners at the
Spalding County jail who had
been awaiting transfer to state
prisons have been moved,
Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert said
today.
The state apparently was able
to take the prisoners off the
hands of the local jail as a result
of an early release program.
The Spalding sheriff said he
had no prisoners here now
awaiting transfer to a state
facility.
“I have them out of the jail
but I don’t know how many I
have on the streets,” Sheriff
Gilbert said.
neighbors.
Sentiment was almost evenly
divided among Midwestern and
Far Western senators.
Carter gaining
in Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. (UPI) -r
Democratic Presidential hope
ful Jimmy Carter may reap the
reward of his “stumping”
efforts in Florida this weekend
when party leaders take a
straw vote on their choice for
candidate during their first
state convention since the turn
of the century.
Carter has been campaigning
hard in the state and party
officials say he appears to be
running a close second to
Alabama Gov. George Wallace
He said he had not seen a
report on who had been released
from prison early but felt
certain some of them were
Spalding residents.
“It’s just a vicious cycle,”
Sheriff Gilbert said of the early
release program.
State officials said today the
early release program is doing
little to ease the overcrowding
in state prisons. They said it is
easing the inmate load in county
jails around the state.
So far, more than 430 inmates
have been freed and about 400
others have been transferred
from jails to state prisons.
GRIFFIN
Daily Since 1872
School Board
Campus traffic
worries board
The Griffin-Spalding school
board will ask Griffin Public
Safety Director Leonard Pitts to
make a study of how traffic can
be improved on Spalding street
in front of Orrs Elementary and
Spalding Junior High buildings.
During its meeting last night,
the board also voted to
recommend that the city put a
police officer on duty in front of
Orrs during peak times when
children are arriving at and
leaving school.
Asst. Supt. Herman Nelson, in
charge of transportation, said
parents at Orrs have expressed
concern over the heavy traffic
and hazardous conditions there.
He said he has talked with
Mrs. Lee Pfrogner, president of
Orrs PTA, and she had made
several suggestions, including
the additional police officer.
STUDENT HIT
At Orrs student’s being hit by
Ore boat sinks in Lake Superior;
28 crewmen, apprentice missing
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.
(UPI) — The 729-foot ore
carrier Edmund Fitzgerald,
with 28 crewmen and one
apprentice seaman on board,
sank late Monday or early
today in a severe storm that
kicked up 25 foot waves on
Lake Superior.
The Coast Guard said there
was no sign of survivors.
Coast Guard Petty Officer
Bob Wiard said search ships in
the area—about 50 miles
northwest of Sault Ste. Marie
found debris and an oil slick.
“They found no survivors,”
Wiard said. “We’re sure it’s
from the Fitzgerald.”
The National Weather Service
reported hurricane force winds
gusting to 80 miles an hour and
waves running to 25 feet.
It said the water temperature
was 49 degrees and the air
as the favorite candidate.
“Carter seems to be picking
up momentum, if I can judge
by the calls I have been
getting,” said Tensi Shirley,
Orange County Democratic
chairwoman. “He has stumped
very hard in the state and
seems to have gained a lot of
support.”
In fact, Mrs. Shirley said she
believes Carter could win the
straw vote and garner enough
support among party leaders
for a neck-and-neck race with
Wallace in the March 9
primary.
Adding to Carter’s chances
for winning the straw vote
Saturday will be his address to
the state convention — the first
one held since 1900.
The former Georgia governor
is the only major presidential
contender who has made a firm
commitment to attend the
convention, which will run
Friday through Sunday at the
Sheraton Twin Towers near the
intersection of the Florida
Turnpike and Interstate 4.
Wallace, who is expected to
officially announce his candida
cy Wednesday, has no plans to
attend the meeting but other
contenders, including Sen.
Henry Jackson of Washington,
Sargent Shriver, Pennsylvania
Gov. Milton Shapp, and former
Sen. Fred Harris of Oklahoma,
have indicated they might be
there.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday Afternoon, November 11,1975
Also in this story.....
—Eight new school buses ordered.
—School attendance is best ever.
—Lunchroom ratings better.
—Roofs being repaired.
—Faulty elections and resignations.
a car recently apparently
brought the matter to a head,
according to Mrs. Yvonne
Langford. She said she had seen
several near-miss accidents
involving school buses on the
street. She suggested the traffic
flow study.
The problem is compounded
because many Vo-Tech students
arrive and leave at about the
same time as the other
students. Many cars cut down
Spalding street, through to Ga.
16 west byway of Kmart,
temperature 41. A healthy
person, it said, would go into
shock within 30 minutes in the
Commissioners deny campaign rumors
City Commissioners R. L.
“Skeeter” Norsworthy and
Ernest “Tiggy” Jones said
today a rumor they had heard in
connection with the city com
mission runoff election was
untrue.
At a city commission briefing
session this morning, the two
said they had heard a rumor
that if Henry Miller is elected a
commissioner, he with Jones
and Norsworthy would vote to
do away with the sale of alcholic
beverages.
The two commissioners said
the rumor was not true.
Norsworthy produced
phamplets he said were being
distributed in connection with
the campaign. He said he
thought the phamplets had been
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crossing nurses were crossing between buildings. The sign
needless to say has been very effective. (UPI)
Nelson said.
2,800 ON CAMPUSES
There are some 2,800 students
and teachers in the elementary
and junior high schools there,
plus an additional 400 at Vo-
Tech, it was noted.
Supt. D. B. C ristie recalled
that at one time the state had
allocated money to build a new
road, but land could not be
secured.
Concern of drivers’ failing to
stop for school buses and
speeding in school zones also
water.
An armada of ships and
aircraft, some flown from
distributed because of the
rumors.
Mayor Louis Goldstein who is
in a runoff election with Miller
had left the meeting before
Norsworthy and Jones denied
the rumor.
Goldstein said the two men
had ample time to bring up the
matter while he (Goldstein)
was at the meeting but did not.
“I have made no accusations
or insinuations to anyone
regarding Mr. Norsworthy or
Mr. Jones. They alone know
how they feel. I’m running a
clean campaign. I’m running
against Mr. Miller and not Mr.
Jones and Mr. Norsworthy.
He said his campaign was
based on merit.
“I personally think it’s a
was discussed.
The members wanted to
remind drivers to be more
cautious. They brought out that
Griffin police do a good job, but
can’t be everywhere at once.
Miss Anne Hill Drewry said
she had seen a speeding car
pass a stopped school bus on
East College street last week.
TALK DAY
Parents will have a chance to
talk with their children’s
teachers on Thursday, Nov. 20.
Appointments have been set
up from 1 to 8 p.m. next
Thursday, which, along with
Friday, will be a holiday for
students.
Mr. Christie urged parents to
come. He said a count of the
parents will be made to see if
they are really interested in the
conferences.
“We want all parents to have
the opportunity to talk with the
North Carolina, joined the
search operations at dawn
today. Other vessels spent the
political trick. It’s a new low in
politics to me. I don’t make
deals with anybody, ” Nor
sworthy said.
Jones added that he would not
be a party to any coalition to
remove beer and wine from the
city.
“Neither would Miller or
Norsworthy or any other
commissioner,” Jones said.
Commissioner Raymond
Head asked why Jones’ and
Norsworthy’s names were in
the rumor instead of his and
Commissioner Preston Bunn’s.
He wondered . if it was because
of their stand against liquor, he
said.
Jones answered that he
thought it was because Nor
sworthy, Jones and Miller were
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teachers who we are asking to
give up their time to be there,”
he said.
Friday, Nov. 21, will be staff
development day for teachers,
according to Asst. Supt. Tommy
Jones.
BUSES
Orders for eight new school
buses for next year were
placed.
Low bidders were McGhee
GMC, Inc. for the chassis and
Ward Body Co. of Arkansas for
the bodies, at a combined cost of
$12,832 each. Bill Westmore
land, transportation chairman,
said each bus will cost some
$1,171 less than those purchased
last year.
School attendance is the “best
ever”, Mr. Christie said.
If it remains as high for the
next four months as it was
during October, the system will
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night crisscrossing the area,
firing flares into the night for
illumination.
all members of the Second
Baptist Church.
Norsworthy said he would
never have mentioned the
pamphlets if his name had not
been connected with the rumor.
Weather
- COOLER
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
70, low today 68, high yesterday
74, low yesterday 65, high
tomorrow in mid 60s, low
tonight near 50.