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An early morning fire did extensive damage to the office and parts section
of Randall & Blakely, Inc.
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Bobby Eubanks (1), president of Randall & Blakely
surveys the damage.
Fire
Randall & Blakely damaged
Randall & Blakely, Inc. was heavily
damaged by fire, water and smoke
early this morning.
Griffin firemen were called to the
automobile firm at 2:31 a.m. and
remained there several hours.
Miller appoints
Jackson woman
ATLANTA (UH) - Lt. Gov. Zell
Miller announced today the
appointment of eight women to major
positions in the Senate for the 1976
session of the Georgia General
Assembly starting Jan. 12.
Two of the appointees, Gigi Leverette
of Jackson and Adrian Jones of Atlanta,
will be assistant doorkeepers, the first
women to hold that post in state history.
Others named by Miller, who
presides over the Senate, included
Jackie Fleeman, Atlanta, director of
information; Beverly Rumley, Rising
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Moss infant first
born at hospital
A son was bom to Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Neal Moss of Route Two, Box
2-A, McDonough Thursday at 12:45
p.m. at the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
The little boy was the first baby bom
at the local hospital on the first day of
1976.
A spokesman said the fire did con
siderable damage to the office and
parts area. There was smoke and water
damage to other parts of the building.
The cause of the fire is under in
vestigation.
Fawn, pass distributor; Marie Holland
of Jackson, coordinator of chaplains
and records aide in the Senate
president’s office; Elaine Bunn,
Forsyth, receptions and corres
pondence aide; Gretta DeWald,
DeKalb County, analyst in the new
Senate research office, and Norma
Driebe, Atlanta, director of pages.
Miller said he was proud to be able to
recognize Georgia’s women through the
appointments and he felt they would be
“a credit not only to themselves but to
all of the women of this state.”
Ali
“Brotherhood isn’t tolerating
each other’s faults — It’s
noticing each other’s
strengths.”
Daily Since 1872
Fair
Bolton defends engineering, surveying fees
Alfred Bolton of Griffin Engineering
Co. told city and county commissioners
Wednesday he doesn’t feel his firm’s
engineering and surveying fees on the
new Griffin-Spalding County Industrial
Park are excessive.
“I would like for you to go to the state
Consulting Engineers Council to see if
our fees are fair and in line with other
engineering firms. We only did what
was requested,” he said.
Bolton charged the city and county
did not become concerned about his
fees until they discovered the project
would cost almost twice the $225,000
first estimated.
Total costs of developing the park
presently are expected to run $425,557,
which includes roads, a rail line, in
stalling water and sewer lines and the
like.
In addition, the city and county have
been billed a total of $58,314 from
Griffin Engineering Co. for engineering
and survey work.
The commissioners don’t want to pay
it. They think it’s too high.
Bolton, on the other hand, stated he
had been extremely fair.
“I’m not ashamed of it. I’m very
proud of this job,” he said.
He offered to let a certified public
accountant, hired by the city and
county, look over his books and records
Forum
The Griffin Gun Club will sponsor a
Pre-Legislative Forum dealing with
Gun Control and Crime Control Monday
at 7:30 p.m. at the Spalding County
Court House.
State representatives John Carlisle
and John Mostiler will attend. Other
elected officials and law enforcement
Can reclaiming center
scheduled for Griffin
An aluminum can recycling program
will establish a reclamation center in
Griffin where all-aluminum beverage
cans will be purchased.
The center will be located at Jackson
Beverages, Inc., 878 East Broadway
and will be part of the Miller Beer
recycling program. Jackson Beverages
is the Griffin distributor of Miller.
Clark L. Jackson, president of the
Griffin firm, announced the program
today and said that starting on January
10 empty all-aluminum cans can be Sold
at the center for 15 cents a pound bet'
ween 8 a.m. and 12 noon on Saturdays.
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Large section of roof was damaged.
Gun, crime control to be discussed
and judicial officials are invited.
The public is cordially invited to
attend and express their feelings on the
subject of gun control and crime con
trol. Individuals, who wish to make
prepared statements of up to five
minutes, may register at the informa
tion desk prior to the beginning of the
meeting. There will be opportunity for
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday Afternoon, January 2,1976
to verify his fees.
Bolton described the job as unusual
and difficult in several ways.
First, he explained, the two govern
ments were in a hurry to get Bandag,
and the road right of way in the park
was sold before the road was designed.
Also, he continued, it’s unusual for a
road in an industrial park to be curvey,
along a creek bed, making it necessary
for the roads to be banked around the
curves.
He also said the project was unusual
because storm water retention ponds
had to be designed in swamps, which
was difficult.
They were necessary because of an
increased risk of flooding downstream
from the larger water run offs, created
when large areas of earth are paved.
Also, this was the first time the city
and county had hired an engineer to
design a road, he said.
The commissioners and Bolton
disagree on their figures.
County Commissioner Reid Childers
said he thought eight percent of the
total cost would have been a fair fee. He
charged Bolton’s fee was 15 percent.
Bolton, however, claimed his
engineering fees were only 7.5 percent
and were based on private construction
costs and not costs which could be
Girl Scouts have been invited to
participate in the roundup and have
accepted, he said. The roundup will
include soft drink as well as beer cans.
“We believe this program represents
an excellent way to attack our solid
waste disposal problem”, said Jackson.
“It provides and operating and readily
available recycling route and offers an
incentive for collection. It’s also a
continuing recycling program,
representing a long term commitment.
We want to build this collection effort
into a permanent and cooperative
community effort with the Girl Scouts.
obtained by using government equip
ment and labor.
He said when the scope of the project
was doubled and when designs for two
roads instead of one were included, the
costs doubled.
Bolton gave out lists of free work he
has done for the city and county since
July, totaling some $4,400. He also
brought out the storm water retention
ponds he designed saved the two
governments $33,600 in reduction of
pipe sizes.
He explained his engineer and survey
fees are completely different. Survey
costs can’t be priced and depend on the
contractor, he said. They totaled
almost SIB,OOO. Engineering fees
amounted to around $40,000.
Bolton said his firm was very
dedicated to doing engineering work in
Spalding County and hopes to develop a
reputation for fine engineering.
The meeting closed with Com
missioner Preston Bunn’s comment, “I
think in years to come, we might ap
preciate what you’ve done better than
now.”
Only two city commissioners at
tended. They were Mayor Louis Gold
stein and Mr. Bunn.
All three county commissioners, P.
W. Hamil, Frank Thomas and Reid
Childers, were present.
questions from the floor.
A questionaire will be distributed and
the results of the questionaire will be
announced.
The 1976 Georgia General Assembly
will convene in January and there are
at least 16 bills dealing with Gun
Control to be considered.
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tonight in 40s.
Vol. 104 No. 1
Xews summary
By United Press International
Liberty Bell
PHILADELPHIA (UPI) - For the
first time in 223 years, the Liberty Bell
has a new home.
In a midnight ceremony New Year’s
Eve, the Bell was moved from its home
in Independence Hall to a new $1
million steel and glass pavilion 100
yards away.
City officials built the pavilion
because Independence Hall cannot
handle the flow of tourists expected to
visit Philadelphia during the Bicen
tennial year.
Recruited
BOSTON (UPI) — Some American
ex-servicemen and South Vietnamese
are being recruited into “the ClA’s
undercover ‘army’” for Angola, The
Christian Science Monitor reported
today. The government said it’s not so.
In Washington, both the White House
and the State Department issued
statements saying the story was untrue
and “totally without foundation.”
The front-page story by David Anable
was based on “contacts with senior
mercenary officers familiar with the
situation both in Angola and the United
States.”
Inspectors
NEW ORLEANS (UPI) — Officials
say 31 federal inspectors will be hired
for the Port of New Orleans to combat
the short-weighing, misgrading and
other questionable practices that
touched off a scandal at the port last
year.
The new inspectors will bring the
staff to more than twice its size last
year.
Mrs. Eisenhower
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Mamie
Eisenhower was in a hospital today for
the third time within a year but was
reported responding well to treatment
for what doctors thought was a viral
infection.
“She’s doing okay,” one medical
source told UPI.
The widow of President Dwight
Eisenhower was taken to Walter Reed
Army Medical Center by ambulance
Wednesday.
82 killed
BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) — Twisted
metal and piles of sand have prevented
rescuers from recovering 27 bodies
from the tail section of a Lebanese
airliner that crashed in the desert,
killing 82 persons.
The Middle East Airlines Boeing 720
airliner went down Thursday 100 miles
west of Kuwait airport in the diamond
shaped neutral zone between Saudi
Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq.
It was the first air disaster of 1976 and
the first for the privately owned airlines
in 12 years.