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Flu deaths above epidemic
By Charles S. Taylor
ATLANTA (UPI) - The National
Center for Disease Control said Friday
influenza activity was reported in all
but three states last week, claiming 875
lives — 339 above the epidemic
threshold nationwide.
The CDC said influenza cases caused
primarily by the A-Victoria flu virus
were occurring in all states with the
exception of Maine, Rhode Island and
North Carolina.
Meanwhile, medical authorities were
conducting intensive investigations to
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ANY CHAPEAU in a storm
is Lyn Duboy’s motto. The
Pittsburgh resident meets
winter’s challenge with an
unstylish but effective box.
ATLANTA—Democratic Presidential candidate Jimmy
Carter (1) greets Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn at the annual
Georgia Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. (UPI)
Fishing report
1 The Department of Natural Resources’ fishing forecast
for the week of Feb. 29-March 7, includes:
JACKSON LAKE: Normal, clear. Fair to good for bass;
good for striped bass and crappie.
SINCLAIR: Rising and stained. Good for crappie and
bass.
It would cost an estimated $1.6-million to replace this building.
determine if a new swine-type Qu virus
poses a potentially serious national
health problem.
There was evidence that the outbreak
of the new virus may have been limited
to its original site, Ft. Dix, N.J.,
although blood tests showed exposure
to the swine-type flu have occurred in
Tennessee and Wisconsin.
Eleven influenza cases, with one
death, were attributed to the swine-type
virus at Ft. Dix but the CDC said no
more cases had been reported at the
Army post or in New Jersey.
Weather
nicer
in Griffin
Lynn Powell of Griffin was
dressed for the spring-like
weather in Griffin as she
crossed a shopping center
parking lot. Folk in other
sections of the country still were
suffering from cold weather.
Blood tests of flu victims taken in
Tennessee revealed that one man
tested had been exposed at some time
to the virus. An investigation in
Wisconsin, where an 8-year-old boy
contracted the disease, showed his
family may have also had the virus.
The A-Victoria strain can be treated
with the existing flu vaccine, but the
swine-type is a new mutation for which
there is no effective medicine.
The swine virus is believed similar to
the strain that caused the 1916-1919
influenza pandemic, which
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‘Hello, Mr. President’
ATLANTA (UPI) - It was "Hello,
Mr. President" for Jimmy Carter
Friday night as Georgia Democrats
congratulated their former governor on
his victory in the New Hampshire
primary and elevation to “front
runner” status.
Carter flew in from campaigning in
Boston for the March 2 Massachusetts
primary to make brief remarks to the
Georgia Democratic Party’s annual
Jefferson>Jackson Day Dinner.
Carter was greeted by admirers as he
entered the hotel ballroom.
“Hello, Mr. President,” one woman
said, “I’m very proud of you, I know
you’re going to make it.”
“Mr. President, it’s good to see you,”
said a man.
DAILY
Daily Since 1872
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Saturday Afternoon, February 28, 1976
claimed 20 million lives worldwide.
Federal health officials have given
the go-ahead to pharmaceutical firms
to start preparations for manufacture
of a vaccine that would offer protection
against the swine virus.
The number of influenza and
pneumonia deaths attributed to the A-
Victoria outbreaks continued to rise for
the third straight week. Most of the
mortalities were in the New England
and Middle Atlantic states where
influenza reached near-epidemic
proportions, the CDC said.
Voice on CB
was a hoax
BRISTOL, Tenn. (UPI) - Sullivan
County authorities called off a three
day search for a little girl whose voice
was heard calling for help on Citizen
Band radios and ruled the whole thing
was a “prank that began as a mistake.”
Sheriff’s Deputy Jerry Worley said
the identify of the prankster was
known, but without more proof charges
cannot be filed. He said an investigation
would continue and more information
would be released “in two or three
days.”
Worley said the decision to call of the
hunt was reached in a meeting with
members of the Tennessee Highway
Patrol, the sheriffs department, area
rescue squads and CB radio clubs from
Bristol, Kingsport and Johnson City
who helped in the search.
The voice was first heard Wednesday
afternoon by a saleswoman in a
Blountville CB radio store, who said she
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Carter predicted a first-ballot win at
the Democratic National Convention in
New York, disagreeing with National
Democratic Party Chairman Robert
Strauss, who said earlier the nominee
would probably come on a later ballot.
Carter took exception to reports that
the bulk of his support in last week’s
New Hampshire primary came from
conservative voters. “The people
resent being categorized,” he said.
He predicted he would do well in the
Massachusettes primary despite
competition with Alabama Gov. George
Wallace and Sen. Henry Jackson of
Washington.
Carter took about 30 per cent of the
New Hampshire vote, with Rep. Morris
K. Udall of Arizona, Sen. Birch Bayh of
NEWS
County pulls
check-up
on insurance
Spalding County Commissioners are
considering drastically increasing
insurance coverage on county
buildings.
The move was prompted by a letter
from Harper Insurance Co. the present
insurer stating that the buildings are
“extremely underinsured.”
Present coverage on the county
courthouse is $316,000; the Spalding
Sheriff’s Department and jail, $37,000;
and the correctional institute prison
barracks, SBB,OOO.
The insurance company suggested
the coverage should be a total of around
$1.3-million for the three buildings.
The commissioners asked Virgil
Phillips, new Spalding County tax
assessor, to appraise the buildings.
His report gives the estimated costs
of replacing each building and its
depreciated value.
He estimated the Spalding County
courthouse would cost some $1.6-
million to replace, but set its
depreciated value at $560,000.
He noted the three-storied brick
masonary building with a full basement
was constructed in 1911. Its walls are
solid brick 18-inches thick and 40-feet
high.
It was remoleded in 1935-36 by the
WPA and again in 1973-74, with con
tinuous modernizing in between.
Mr. Phillips reported courthouse
space is adequate at the present time.
The report gives replacement costs of
the Spalding County jail on Broad street
of $416,641 with a depreciated value of
$112,200.
The two-story building with its 16-
inch thick and 40-feet high solid brick
walls is generally sound, Phillips
reported.
The building was constructed more
than 100 years ago and was used as the
county courthouse until 1912.
The Spalding County Correctional
Institute on the Williamson road would
cost some $412,672 to replace and has a
$247,600 depreciated value, Phillips
reported.
The chapel building, constructed last
year, also along with the shop, equip
ment shed and storage buildings would
bring the total depreciated value up to
around $320,000, he said.
Commission Chairman Reid Childers
said the county commissioners
probably will discuss increasing in
surance coverage at their meeting
Tuesday morning.
The present insurance covers only
the buildings and not their contents. In
the event of a fire or other serious loss,
it would not be adequate to repair or
replace the property damage.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY 72, low
today 46, high yesterday 73, low
yesterday 46, high tomorrow in mid 70s,
low tonight in lower 40s.
Indiana, former Sen. Fred Harris of
Oklahoma and former Peace Corps
director Sargent Shriver trailing.
Carter told about 2,000 party faithful
at the dinner one difference between
him and his opponents has been “the
tremendous support of the folks back
home” in Georgia.
“I’m deeply indebted to all of you and
I think I’ll make you proud of me,” he
said.
“We have an excellent chance to win
and I hope I can serve as a candidate
and possibly next president in such a
way that the people of Georgia and I
will never loose the intimate
relationship that has meant so much to
me....”
Vol. 104 No. 50
People
—and things
Griffinite commenting on Jimmy
Carter: “If I ever see him again, I’m
going to be real nice to him.”
Golfer practicing shots on baseball
diamond on Airport Road.
Cars stacked up Friday afternoon at
Airport Road intersection with Zebulon
Road. No traffic light.
News
summary
By United Press International
The campaign trail
President Ford arriving in Florida
today planned to attend a naturalization
ceremony for nearly 1,200 immigrants,
mostly Cuban refugees. And Ronald
Reagan, who wrapped up his Florida
campaign Friday night referred to his
Florida race “an uphill fight... I have
no illusion of matching the power of the
incumbency.”
On the Democratic side, Jimmy
Carter was welcomed with a “Hello,
Mr. President,” at the annual
Democratic Jefferson-Jackson Day
dinner in Atlanta. Birch Bayh, Henry
Jackson, and Fred Harris continued
their campaigns in Massachusetts,
while Alabama Gov. George Wallace
was in Florida.
Trial winding down
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - The bank
robbery trial of Patricia Hearst is
winding down to its finish today.
Defense attorney F. Lee Bailey said he
expected to rest his case Monday. After
hearing prosecution rebuttal witnesses
the case should go to the jury by the end
of next week.
Friday psychiatrist Robert Jay Liston
of Yale, the last of the defense
brain washing experts, completed his
testimony. He said Miss Hearst was
“dehumanized” by 60 days in a tiny
closet and told the jury her treatment
by the SLA was more brutal than that of
Chinese Communist prisoners he had
interviewed.
Lindbergh claim
HONOLULU (UPI) - Kenneth W.
Kerwin of Vermont man claims he is
the son of the late Charles Lindbergh,
who supposedly was kidnaped and
murdered more than 40 years ago, and
has filed suit in Maui Circuit Court in an
attempt to prove his claim. A court
hearing will be held March 9.
Kerwin said he was raised in New
England by one of his kidnapers, after
his abduction at the age of 20 months.
An attorney said Kerwin has relived the
night of the kidnap through hypnosis
and a process called “age regression.”
The Country Parson
al
“Anyone can decide to break
a bad habit — few can decide
when to do it.”