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Page 12 — Griffin Daily News Thursday, December 11,1975 Bolton studies going for another Dean trial ATLANTA (UPI) - Prosecu tors are considering re-trying state Sen. Roscoe Dean, whose trial on charges of padding his expense account ended in a hung jury, but won’t make a decision on a new trial for several months. 1 r>. / A 1 i 9“* her a f g Jollier Coal '/M / _ T I I for / I I I I * I ffX iL. dL. f I // V w At! I i UJ’ 1 I |f' 1 I 1 MH I 11 l | I ■< | A— Doublebreasted pant coat with ar aS? oppossum collar. Color French Cream s lßo° 9 3? B— Double breasted 24K leather Hand tool trim, color sand S 1 80°° Many other styles to choose from ... a great selection of both fur-trimmed 2 $ and handsomely dejailed untrimmed styles. S H If in doubt — Give a Smith Roberts Gift Certificate | OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT ’til 8:00 I | | sr Ready To Wear - 2nd. Floor 9 FABULOUS 1/2 PRICE RING SALE Z SIMULATED f | DIAMONDS ’'•W*? 'QNk Exquisitely detailed Sterling Silver or 18 Kt. 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TO 9 P.M. -SUjmuirl Deputy Attorney General Robert Stubbs, chief prosecutor in the case, said Wednesday it was “fair to say that we certainly are considering the possibility of a new trial,” but Attorney General Arthur Bolton will not make a decision for several months. “I’m over my frustration, disappointment, exasperation, cynicism and all,” said Stubbs. “There’s no sense rushing into it. I really don’t know when the decision might be made. We have to review all the evidence and decide what we should have put in that we didn’t, or what we shouldn’t have put in that we did.” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Charles Wofford declared a mistrial in the case Tuesday night when a jury deadlocked 9- 3 in favor of acquittal after 12 hours of deliberations. Dean was charged with taking $1,424 in mileage pay ments for Senate business trips which he admits he never made. The Jesup Democrat contended the law did not require him personally to make the trips and an aide or secretary could have traveled the claimed mileage. Stubbs said Dean cannot be retried while the General Assembly is in session and since the legislature convenes Jan. 12, no trial would be possible until at least March. Lt. Gov. Zell Miller, presiding officer of the Senate, called the verdict “unfortunate” but said he will not try to unseat Dean. Miller, who had initially requested the investigation of Dean’s travel claims, said he is willing to leave the re-trial decision to Bolton and Stubbs. “I have not discussed the matter with any senators as to what, if any, action they feel the Senate should take and I do not intend to initiate any action,” said Miller. Oil producers oppose bill BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI) — A group representing oil producers from 36 states has asked President Ford to veto energy legislation they say would be an “unmitigated economic disaster for our nation.” The Interstate Oil Compact Commission, representing 99 per cent of all U.S. oil producers, wound up three days of meetings here Wednesday with a telegram to President Ford asking that the proposed Energy Conservation and Poli cy Act of 1975 not be signed into legislation. The group said the legisla tion, now pending in Congress, would “reduce domestic pro duction of oil and gas by discouraging maximum pri mary production from existing fields...as well as inhibit future commitments for expansion of drilling on the Alaskan North Slope.” Incoming chairman of IOCC, Texas Gov. Dolph Brisoce, said “it is time we stopped playing political football with the energy crisis. Energy is neither a Republican issue nor a Democratic issue,” he said. “It is an American issue which affects the lives of all of us.” aiM IL. MWft n . I ‘ 1 Patty Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woody Smith, and Andrea Nolan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nolan, put final touches to the Chrismon tree at Hanleiter United Methodist Church. The United Methodist Women of Army drops court martial of Griffin ATLANTA (UPI) - The Southern Christian Leadership Conference says the U.S. Army has called off the court martial of a soldier stationed at Ft Benning because the SCLC complained the soldier was a victim of racism. SCLC spokesman Tyrone Brooks Wednesday said plans have been dropped for the court martial of Pfc. Jesse Griffin, 23, of Montgomery, Ala., that had been scheduled for today. Brooks said Griffin had been charged with disobeying an order, driving a car on base Chrismon tree at Hanleiter after his driving privileges had been suspended and refusing to be tested for job performance. SCLC officials met with Ft. Benning representatives last week in Columbus to discuss the civil rights organization’s charges that Griffin was the victim of official racial harass ment. Brooks said the Army dropped the charge against Griffin of disobeying an order, for which he was to have been court martialed, because the SCLC pointed out that he had disobeyed an “illegal order.” Hanleiter made the 90 Chrismon decorations that represent the 17 different Christian symbols. The tree skirt was made by Mrs. Lewis Baker, a member of the UMW. Brooks said the Army would now issue an Article 15 official reprimand of Griffin for the other offenses. 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