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Rep. Jack Flynt of Griffin and wife after he was dismissed from Bethesda
Naval Hospital. “This to the first time I’ve missed a closing week of Congress in
23 yean so Fm naturally disappointed,” Flynt said. He vowed to hit the cam
paign trail again soon.
Flynt out of hospital
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Veteran
Georgia Congressman John Flynt has
been released from Bethesda Naval
Hospital where he was admitted Sept.
23 suffering chest pains, but his aides
said they do not when Flynt will resume
campaigning for re-election.
Flynt was released from the hospital
Thursday night. His office said no
“permanent heart damage” was found
after he was treated in the suburban
Maryland Hospital’s coronary unit.
A spokesman for Flynt in Georgia
said campaign officials did not know
when the veteran congressman will
Congress goes home
to face the music
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The 94th
Congress went into the history books
early today and lawmakers went home
to face the voters and blame the other
guy for its failures and seek credit for
its limited successes.
Faced with election day only a month
away, Democrats proclaimed it a great
Congress and Republicans said it was a
failure like all the other Democratic
controlled sessions that went before it
The end came for the House at 1:37
a.m. EDT. The Senate quit at 2:52 a.m.
The usual legislative orgy that marks
the last hours of any Congress saw the
House and Senate shuffle some 125
pieces of legislation between them,
killing some but sending most to the
White House.
The great bulk of the bills were minor
measures that did little more than
name buildings after deceased
members and government leaders. One
was an agreement that the new 95th
Congress would convene at 2 p.m. EDT
on Jan. 4, 1977.
Major final day achievements in
cluded revision of the unemployment
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return to active campaigning.
Flynt is seeking his 13th term in office
against Republican challenger Newt
Gingrich, a West Georgia College
professor, who almost defeated him two
years ago.
Tom Carter, Flynt campaign press
aide, said campaign staffers do not
think the congressman’s stay in the
hospital has severely “hampered the
campaign.
“I think it has unified the campaign.
We’re expecting a strong campaign.
We’re not expecting it (the election) to
be anywhere as close as it was two
years ago,” Carter said.
compensation law to double the taxes
paid by employers, and of the immigra
tion law that included a 20,000 annual
limit worldwide on visas.
GI educational benefits were in
creased by 8 per cent and a new
program of benefits was created for
military volunteers when they become
veterans. A |1 billion rivers and har
bors projects bill also cleared.
Left to die with the 94th on the final
day were such major measures as the
clean air act, mine safety and improved
blade lung benefits for miners, all
victims of actual or threatened Senate
filibusters.
A last minute surprise victim was the
$7 billion authorization for nuclear and
non-nuclear energy research by the
Energy Research and Development
Administration.
The big research measure was pulled
back after a threatened delaying action
by Sen. Mike Gravel, D-Alaska. That
means the agency must continue
operating at last year’s budget level
until the new Congress votes on the
authorization.
The ‘great one’ Gleason in Georgia to film with Burt
By JAMES C. EAST
JONESBORO, Ga. (UPI) — Jackie
Gleason will give you an opinion on just
about anything. All you have to do is
ask.
Sitting in a director’s chair just off a
Georgia highway where he is filming
“Smokey And The Bandit” with Burt
Reynolds, Gleason sipped an ever
present beverage and talked about
show business, his life, and many other
things.
He’s back in films after a five-year
hiatus during which he wrote a book
which is finished but not yet printed —
“Go On Red.”
“Television is the only business
which starts when the red light goes on
and that’s where the title comes from.
My book will deal with personalities
I’ve known along the way and it will
NEWS
Airport
“We’d be thrilled to operate a brand
new airport,” said Lewis Thacker, one
of the three owners of Tri-T Aviation,
Inc.
“But I believe that the alternative of
enlarging this airport should be closely
examined and the costs involved in the
two possibilities compared,” he said.
Lewis Thacker, John Steinmetz and
Wayne Smith are leasing the Griffin-
Spalding County airport. The lease
includes a provision that should the city
and county decide to build the proposed
new airport, Tri-T Aviation, Inc. would
be the company to run it, according to
John Steinmetz.
Tri-T Aviation, Inc., took possesion of
the lease property on April 5,. Since
that time the company has been hard at
work trying to build a business to serve
the local air traffic and what traffic the
future might bring.
“We have put over $30,000 into
building a new terminal,” said Stein
metz, “an expense that under ordinary
circumstances, the owners of the
property (city and county) would bear.
We would like to see the city and county
buy the terminal because it is a public
facility,” he added.
Now Tri-T Aviation faces the
possibility of having to move. All three
of the owners feel that the existing
airport could be enlarged enough to
handle executive jet traffic. They say
that the runway could be lengthened for
less than the city and county would
spend for a new airport.
A public hearing on the new airport is
set for Oct. 20 at the courthouse. At that
time all opposition will be heard.
Whatever happens concerning the
People
...and things
Cars screeching as drivers hit the
brakes to avoid hitting turtle beginning
long and dangerous journey across
Maddox road.
Tiny tot wearing kingsize Falcon
football helmet to game.
Shoppers walking with new zip in
their steps following fall’s first cooling
rouch.
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"Folks can live happily
together only if they are willing
to oe honest."
also contain some wishful drinking,”
Gleason said.
The relatively svelte comedian (now
down 70 pounds to 210), who played New
York bus driver Ralph Kramden for
years and years on television, also has
an upcoming series — “Panama
Fargo”.
The new venture will deal with a New
York advertising man who quits his job
and moves to Florida but whose firm
still relies on him to solve the big
problems.
“At least he’s not a cop or a bus
driver,” Gleason said.
He said he was “trapped" into doing
“Smokey And The Bandits” in which he
plays a sheriff, but admits “it’s going to
be a riot. You can smell it.”
Gleason said he’s happy with his life
to date and has been “practically
successful” at anything he’s ever tried,
New operators give the old one a new look
while talk swirls about building a new one
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Lewis Thacker (1) and John Steinmetz see bright future for air business in Griffin area.
new airport, the owners of Tri-T are
optimistic about the future. They have
just become the full line dealers for
Piper, a company that makes Air
planes.
“There is only one other Piper dealer
in the state,” said Steinmetz, “and that
is the Peachtree-DeKalb Airport.”
“This means that we will be selling
and servicing anything that Piper has
Butz’ language
kicks up fuss
WASHINGTON (UPI) - President
Ford has reprimanded Agriculture
Secretary Earl Bute for “highly of
fensive” comments about black voters,
and — despite an apology from the
cabinet member — senators of both
parties are demanding his dismissal.
The developments left Ford with a
new political dilemma a month before
the election: keep Bute in the Cabinet at
the risk of losing support from blacks
and other voters, or dismiss him and
face potential setbacks in farm states
where Bute is popular.
The White House said Ford found out
Thursday night about Bute’s seven
week-old comments, felt they were
“highly offensive to him and the
American people,” and gave the
agriculture secretary “a severe
reprimand” Friday in the Oval Office.
Press Secretary Ron Nessen, con
firming Ford’s action only after a
reporter learned of it, said Bute “ex
pressed his regret” for the remarks.
a far cry from the Brooklyn kid who
learned to shoot pool when the tables
where he racked were empty.
“It was Joe Corso’s poolroom. Isn’t
that a great name? You know, most
people think when you get in a fight in a
poolroom, you should use a cuestick
and swing it. But it only reaches out to
here. I used to use balls and I’d throw
them as hard as I could,” Gleason said.
He doesn’t miss New York since his
1961 move to Miami, but “I miss the
memories of all the guys there I knew
— Bob Considine, Jimmy Cannon,
Toots Shor...”
Gleason said his nickname, the
“Great One,” came from the days of
gatherings at Shors’ bar.
“I’d go in there and buy drinks for
everybody and just sign the tab. I
wasn’t making a damn thing and
Considine and those guys wondered
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from their $600,000 executive turbo prop
to their small super cub,” said Stein
metz.
Tri-T is planning an open house to
officially kick off their new dealership
and the completion of the new terminal.
Though the date for the open house has
not been set, the owners say that it will
be in the coming weeks.
The terminal is designed to
Bute had used vulgar words in saying
that many blacks don’t vote Republican
because they only want good sex,
“loose shoes” and “a warm place”
when they use the toilet.
“The President informed the
secretary that such language and at
titudes were not acceptable from a
member of his administration,” Nessen
said.
In a statement at the Agriculture
Department, Bute said he was merely
repeating an old political joke but
“there was no excuse for the incident”
and he “regretted any offense which
may have been given any person or
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how. Instead of yelling my name, I’d
just say ‘the great one is here’ and
pretty soon, they started calling me
that.”
Some other Gleason thoughts in
cluded:
— Politics: “I don’t get involved in
politics. You’re looking at a clean
man.”
— Pretty girls: “The burden of
choosing them for my show was money.
Although I must say I’m disconcerted
now about my attraction. And if my
wife sees that, we’re both in trouble.”
— Golf: “What’s my handicap in
golf? Simple, it’s golf.”
— His old “Honeymooners" TV
show: “Kids who weren’t even bom yet
when it was made are watching that
show now and they’re becoming fans.
They realize how good it was. It wasn’t
Fishing report
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ fishing
forecast for the week of Oct. 3-9 includes:
HIGH FALLS: Normal, dingy. Fishing to slow for all
species.
JACKSON: Down, clear. Good for bass, bream and
catfish; fair for crappie.
SINCLAIR: Normal, clear. Good for crappie lining
minnows at eight feet; good for bass using plastic worms;
good for catfish at night using pink worms.
accomodate air traffic passengers and
pilots as well as sight seers.
“We think of the airport as a park,”
Steinmetz continued.
“We want to be the best small airport
in the state,” he said, “A first class
airport. We are putting 110 percent
effort into promoting the community
and serving the flyers of the area.”
Bolton plans
trip report
Atty. Gen. Arthur Bolton of Griffin
said Friday that a full report on a trip
he and five other people made to
Switzerland would be made Monday
afternoon.
He asked that judgment be withheld
until the Stone Mountain Memorial
Association meets at 2 p.m. in the
Agriculture Building in Atlanta.
The meeting will be in room 201.
In a statement issued through his
office, Bolton called absolutely in
correct a story in the Atlanta Con
stitution Friday about the trip.
Bolton said the story followed a
pattern of inaccuracies which have
appeared during the week in con
nection with the trip.
Bolton said John Hunt, a member of
the Stone Mountain Association, joined
him in the statement.
Bolton as attorney general is
chairman of the Stone Mountain Unit.
He and Tommy Irvin, Georgia
Agriculture Commissioner, and four
other people made the trip to Swit
zerland to examine some cable car
equipment the state might buy for the
Stone Mountain operation.
great, but it was good.”
— TV comedy now: “I got a letter
from Carroll O’Connor (Archie
Bunker) who said ‘l’m doing some of
the things you used to do’. I wrote him
back and said ‘you’re doing some of the
things I wish I had done.’ I’m a little
shocked sometimes, but I admire their
humor and wit.”
— Comediennes: “They have such a
masculine approach. They learn from
men and they mimic their moves and
nuances. Although Lucille Ball is
always a lady and that’s why she’s
great.”
— His favorite comedian: “Jack
Oakie. Nobody else comes close. He had
it all.”
— His most memorable experience:
“Marrying my wife. What did you think
I would say?”