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SARASOTA, Fla.—President Gerald Ford leaves the dais
and makes an attempt to kiss Miss Sarasota Cheryl
Heinlein. Ford left the Sarasota area for Tampa where he
ended a weekend of campaigning. (UP!)
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Former President Richard Nixon returned home from a nine-day visit to China. Mr. and
Mrs. Nixon arrived aboard a Chinese-owned Boeing 707 jet and were greeted at Los Angeles
International Airport by their daughter Tricia Cox (1). Mr. Nixon smiled and greeted some
of the families of the secret service agents who were on hand along with about 40 reporters
and camermen. (UPI)
Contradictions
Carter thinks they are normal; critics find ’em fascinating
ATLANTA (UPI) - In ten
years of political campaigning
and public statements, Jimmy
Carter has issued a string of
contradictions he considers
normal and his critics find
fascinating.
Suddenly the front-runnr for
the Democraticc nomination,
Carter opposes busing and
abortion, but wants no constitu
tional amendments to prohibit
either. He now favors decrimi
nalization of marijuana use, but
when running for governor of
Georgia in 1970 promised “to
prevent the legalization of
marijuana” as his top law-and-
Eight states push balance
United Preu International
Eight state legislatures, fed up with a
rising national debt that now reads 12
figures in the red, are advocating an
amendment to the UJ. Constitution
that would require a balanced national
budget
If Congress fails to act on their
request, they want to force the issue
with the first constitutional convention
in nearly 200 years, a move opponents
contend would wreak havoc in the
United States.
“I don’t want the government
spending my grandchildren into the
poorhouse,” said Mississippi state Rep.
David Halbrook.
Without a prod from the states, he
said, Congress won’t do a thing.
A UPI survey shows the eight state
legislatures adopted resolutions calling
for a constitutional amendment
banning federal deficit spending.
If the resolutions are ignored by
Congress, the states ask that their
proposals be considered petitions for a
That kissing is hard work, folks
order priority,
Although philosophically at
tuned to “right to work” laws,
Carter told labor leaders he
would sign a repeal of the ban
on compulsory union member
ship if they could get it through
the largely anti-union Georgia
legislature.
Carter opposed bailing out
New York City with federal
funds, but favors a federal and
state sharing of the city’s
welfare programs.
He considers 10 per cent of
the welfare caseload capable of
working and wants them denied
benefits if they turn down jobs,
constitutional convention, which would
require action from two-thirds of the 50
states.
“Congress is an ailing, inept
institution,” said Ohio state Rep. Alan
Norris in advocating a constitutional
convention. “The first test of
government is to balance the budget,
and they flunk.”
Convention resolutions have been
adopted in Louisiana, Mississippi,
Maryland, Georgia, North Dakota,
Delaware, West Virginia and
Nebraska.
Attempts at passage were planned in
Illinois, South Dakota, Nevada, New
Hampshire annd California. Legisla
tors in other state were considering
similar proposals.
Many state lawmakers believe in the
balanced federal budget concept and
contend the government is risking
financial ruin with a national debt of
1584.2 billion. But many fear a
constitutional convention might lead to
something worse —a rewrite of the
TAMPA, Fla.—President Ford kissed Miss Sarasota when
he was in that city but In Tampa Betty Ford decided it was
her turn. The sign in the background may be right. Ford
may have “a better Idea!” In the upper right hand corner
a Boy Scout gives a wolf whistle at the public display of
affection by the Fords. (UPI)
The most outspoken of his
detractors is Sen. Henry M.
Jackson, D-Wash., whom Cart
er nominated for president at
the last Democratic National
Convention.
Since then, Jackson has
called Carter’s reorganization
of Georgia government a sham
and pledged “to get the public
the truth” about Carter.
but speaks of treating the other
90 per cent with “dignity.” At
the same time, he would pare
down the bureaucracy he says
has one government employe
for every five or six welfare
recipients.
Constitution.
“I can’t believe anybody In his right
mind wants to see a constitutional
convention called,” said Missouri state
Sen. Paul Bradshaw. “You’ve got a lot
of kooky people running around these
days with a lot of kooky ideas on how
the Constitution ought to be changed.”
Georgia’s black delegation opposed
the convention resolution, saying civil
rights could be wiped out of the
document by a convention.
Nebraska state Sen. Ernest
Chambers, the unicameral’s only black
member, said a convention might be
the catalyst for an internal revolution.
If that happened, he said, “the
history of this nation may well be
written in Russian, or even Chinese.”
Despite strong arguments against a
constitutional convention, supporters
contend the near financial collapse of
New York city should prove the need to
control federal spending.
West Virginia House of Delegates
Finance Chairman Billy Burke
Nixons’ home
LOS ANGELES (UPI) -
Former President Richard M.
Nixon looked tanned, healthy
and relaxed as he returned
from a nine-day trip to China
with the praise of Peking’s
leaders ringing in his ears.
With his return, however,
Nixon faces further questioning
by the Senate Intelligence
Committee. He has already
answered most of 77 questions
sent to him Feb. 5 at his San
Clemente, Calif., estate con
cerning intelligence activities
during his administration.
Nixon’s daughter, Tricia Cox,
and about 40 reporters were on
hand Sunday evening when the
same Chinese-owned Boeing 707
he departed in arrived at Los
Angeles International Airport in
a cold drizzle that splattered
Nixon and his entourage of
aides and Secret Service
agents.
Nixon walked down the
plane’s ramp to a waiting
limousine only a few feet from
reporters, but observers could
see no sign of the limp from his
leg ailment, which began
bothering him again in China.
Carter apparently has offend
ed liberals and conservatives
about equally in his unsuccess
ful 1966 campaign for governor,
his winning 1970 race and now
his presidential bid two years
out of the governor’s mansion.
Segregationist former state
House Speaker Roy Harris of
Augusta endorsed Carter for
governor in 1970 but Carter
refused to reappoint him to the
State Board of Regents. Harris
later called Carter “a shaved
hippy” who wooed the George
Wallace vote just long enough
to oust former Gov. Carl
Sanders in the Democratic
All that kissing is hard work, folks, the President might
have been thinking as he campaigned under a hot Florida
sun. Here he made his way toward a car to take him out of
Sarasota where he campaigned. (UPI)
Chatting amiably with the
Chinese escorts and American
members of his party, Nixon
occasionaly smiled and waved
to the crowd of reporters —a
much different approach than
his departure when he barely
acknowledged the presence of
the news media.
There was tight security at
the airport, with secret service
agents searching reporter’s
bags before allowing them to
the special hangar some
distance away from the main
airport.
During his stay in China,
which marked the fourth
anniversary of his historic trip
that thawed Sino-American
relations after more than 20
years of hostility, Nixon was
given an even more lavish
reception than he received as
President.
He was closeted for one hour
and 40 minutes with Chairman
Mao Tse-Tung, an honor
usually reserved for visiting
heads of state, and tens of
thousand of cheering Chinese
runoff.
Carter got only about 10 per
cent of the black vote in the
runoff, but carried 65 per cent
in his general election cam
paign against Republican Hal
Suit.
Carter’s predecessor, Lester
Maddox, went to Florida and
New Hampshire to denounce
him as “the most dishonest
man I’ve ever met,” and
promised to act as a “one-man
truth squad” following Carter’s
campaign. Yet, as lieutenant
governor in 1970, Maddox said,
“I’m behind him all the way.
He’s a good man. He’s a
contends the nation already is moving
in the same financial direction as New
York city.
Most lawmakers attempting to drum
up support for a convention are
counting on Congress to take the
initiative once it learns there is no way
out.
“They want that (a convention) like
they want a boa constrictor in bed with
them,” said Nebraska state Sen. John
Murphy.
In other states, the concern was more
at the state rather than the federal
level.
“Who am I to judge? We have trouble
with our (state) deficit,” said
Connecticut state Sen. John Groppo.
Groppo’s colleagues were
considering amendments to the
Connecticut constitution to prohibit
deficits and balance the budget.
UJS. Sen. Carl Curtis, R-Neb., has
formed a special committee designed to
answer the' fears of a constitutional
convention. Curtis is chief sponsor of a
hailed him in the streets of
Canton.
Reaction at home was not so
gracious. Sen. Barry Gold
water, R-Ariz., accused the
former chief executive of
breaking a federal law against
private citizens conducting fo
reign relations. Goldwater sug
gested that if Nixon wanted to
do the country “a favor ... he
might stay over there.”
Other critics said he played
into the hands of a Chinese plan
to embarrass President Ford
just before the New Hampshire
primary, renewing in voters’
minds Ford’s connection with
Nixon’s resignation and subse
quent pardon in the Watergate
scandal.
Now you know
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There are 156 languages in
the world each of which is
spoken by at least one million
people.
dedicated man.”
Campaigning the summer
after the Kent State shootings
left four Ohio students dead,
Carter promised “personally to
direct any such actions to
guard against loss of life and
damage to property of Geor
gia’s citizens.” He said that
meant he would take personal
command of national guards
men with “shoot to kill” orders,
if necessary.
Carter subsequently explained
he only wanted to personally
supervise the guard, to avert
unneeded bloodshed. No riots
occurred on Georgia campuses
or in the cities during his term.
proposed constitutional spending
amendment he hopes will flourish if a
convention movement appeared
headed for success.
Curtis contends there are adequate
safeguards to protect the U.S.
Constitution from a rewrite at a
convention. The first one, he said, is the
legislation and the appropriation
Congress would have to pass before the
convention could be convened.
The ultimate safeguard against a
rewrite would be the ratification of a
new constitution by the states.
California State Sen. H.L. Richardson
thinks the chance of a constitution
convention is remote.
“These legislators would no more call
a constitutional convention than they
would levitate,” Richardson said of his
colleagues in Sacramento.
Nonetheless, Richardson said, he
intends to bring the resolution up next
year.
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— Griffin Daily News Monday, March 1,1976
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Four sought in robbery
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPl)—Police are searching for four
men who plucked more than $5,000 from a south
Richmond County convenience store safe after abducting
the store manager from his home.
Police said two men wearing ski masks forced their way
into the home of Gary Frost late Saturday, just before he
closed up his nearby store for the night.
When Frost got home from work, police said, he was
met by the men, who had tied up his wife and child. Two
more men entered the home a few minutes later.
Police said two of the men forced Frost to drive them
back to the his store and the others followed.
The intruders forced Frost to open the safe and stole
between $5,000 and SB,OOO, police said.
Police said Frost was abducted in his car and later
released in a remote area of the county. The car was found
- abandon
N-plant to make changes
ATLANTA (UPI) — Georgia Power Co. officials expect
safety modifications for the utility’s atomic power plant at
Baxley to be complete in a few days with no interruption
in service.
The Nuclear Regulatory Coemmission last week
ordered operators of 17 atomic power reactors in 11 states
to adopt new safety rules insuring radioactive material
will not be released if a reactor cooling systems fails.
Included in the order was Georgia Power’s Hatch Plant
No. 1.
A company spokesman said work on the Hatch plant
started Friday and would be completed within a few days
without a plant shutdown. He said modifications also were
underway at the Hatch Plant No. 2, now under
construction.
The spokesman said compliance with the NRC order
would not involve any major equipment change and would
not result in any great expense.
NRC officials said the modifications were ordered
because studies showed the margin of safety offered by
the containment system “may be less than had been
expected.”
E. Ralph Ivey is dead
ROME, Ga. (UPI) — Funeral services are set for
Tueday for Rome attorney E. Ralph Ivey.
The 49-year-old civic leader died Saturday morning at
an Atlanta hospital after a lengthy illness.
He ran unsuccessfully for the Seventh District
congressional seat in 1960 and 1962. He also served as
chairman of the Georgia Republican Convention in 1964.
He was active in local civic affairs and served as
chairman of the Kiwanis International Committee on
Youth Services.
Ivey is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter.
Builders making more
ATLANTA (UPI) — Building trades workers in the
Southeast got average pay hikes of 12 cents an hour
between October, 1975, and January, 1976, according to
U.S. Department of Labor figures.
The department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics Saturday
reported the everage hourly wage for construction
workers rose from $7.60 to $7.72 an hour in the three
month period.
Among individual trades, average increases for the
fourth quarter ranged from a 5.4 cents per hour hike for
painters to a 22.5 cents increase for plasterers. The
bureau said plumbers had the highest average pay scale
— $9.10 an hour — in January for the eight-state region
which includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and
Tennessee.
Arson suspected
JEFFERSON, Ga. (UPI) — Authorities suspect arson
was the cause for 14 weekend fires which destroyed some
67 acres of land in Barrow and Jackson counties.
George Davis, Jackson-Barrow forest ranger, said the
first blaze was reported about noon Saturday in eastern
Barrow and firemen spent much of the day dousing other
area blazes.
Davis said most of the fires were near a rural road
stretching from eastern Barrow County to southern
Jackson County, leading officials to speculate someone
traveling along the road set the blazes.
No one was reported injured in the fires.
Grocer shot to death
DECATUR, Ga. (UPI) — A 39-year-old DeKalb County
grocer was shot to death during the weekend at his store.
Police said John Colette was found dead behind the
grocery about 11:30 p.m. Saturday by his wife. He had
been shot once in the chest.
His wife told police Colette had called her about 9:45 to
say he was closing the store and when he did not come
home she became worried and went to the grocery.
Officials speculated the grocer was shot with a handgun
during a robbery attempt.
Sen. Thurmond honored
ATLANTA (UPI) — The Southern Council of Optome
trists will present its “Award of Merit” tonight to Sen.
Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., at the opening of the council’s
annual educational congress.
More than 3,500 persons were to attend the meeting
which includes 112 hours of courses by 53 lecturers.