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Dr.' Dale Carley
Forecast calls
for drop to 10
Gusty winds early this morning
knocked out electricity in about half the
town, leaving some early risers in the
dark.
The power was off about an hour and
a half, according to Clifford Hutson of
Sinatra mourns
in seclusion
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP)-- A
mourning Frank Sinatra stayed
secluded at his estate here as family
members arranged the funeral of his
82-year-old mother, killed in the crash
of a private jet plane on Southern
California’s highest mountain.
Recovery teams were to resume at
daybreak their climb up the steep
slopes of snow-covered Mt. San
Gorgonio to retrieve the remains of
Natalie “Dolly” Sinatra and three other
victims.
The wreckage of the jet, its wings and
tail sheared off by the impact of the
crash, was spotted Sunday. Recovery
attempts were hampered by freezing
temperatures, darkness and forbidding
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Ray Simonton
the Griffin Light and Water Depart
ment.
He said a tree which fell on Georgia
Power lines in the Ellis road area
knocked out a good chunk of the area at
first. Shortly after that, a limb fell on
cliffs. A search team said it appeared
the four died on impact.
Sinatra has refused to talk with
reporters since the plane was reported
missing Thursday night as he opened at
Caesars Palace Hotel. He played two
shows after learning of the dis
appearance, but canceled the
remainder of his week-long en
gagement.
A family spokesman said si
multaneous rosary services will be held
for Mrs. Sinatra Tuesday evening at the
St. Louis Catholic Church in Palm
Springs and at the Church of the Good
Shepherd in Beverly Hills, where
comedian Danny Thomas will give a
eulogy.
The Rev. Hartwell Kennedy, layman Ben Gatlin and the
Rev. Billy Southerland protected themselves from the
rain Sunday to break ground signaling the beginning of an
educational center at Second Baptist Church. The Rev.
Kennedy in whose honor the building will be named is a
former pastor. The Rev. Southerland is the pastor now.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday Afternoon, January 10,1977
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Lin Thompson
city lines in the Everee road area and
caused additional trouble. Both power
failures came around 5 a.m.
Heavy winds which were part of a
winter blast aimed southward caused
the limbs and tree to tumble.
The forecast for the Griffin area
tonight said temperatures could go as
low as 10 degrees.
The wintry blast followed a day of
nearly continuous rain in the Griffin
area Sunday. Griffin had more luck
with the weather than did the northeast
section of the state. Icing on roads was
reported early Sunday evening and
state traffic people flashed warnings to
motorists.
The latest in a series of attacks by Old
Man Winter hit the Southeast over the
weekend and promised to hang around
a while. Snow, sleet, freezing rain and
icy winds hit wide areas and a huge
mass of cold air was poised to plunge
deep into Dixie today and tonight.
It looked like more snow was on the
way. Early this morning snow was
being reported throughout the northern
two-thirds of Mississippi and portions of
Tennessee and flurries were forecast
for northern Alabama and northern
Georgia this morning. Travelers ad
visories were out for the northern
portions of Mississippi, Alabama and
Georgia.
The storm, caused by a low pressure
area that moved northeastward out of
the Gulf of Mexico, contributed to the
deaths of four persons, two each in
North Carolina and Tennessee.
Cousins Steven Harris, 5, and David
Harris, 7, of Providence, N.C., strayed
onto an ice-covered pond, plunged
through and drowned Sunday. Sear
chers recovered their bodies about two
hours later after following their foot
prints through the snow to a hole in the
ice.
Benny Williams, age unknown, and
his wife Earline, 28, were killed Sunday
when their car went out of control on
iced-over Interstate 20 near Memphis,
Tenn., as they returned to the city from
a funeral
Snow up to 12 inches piled up in the
western mountains of North Carolina,
eight inches hit northwest Tennessee
and six inches buried the mountains of
northeast Georgia.
ill
“What a fellow can earn
usually is less important than
what he is willing to do
without”
School board to get
3 new members tonight
Three new school board members will attend their first
official meeting tonight. They are Dr. Dale Carley, Ray
Simonton and Lin Thompson.
They were elected in November along with Dr. Fielding
Lindsey who had no opposition.
The members beginning new terms already have been
sworn by Probate Judge John Snider.
One of the things on the agenda for tonight’s meeting is
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Equal Rights Amendment
in Senate right off bat
ATLANTA (AP) — The Equal Rights
Amendment was to be the first item
introduced in the Senate today as the
Georgia Legislature opened its 1977
session.
But House leaders said they expect
the proposal to fail in the lower
chamber if it passes the Senate.
The proposed amendment to the U.S.
Constitution would ban discrimination
based on sex. It has been ratified by 34
states, but needs the approval of four
more in order to become law.
The Georgia Legislature has defeated
it twice. The House turned it down in
1974 and the Senate rejected it in 1975.
Senate sponsors of the amendment
this year include Majority Leader John
R. Riley of Savannah. Among the sup
porters of the proposal are Mary Beth
Busbee, wife of Georgia’s governor,
and Shirley Miller, wife the lieutenant
Ohio Brass
to sell Holan
An agreement in principle has been
worked out by Ohio Brass to sell the
Holan Company in Griffin to David and
Robert Bernstein of Omaha.
John McNamee, operating manager
of the Holan plant in Griffin, said a
notice to employes about the agreement
had been posted.
He said details of the transaction
were being worked out.
The deal also involved the sale of
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governor.
Swearing in ceremonies were con
ducted in both houses to seat the 180
House members and 56 senators elected
last November.
The first day’s session also included
consideration of rules changes.
Although Lt. Gov. Zel Miller has said
he thinks the Equal Rights Amendment
has a good chance in the Senate this
year, three House leaders said it
probably would not do well there.
“I doubt ERA will pass the House,
said Rep. Bill Lee, D-Forest Park,
chairman of the House Democratic
Caucus. “It got very few votes the first
time it came to the House, and I don’t
believe the makeup has changed that
much since we considered it.”
House Majority Leader Clarence
Vaughn, D-Conyers, said he has heard
little discussion about it, but said he has
Ohio Brass plants at Willoughby, Ohio
to the Bernstein brothers.
The Willoughby plant presently is
primarily a cylinder making operation.
The Holan plant has been a
manufacturer of utility truck bodies
and lift equipment.
Mr. McNamee said what affect the
sale of the Griffin plant would have will
not be known until the negotiations are
final.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY 35, low
today 30, high yesterday 38, low
yesterday 35, high tomorrow in low 30s,
low tonight near 10 degrees.
FORECAST: Cloudy, windy and cold
tonight with a low near 10. Continued
cold Tuesday.
EXTENDED FORECAST: Chance of
snow north and rain south Wednesday
and again Friday. Fair Thursday.
the reorganization of the board. A chairman, vice
chairman, and secretary-treasurer will be elected for the
1977 year.
Henry Walker served as chairman in 1976.
Board members will get copies of the federal public
works program and new members will be informed about
special sessions in Atlanta Jan. 24 and 25 for new board
members.
CARMEL, Ind.—lndiana State Police investigate a light
plane that crashed into the Roger Long residence Sunday
afternoon while trying to land at a nearby airport. Police
reported that one person was killed in the accident and
three passengers survived. Blizzard-like snow In the area
prior to the crash may have caused the mishap, police
theorized. (AP)
received more calls about it this year
than in the past, most of them asking
him to vote against it.
The Republican leader of the House,
Rep. Mike Egan of Atlanta, said he has
not polled the GOP delegation, but sees
little chance it will pass.
Meanwhile, Egan said he would in
troduce in the House today a bill that
would prohibit officers of political
parties from serving on the State Ethics
Commission.
The bill is aimed at Ethics Com
mission Chairman Irving Kaier, who
also is Georgia’s Democratic com
mitteeman.
Republicans have charged loudly
that Kaier’s service on the commission,
while also Democratic committeeman,
is a conflict of interest.
There also was the avalanche of new
and old bills introduced.
People
...and things
Group of friends watching Super
bowl, woman saying “Oh no!” to
suggestion that it be expanded to best
two out of three games.
Young woman smiling and talking
animatedly to young man as they walk
toward Griffin High School, wind
blowing their hair and the skirts of their
long coats.
Cattle lying on ground to escape
biting winds of winter.
