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By United Press International
Major victory
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) — The
prosecution in Patricia Hearst’s bank
robbery trial won a major victory as
U.S. District Court Judge Oliver Carter
ruled Wednesday events following the
holdup could be presented as evidence.
Carter also ruled that Miss Hearst
“voluntarily” confessed to the robbery.
Prosecutor James Browning said he
expected to be able to rest his case by
Friday. He said he has only four or five
more witnesses to call.
Delayed
LOS ANGELES (UPI) - Because of
a backlog of pretrial motions yet to be
heard, Superior Court Judge Mark
Brandler Wednesday delayed the trial
of William and Emily Harris on 11
charges of assault, robbery and
kidnaping.
The trial has been delayed until
March 17, etrengthening the odds that
Patricia Hearst will be brought to trial
with the Harrises. Both the prosecution
and the Harris’ defense lawyers are in
favor of a joint trial.
Nazi running
MILWAUKEE (UH) - Arthur J.
Jones, a self-described Nazi, and a
member of the National Socialist White
People’s party, is running for mayor of
Milwaukee.
Jones, who says he is “an uncommon
person” with a common name, said he
was selected as a candidate when his
party (formerly the American Nazi
party), held its annual convention in
Milwaukee last year.
Bankruptcy
NEW YORK (UH) - The W. T.
Grant Co., which filed for bankruptcy
and reorganization under Chapter 11 of
the bankrsptcy laws last October, now
has asked to be declared bankrupt
formally and allowed to go out of
business.
A hearing on the request was begun in
Federal Bankruptcy Court in
Manhattan Wednesday and will be
continued today.
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D. F. Miller (1), vice president, and J. B. Jackson (c), president, of the J. C.
Penney Company, talk with Ray Esary, Griffin store manager, during their
visit here today.
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Perdue succeeds Cavan
Tommy Perdue, one of Coach Jim
Cavan’s top assistants, today was
named athletic director and head
football coach at R. E. Lee High School.
Did George really do it?
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (UPI) -
Remember those stories about George
Washington’s chopping down a cherry
tree, throwing a silver dollar across the
Potanac River and never telling a lie?
They probably never happened, says a
Wittenburg University history expert.
Richard Ortquist, an associate
professor of history, says they likely
are all myths and attributes them to —
or blames them on — one Parson
Weems.
Ortquist says myths surrounding
Washington began when Weems wrote
a book about him in the 19th century.
The volume was made up of incidents
Weems intended for use as object
lessons by the youth of the day.
Weems’ book was a best seller and
went through 40 editions that helped
Americans acquire a number of false
impressions of the first president,
Ortquist said.
Ortquist concedes that “no one can
prove that the things Weems mentioned
in the book did not happen, because
there is very little information about
Washington’s boyhood and early
By SHARON RUTENBERG
CHICAGO (UPI) — It was a grownup’s dream. There it
was, an attache case, stuffed with money —about $7,000 in
all.
But they were just children, and money doesn’t mean all
that much to a child. So Norma Kozlarek, 12, Jeffrey
Evrard, 10, and Jeffrey’s brother, Steve, 8, started giving
away the bills.
And what they didn’t give away or lose, they hid when
they thought they were in trouble for their discovery.
Police were still looking for it today.
Patrolman James Kostka said Wednesday the three
found the attache case on their way home from school on
Chicago’s South Side.
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The announcement of Coach Perdue’s
appointment was made this morning at
a news conference in Thomaston.
manhood.”
But he said he believes the book,
coupled with the continuing desire of
Americans to find a hero, has produced
a romanticized view of Washington.
“We have a wish to find a hero, and
we make it very easy to affix divine
attributes to a human figure," he said.
Ortquist said that, speaking as a
historian, he resents the impressions of
Washington given by Weems’ book and
by certain paintings.
“I think it does him an injustice. He
(Washington) can stand on his own two
feet. He doesn’t need manufactured
information,” he said.
Ortquist said Washington, whose
birthday will be observed Monday,
survived such myths to earn a hallowed
palce in history.
He said Washington’s name is on one
state, one district, seven mountains,
eight streams, 10 lakes, 33 counties,
nine colleges and 121 towns and villages
in America, that his face is on coins,
bank notes and postage stamps and his
head stands 60 feet high on Mt.
Rushmore.
Kostka said police recovered $2,666 from the children
but that “anywhere from $4,000 and up” was hidden or
lost.
“They did give a lot away, supposedly,” Kostka said.
He said Norma, Jeffrey and Steve “were coming home
from school and just saw this attache case there. They
opened it and found all this money.”
He said they went to a department store and “just
started passing it out to people who were in the area.”
Security police in the store detained the children and
called police.
Kostka said the three became panicky because they had
so much money and hid it in the store. He said Norma told
Georgia puts
19 on ballot
ATLANTA (UPI) — The ballot for
Georgia’s first presidential primary
will include 19 candidates, including a
Merrick, N.Y., woman running on an
anti-abortion platform and Sen. Lloyd
Bentsen of Texas, who has dropped out
of the race.
The ballot for the May 4 primary was
sealed Wednesdday by the seven
member ballot selection commission,
headed by Secretary of State Ben
Fortson. Seventeen names were put on
the Democratic ballot and two,
President Ford and former California
governor Ronald Reagan, on the
Republican.
Requests to appear on the ballot from
about two dozen unknown candidates
were turned down by the panel. But
Bentsen, who announced his
withdrawal from the race Tuesday, and
Mrs. Ellen McCormack, running as an
anti-abortion candidate, were put on
the Democratic ballot.
Fortson said Mrs. McCormack should
be considered a serious candidate
because she has qualified for federal
matching money in 20 states. Bentsen
was included because he has failed to
formally notify the commission of his
withdrawal.
One member of the panel can put a
name on the ballot. Senate Majority
Leader John Riley of Savannah added
the name of Abram Eisenman of
Savannah to the Democratic list.
House Speaker Tom Murphy, D-
Bremen, insisted the names of Frank
Ahem, Frank Bona, Robert Kelleher
and George Roden be on the ballot.
Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota,
much talked about for the Democratic
nomination but not an announced can
didate, was not listed and will not be
able to get on the ballot if he announces
his candidacy.
On the Democratic ballot will be:
Sens. Frank Church of Idaho, Birch
Bayh of Indiana, Robert Byrd of West
Virginia, Henry Jackson of
Washington, Rep. Morris Udall of
Arizona, Govs. George Wallace of
Alabama and Milton Shapp of
Pennsylvania, former senator Fred
Harris of Oklahoma, former Georgia
governor Jimmy Carter, former
Ambassador to France Sargent Shriver
of Maryland, Mrs. McCormack, Roden,
Ahem, Eisenman, Bona, and Kelleher.
CAB eyes travel bonanza idea
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Civil
Aeronautics Board has proposed a
sweeping new travel bonanza —a new
type of charter flight with no minimum
price and no requirement to pay for
hotels or meals as part of a tour
package.
The proposal is based on Advance
Booking Charters that already have
proved popular in Europe and Canada.
The board said Wednesday it plans a
final decision sometime after April 5,
after a period allowed for public
comment on the proposed U.S. ABC
charters. But it said it tentatively plans
to put the ABC’s into effect this spring
as a five-year experiment ending
March 31, 1981.
A board spokesman said thousands of
Americans, who cannot now afford
overseas air travel, should benefit from
him she put the money under a pants rack. Police were
unable to find it.
“They thought they were in trouble for finding the
money,” said Kostka. “They were a little hysterical and
were crying when we found them, but they calmed down
-once we explained they weren’t in trouble.
“They didn’t want to be taken home to their parents,
because they thought their parents would give them a
beating,” he said.
But Norma’s mother, Mrs. Charlotte Kozlarek, said she
was surprised about the incident.
“AU the children were shocked by it,” she said over the
shouts of her chUdren. “I know I was reaUy surprised.
“I’m a nervous wreck.”
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Brick mason students at Griffin Tech won the exhibit contest there this week.
Each department at the school put up an exhibit as part of its observance of
Vocational Education Week. Charles E. Statham, instructor; Ed Tallon,
student representative, and Deborah Whittier, president of the Student Council
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the plan. In addition, he said, the ABC
charters would clear away unnecessary
red tape and cut expenses for additional
thousands, who already use charter
programs.
“The ABC passenger would not be
required to be a member of any
preformed group, and would merely
have to purchase his round-trip charter
transportation from an independent
tour operator or travel agent suffi
ciently far in advance...” he said.
Under the ABC rules passengers
would have to purchase tickets 60 days
in advance for flights to Europe or 30
days ahead for flights to other
countries.
All tickets would be round trip.
Flights to Europe would have to last a
minimum seven days, but there would
be no minimum requirement in other
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY 68, low
today 32, high yesterday 66, low
yesterday 52, high tomorrow in upper
60s, low tonight in low 40s.
EXTENDED FORECAST: Variable
cloudiness and mild Saturday with a
chance of showers in the southeast
portion. Mostly fair and cooler in the
north portion Sunday and over the south
portion by Monday.
areas.
Tickets would be offered through
independent charter operators or travel
agents, who would purchase blocks of
at least 40 seats on an airplane and then
sell the seats for whatever price
necessary.
The CAB said all of the plans it has
tried in recent years, including a liberal
one-stop inclusive tour charter author
ized last August, have serious
drawbacks for passengers. That, the
board said, is what prompted its latest
proposal.
The board predicted the new plan
would have little or no impact on airline
income from scheduled flights because
businessmen and many others still
would need the flexibility and certainly
of travel arrangements offered only by
scheduled carriers.