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Accident victim?
ATLANTA (UPI) — An Arkansas man, whose body was
found at an Atlanta sewage treatment plant Sunday, may
have been the victim of a traffic accident, authorities
said.
Officials said injuries to the lower body of Gary Wayne
Waddell, 30, a Marion, Ark., truck driver, indicate he
could have been struck by a vehicle.
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Doctor’s appeal
ROME, Ga. (UPI) — A hearing was expected to begin
today in U. S. District Court in Rome on Dr. Jack Birge’s
appeal of his conviction for hindering police in connection
with a drug case against his son.
U. S. District Judge Albert Henderson had set the
hearing for 3 p.m.
Birge was convicted and sentenced Oct. 21 to three
years in prison without the right of an appeal bond. He had
been charged with paying two Carrollton policeman to
steal his son Edwin’s file from the police department.
Birge’s attorneys have filed a petition for a writ of
habeas corpus charging that their client’s conviction
should be declared null and void because blacks, women
and young people were systematically excluded from the
grand jury involved in the case.
Bonds ruled valid
ATLANTA (UPI) — The Georgia Supreme Court Tues
day upheld a lower court’s decision giving a state electri
cal cooperative the right to issue $1.6 billion in bonds.
The court said the bonds issued by the Municipal Elec
tric Authority of Georgia were valid.
Involved with the MEAG in issuing the bonds were the
Oglethorpe Electric Membership Corp., Crisp County, 47
municipalities and seven county commissions.
The MEAG and OEMC purchase power from the
Georgia Power Co. on behalf of their members which are
local and county governments.
The court said the cooperative had the authority to
function as “an instrumentality of the state in providing
power to the localities.’’ The court said the bonds were
“obligations of the authority and the political subdivisions
do not pledge their full faith and credit to pay them.”
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— Griffin Daily News Wednesday, December 1,1976
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Kidd loses again
ATLANTA (UPI) — The Atlanta Constitution reported
Wednesday that Sea Culver Kidd, indicted earlier this
month on federal bribery charges, has been stripped of his
chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Economy,
Reorganization and Efficiency in Government.
The newspaper said the action was taken last Friday by
the Senate Committee on Committees which makes com
mittee assignments and appoints chairman.
The paper also said that Jack Stephens, D-Atlanta lost
his post as chairman of the Senate Consumer Affairs
Committee and W. W. “Bill” Fincher, D-Chatsworth, was
removed as head of the Senate Human Resources Com
mittee.
Kidd, D-Milledgeville, was indicted Nov. 19 by a federal
grand jury on charges of conspiracy and interstate travel
to commit bribery.
Authorities charged that Kidd, in exchange for SIO,OOO,
conspired to have drug charges dropped against Hugh
Lowe Jordan, 35, of Centre, Ala. Jordan was eventually
convicted on the charges in Dalton and sentenced to 10
years in prison.
The indictment charges that Kidd, Jordan and another
Alabama man, Don Galbreath, conspired to get the
charges dropped.
Kidd pleaded innocent to the charges at his arraignment
last week and was released on SIO,OOO bond.
FFCC officially opens
ATLANTA (UPI) - The $35 million Georgia World
Congress Center officially opens today with parades,
bands, displays and theatrical groups performing for
crowds expected to reach 100,000.
The center, located in downtown Atlanta, will be the site
of five days of festivities — titled “Georgia On Parade” —
in connection with the opening.
More than 500 displays of Georgia products are
scheduled to be exhibited and there will be featured en
tertainment each day.
The festivities begin tonight with a parade down the
center of the 350,000-square-foot exhibit hall.
Fire damages school
MONROE, Ga. (UPI) — Authorities said the Monroe
Elementary School was severely damaged by fire
Tuesday night
Officials said a boiler explosion was believed to have
caused the blaze which started in the early evening hours.
There were no injuries.
The fire destroyed the main building and severely
damaged other buildings in the school complex.
Walton County school officials had not determined what
will be down with the students.
Decatur voters
DECATUR, Ga. (UPI) — Decatur residents went to the
polls today to elect three members to the five-member
city commission, including a replacement for Mayor
Walter Drake who announced he would not seek re-electon
to a third term.
Drake, an at-large member, was elected mayor by the
other members of the commission.
Incumbent J. Lamb Johnston was unopposed in his hid
for reelection. Incumbent Bob Carpenter faced opposition
from Sidney R. Holston.
Three candidates were vying for Drake’s seat, Terry J
Davis, Theodore “Ted” O’Callaghan and Hyman
Schlossenberg.
Farm wages up
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) — Wages paid Georgia farm
workers for the third week in October showed a 45 cents
per hour increase over a similar period surveyed in July,
according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
The average hourly wage was $2.49 per hour for the
week of Oct 16, compared with $2.04 received during the
summer.
Cotton harvesting moved ahead of last year’s pace last
week, but heavy rains Saturday and Sunday curtailed
activities early this week, the service said.
Soybean gathering picked up with five work days,
compared with only two the week before.
Woman killed
CLARKESVILLE, Ga. (UPI) — A 49-year-old woman
died from injuries suffered in a car crash here Tuesday
night
The State Patrol said Maebelle Wilbanks of Alto died at
Habersham Hospital four hours after the wreck at an
intersection on U.S. 441. Her daughter, who was driving
the car, and her grandson were both injured, police said.
Judge Ethridge quits
ATLANTA (UPI) — Fulton County Superior Court
Judge Jade P. Etheridge has resigned to join the faculty
of the University of South Carolina.
Etheridge, 48, said Tuesday he would be a professor of
criminal justice at the Columbia, S. C., school.
Gov. George Busbee’s office said the governor will ask
the Judicial Nominating Commission to recommend five
names from which he will choose a successor for
Etheridge to serve until the judge’s term expires in 1982.