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Rev. Southerland and Rev. Kennedy.
Lawyers back
bail changes
ATLANTA (AP) — A legislative
proposal that would implement an
’ alternative to the bail bond system has
received the backing of the State Bar of
Georgia.
. In voting Friday, the 88-member
board of governors also endorsed
suggestions for establishment of
mitigating circumstances for capital
punishment cases and judicial pay in
creases.
A spokesman for the Bar said the new
* bail bond system would throw out bail
bonds “in cases where it is reasonable
to assume that the accused will appear
, for trial.”
The proposal, the spokesman added,
“wouldn’t be mandatory, but would set
up a statewide model for counties to
grab if they want to use it.”
Included in the proposal is a
stipulation that if the accused failed to
• appear for a trial, a second charge
could be filed against the defendant.
In other matters, the Bar backed a
. measure that would list eight
mitigating circumstances and 10
Russian had secret data
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A Russian
emigre who told acquiantances he
t defectedfiveyearsagohas been charged
with passing American space shuttle
system secrets to a Soviet diplomat.
Ivan Rogalsky, a 34-year-old
unemployed mechanic, was arrested
Friday night in rural Lakewood
Township with classified data in his
• possession, Louis A. Giovanetti FBI
agent in charge in New Jersey, an
nounced at a news conference.
, Rogalsky was scheduled to be
arraigned today before U.S. Magistrate
William Hunt on charges of espionage.
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aggravated circumstances in death
penalty cases in which the defendant
pleaded guilty.
The proposal says a death sentence
could not be handed down if the
mitigating circumstances equaled or
surpassed aggravating circumstances,
or if there was no aggravating cir
cumstance present.
According to the proposal,
aggravating circumstances include bad
criminal records or cases where a
capital offense was committed for
money, during commission of another
capital felony or against certain ju
dicial officers.
Included in mitigating circumstances
were the age and past criminal record
of the defendant.
In other matters, the Bar:
—Approved a recommendation that
judges be given raises ranging from
$4,000 to $5,000.
—Said it had received unfavorable
reaction from law enforcement and
court officials on a proposal to treat 17-
year-olds as juveniles in court cases.
Giovanetti said Rogalsky had been
under surveillence and had passed
information to Yevgeniy Karpov,
second secretary of the Soviet mission
to the United Nations.
Karpov has long been suspected of
being a Soviet intelligence agent,
Giovanetti said. He has diplomatic
immunity and cannot be arrested by
authorities, but he has been named as
an unindicted co-conspirator and will
be told to leave the country, Giovanetti
said.
Giovanetti said some information
was passed to Karpov, but nothing vital
Groundbreaking Sunday
Second Baptist Church will break
ground Sunday for construction of the
Hartwell Kennedy Christian Life
Center.
The structure will be named in honor
of the Rev. Kennedy, former pastor.
Killer bees
buzzing again
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) —
The buzzing of bees has become a roar
in northern Argentina, where killer
bees have been swooping down without
warning in recent days.
The bees have struck four times in
the last two weeks, and their victims
have included both man and beast.
Firemen were called out Friday to
drive away the bees with DDT after a
swarm descended on mourners at a fu
neral in the farming town of Cachi, in
the tropical north 1,-300 miles from
Buenos Aires. Published reports said
several persons were treated for mul
tiple stings.
On Thursday, a cloud of bees
engulfed a man walking along a high
way in northern Tucuman province and
stung him repeatedly. He died in a
hospital, becoming the first fatality
since a 6-year-old boy was stung to
death last October.
Ten villagers in Santa Lucia, 600
miles northwest of Buenos Aires, were
attacked Tuesday by still another bee
swarm and several of them were
seriously injured, authorities reported.
The bees buzzed into a farm near La
Banda, a town 750 miles north of the
capital on Dec. 29, injuring a man and
killing his horse. Two pigs, a dog, and
more than 100 chickens were killed by
another swarm in Santa Fe province '
Nov. 5.
Bee experts say the killer bees were
discovered in Argentina in 1967. They
say the bees came from Brazil, where
they were introduced in 1956 by an
American scientist who wanted to
breed an African strain with gentler,
look-alike varieties common to South
America.
By accident, 26 African queen bees
escaped and intermingled with the
gentler strain. The result was a killer
bee that is a nuisance to humans and a
disaster for the Brazilian and Argentine
beekeeping industry because the killers
also attack local bees.
The northward march has worried
some scientists who fear an invasion in
the United States, and the U.S. govern
ment has financed some research on
containing the bees. But Argentine bee
experts say they doubt the bees will
move further north because of the cold
climate.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY 47, low
today 21, high yesterday 44, low
yesterday 34, high tomorrow in upper
40s, low tonight in mid 30s.
FORECAST: Increasing cloudiness
with a chance of rain tonight. Sunday,
occasional rain likely.
EXTENDED FORECAST: Mostly
fair Monday through Tuesday night.
Increasing cloudiness Wednesday and a
chance of rain south and snow or sleet
in the north.
to U.S. national security reached the
Soviet Union.
Rogalsky was accused of befriending
an engineer at a Radio Corporation of
America research center in Princeton
and asking the employe to provide data
on the space shuttle system and other
classified projects.
The FBI in Washington said Rogalsky
had in his possession at the time of his
arrest some “highly classified”
documents from the RCA facility.
The engineer, who was not identified,
informed the FBI and acted as an
undercover agent, the FBI said.
Vol. 105 No. 6
He will speak at the 11 a.m. worship
service and take part in the
groundbreaking afterwards.
The building will have 14,500 square
feet of floor space.
It will cost some $460,000. W.H.
Peacock Construction of Morrow, Ga.,
People
...and things
Tiny tot kicking leaves under pecan
tree in hopes of finding nut that might
have been overlooked.
Elderly gentleman waiting patiently
in cold for traffic light to turn green.
With no cars in sight, youngster skips
across street and gentleman decides to
follow.
Woman sporting new coat downtown,
price tag dangling unnoticed from
collar.
Carter to send Mondale
on get-acquainted trip
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — President-elect
Carter said today he will dispatch Vice
President-elect Walter F. Mondale on a
get-acquainted trip to West Germany,
France, Great Britain and Japan within
one week of the Jan. 20 inaugural.
Responding to questions at a chilly
outdoor news conference on the lawn of
his home, Carter also said he may
make an exception to his rule against
traveling abroad himself during his
first year in office in order to attend an
international summit conference on
economic problems.
Carter said he expected the economic
summit to be scheduled for late May or
June but said the time and place have
not been determined. It is expected that
it will be held in Japan.
Discussing continuing contacts
between his incoming administration
and the Soviet Union, Carter said
there’s “been no major breakthrough”
in the search for a new strategic arms
limitation agreement.
However, Carter said he hoped there
would be “substantial progress” before
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is to begin right away, church officials
said.
The building will have educational
space for more than 400 adults, a
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President-elect Jimmy Carter and members of congress talk with newsmen
about the economic package to be offered for congressional approval. They are
(1-r) Sen Robert Byrd, Vice President-elect Walter Mondale, Charles Schultze,
Rep. George Mahon, Rep. Jim Wright, and Rep. Thomas (Tip) O’Neill. The
meeting took place in Plains Friday. (AP)
he has his first face-to-face meeting
with Soviet Leader Leonid I. Brezhnev.
The President-elect said he thought
he might meet Brezhnev next fall,
presumably in Washington, since the
last summit session between the two
nations took place in the Soviet Union.
Although Carter has said he will
scrupulously avoid acting presidential
prior to his inaugural, he said he has
already made arrangements to talk by
telephone next week to Helmut Sch
midt, the West German chancellor;
Prime Minister James Callaghan of
Britain; French President Valery Gis
card D’Estaing and Japan’s new prime
minister, Takeo Fukuda.
He said the purpose of these con
versations would be to help pave the
way for the Mondale trip, which he said
would take about a week.
As his emissary overseas, Carter
said, Mondale will be authorized to
discuss everything from East-West
relations to trouble spots in Cyprus and
Southern Africa.
Asked if he perhaps should be making
equipment, dining space for 500 people,
a gymnasium and stage for dramas and
special programs.
The pastor is the Rev. Billy
Southerland. He and the Rev. Kennedy
will handle the groundbreaking
ceremony.
the trip himself, Carter said Mondale
“can perform adequately” at his
behest, then added that he thought his
incoming Vice President could function
as well as he in this situation.
Standing without a topcoat in 30-
degree weather, Carter also said other
foreign trips are planned for key of
ficials during the first months of his
administration. Without going into de
tail, he suggested some of these might
be undertaken by Secretary of State
designate Cyrus R. Vance.
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