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Sen. Shapard will sponsor revision of state adoption laws
Sen. Virginia Shapard will sponsor a
revision of the state adoption code
during the coming session of the
General Assembly.
“The bill would tighten up on ‘black
market adoptions, ’’ she said. “It
would also recognize Supreme Court
decisions that aren’t currently
recognized in the state.”
Sen. Shapard will also be sponsoring
a services for the aging package which
contains a proposal for a circuit
breaker tax.
“The bill would provide that people
over 62 whose ad valorem tax exceeds
three percent of their total income
(with an income not greater than
SIO,OOO per year) would be eligible for a
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Worried
Churchill’s cousin attack victim
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Police
are hunting four gunmen who broke
into the home of Lady Sarah Spencer-
Churchill, assaulted the 55-year-old
Vanderbilt heiress and shot two people
during a robbery rampage in a wealthy
Montego Bay suburb.
The London Daily Mail said Lady
Sarah, a distant cousin of the late Sir
Winston Churchill and a sister of the
present Duke of Marlborough, reported
in a telephone interview that one of the
Daily Since 1872
tax rebate,” she said.
She explained, “The county would
lose no revenue because the money
would come from the general treasury.
With this program, tax relief can be
targeted to a specific area where it is
needed. If there is no large scale tax
reform, at least we can help those on a
fixed income.”
She added, “This method would cost
about $2.3 million, according to a
Georgia State University survey and it
would provide effective relief for the
target group. The blanket rebate
proposals, such as the $35 million
rebate, would cost more and the relief
would be so small that it would not be
effective.”
PLAINS, Ga. — President-elect Jimmy Carter studies
facts and figures given him by economic advisors at a
meeting at the Pond House in Plains. Carter reportedly
was considering asking for a tax cut to help stimulate the
economy. He met today with economic advisors to get
their views. (AP)
gunmen “picked me up and slung me
over his shoulder and took me down to
the maid’s room and assaulted me.
There was nothing I could do. He held a
knife to my throat, and if I had
struggled he would have killed me.”
Police said the woman managed to
struggle free from her attacker, then
fled the house in her nightgown and hid
in the shrubbery until the police ar
rived.
A house guest shot by the intruders,
GRIFFIN
DAI LY NEWS
Black birds swooping low across this farm made a mid
winter picturesque scene in neighboring Fayette County.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday Afternoon, January 7,1977
As do the other members of the local
delegation, Sen. Shapard feels that
working up a state budget will be one of
the greatest problems facing the
coming session.
She also feels that state employees
and teachers will get some sort of pay
raise, but she isn’t willing to guess how
much.
She doesn’t believe annexation or
pari-mutuel betting will make any
progress in the General Assembly this
session.
She said the pari-mutuel betting
people are bound to run into problems
because of the way they are going about
getting their legislation passed.
“I believe the way they are going
Some get tax forms early
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some
taxpayers are getting an early chance
to test their arithmetic skills on the new
1040 federal income tax forms that
Congress hopes will be easier to com
prehend than in previous years.
While the bulk of the forms are not
expected to be in the mail until around
Jan. 15, some taxpayers already have
received the forms, in some cases as
early as Christmas week.
The Internal Revenue Service had
expected the forms would be delayed in
reaching homes because of the late
enactment of the Tax Reform Act of
1976. It was signed into law Oct. 4.
The anticipated delay was the result
of having to redesign many forms to
meet new provisions of tax law. As a
result printing schedules were pushed
back.
Congress’ simplification effort was
aimed at having about 90 per cent of all
taxpayers read their tax bill from
tables, rather than having to use a for
mula that involved multiplication,
subtraction and addition.
But the transition to the table also
means that all taxpayers now are
required to compute their taxable
income. That is a new task for many.
It means totaling up all income, and
then subtracting from that amount the
standard deduction or itemized deduc-
Michael Zell, 33, an interior decorator
bom in Hungary, was reported in
serious condition.
The attack occurred early Thursday
morning in the Long Hill section of
Reading, where about 1,000 wealthy
foreigners have winter homes. Lady
Sarah told the Daily Mail the gang de
manded money and drugs and were
“obviously out of their minds on
ganja,” Jamaican slang for marijuana.
She said they left the house “a wreck.”
Sinatra’s mother
on missing plane
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) - Frank
Sinatra’s 82-year-old mother was one of
four persons aboard a twin-engine
private jet that apparently crashed in
rugged mountains on a flight from
Palm Springs, Calif., to Las Vegas,
authorities said.
Natalie “Dolly” Sinatra was en route
to Las Vegas on Thursday to see the
opening of her son’s latest show at Cae
sars Palace, a casino-hotel on the Las
Vegas Strip.
Officials today listed the plane as
“overdue” and said they planned to
send two helicopters aloft to search for
it.
Lee Solters, Sinatra’s press aide, said
Sinatra was told of the apparent crash
shortly before he went on stage
Thursday night.
about it is unconstitutional,” she said.
“The constitution prohibits pari
mutuel betting. To change the constitu
tion, an amendment must be passed,”
she explained.
“They’re proposing a stature because
it requires only a majority vote to pass.
An amendment requires a two-thirds
vote.”
For this reason, Sen. Shapard feels
that if the law should pass, Gov. George
Busbee will veto it because of its
unconstitutionality.
“Even if the governor doesn’t veto it,
I’m sure it won’t stand up in the
courts,” she said.
Sen. Shapard thinks ERA stands a
good chance of passing the senate and
tion, whichever was applicable, and
then $750 for each personal exemption
claimed.
The result was a more complex tax
form for those taxpayers who in the
past had only to find out how much they
had earned in order to find out how
much they owed Uncle Sam.
Planks spotted
in tanker search
BOSTON (AP) — The Coast Guard,
searching for the missing tanker Grand
Zenith or its remains, has spotted two
planks in an oil slick, “the first sign of
any debris we’ve had.”
A Coast Guard plane sighted the
planks late Thursday, 300 miles
southeast of Cape Cod, and the search
today will concentrate on that area.
“We don’t know if it’s from the Zenith
or not, but we want to have a closer look
at it,” said spokesman Richard Griggs.
Disease causing bacteria
linked to Legionnaires’
AMES, lowa (AP) — Bacteria that
cause disease in turkeys and parrots
have been linked to Legionnaires’
disease, the still unsolved ailment that
killed 29 persons in Philadelphia last
summer, government researchers said.
Tests on the blood serum of three
patients out of four and a pathologist
who became ill while studying victims’
tissue samples showed antibodies that
fight against bacteria called
chlamydiae, the researchers said
Thursday.
Dr. Leslie Page, a microbiologist at
the National Animal Disease
Laboratory here, emphasized that the
test findings aren’t conclusive. But he
added that the suggestion of the in
volvement of chlamydiae is strong
enough to schedule more extensive
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“He reacted, how would you react to
the news that your mother was missing
under conditions like that?” said
Solters. “Os course he reacted. But he
went on anyway. Yeah, and he sounded
great.”
Three other persons, including a
friend of Mrs. Sinatra and two crew
members, were aboard the Lear jet
when it left Palm Springs at 4:55 p.m.
for the 30-minute flight. Visibility was
eight miles and a light rain was falling.
A spokesman for the San Bernardino
County sheriff’s office said the plane
was believed to have gone down in the
San Bernardino Mountains. Two feet of
snow have fallen in the area in the last
two days. Even in good weather, it is a
15-hour hike to the nearest road, and
authorities said they had not decided
she also feels a percentage of the
kindergarten system will be adopted.
“I support the kindergarten system
because it happens to be cost
effective," she said.
“Surveys of systems that have
kindergartens show a failure rate from
first through third grades of 50 percent
of those systems that do not have
kindergartens. Every time a child fails
it adds a year of costs.”
Sen. Shapard feels the chances for an
additional judgeship for the Griffin
Circuit are good.
“The enabling legislation will be
proposed by the local delegation and
the circuit is ranked third in order of
need for the judgeship. It will all
depend on dollars available,” she said.
The Country Parson
by Frank Clark
“By needing less, you can get
rich enough to afford what you
didn’t need.”
Clean sweep
FORT WORTH, Tex. (AP) - A
prisoner escaped from the city jail by
picking up a broom and sweeping his
way out of the public safety building.
Police said the 25-year-old man was
arrested for investigation of auto theft
and was about to be photographed and
fingerprinted when he escaped.
work.
Page’s tentative findings were
released Thursday through the U.S.
Department of Agriculture research
center in Peoria, 81.
It is “the first time any positive
serologic (dealing with serum) result
has been obtained that correlates with
the period of illness of Legionnaire
patients,” said Page, who directed the
research.
Legionnaires’ disease broke out after
a state American Legion convention in
Philadelphia July 20-24. There were 180
reported cases, 29 of them fatal.
“Chlamydiae bacteria are widely
dispersed in human and animal
serums,” said Dr. Philip O’Berry,
director of the National Animal Disease
Laboratory.
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whether to send in ground rescue
teams.
A spokesman for the Federal
Aviation Administration said the plane
disappeared from the radar screens
about four minutes after it took off,
putting it in the vicinity of 11,500-foot
Mt. San Gorgonio. The plane was at
about 8,900 feet altitude when it l
disappeared.
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Sinatra with his mother at celebrity
party in Las Vegas in 1974. (AP)
People
...and things
“Wash me” fingered neatly on side of
mud-caked car.
Minister sipping coffee at church
supper, “I didn’t know I liked it so well
until it got expensive.”
March like wind whipping leaves
about city streets early this morning.
Don Perkins
condition
stabilizes
The condition of Don Perkins of
Griffin had stablized today after he
suffered a stroke at Emory University
Hospital Thursday. He has been at the
hospital since he received a kidney
from his brother, David.
Sources in Griffin indicated doctors
at Emory were optimistic about the
progress Don Perkins had made since
the stroke.
His brother, David, is at home in
Griffin recovering from the surgery
involved when he gave his brother one
of his kidneys.
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MADISON, Wls. — Cold temperatures
were a little easier to bear for Irene
Bradley of Madison. She brought a lawn
chair, radio and plenty of warm
clothing to her crossing guard post.
Mrs. Bradley was seated as she waited
for children to arrive at the crossing.
(AP)
