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Reps. John Mostiler (1), John Carlisle and Sen. Virginia Shapard (right photo) of Griffin were in attendance
yesterday when the Georgia Legislature began its 1977 session.
Financial disclosure, ERA bills await legislature
ATLANTA (AP)—A revived
Equal Rights Amendment and a
bill to require extensive fi-
A stitch in time
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nee
dlepoint, the art of creating a
picture by filling a canvas with
tiny identical stitches, has be
come many a modern man’s
tool to help him unwind from a
long day at the office.
Saying that it helps them quit
smoking, relax tensions or just
plain pass the time, men like
Spiro Agnew and Rosey Grier
have taken up what used to be
considered an all-female art.
Ex-football tackle Grier even
wrote a book about it.
No one knows how long ago
needlepoint was invented, but
examples of the stitchery were
found in ancient Egyptian
tombs. In the Victorian era,
mothers taught their daughters
the art because “the Devil
makes work for idle hands.”
' Ex-cornhusking champion spending
$250,000 on Carter’s celebration
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nancial disclosures by lawmak
ers, top state officials and can
didates awaited legislators to
day as they began their first full
day in the 1977 General As
sembly.
Gov. George Busbee was to
deliver his third State of the
State address to a joint session
of the legislature at noon and
Sen. Lee Robinson, D-Macon,
was to introduce the financial
disclosure bill — an expansion
of the present campaign dis
closure law which includes only
candidates for office.
During a brief opening ses
sion Monday, legislators were
sworn in, officers were elected
and rules were decided.
Besides the ERA measure,
bills introduced Monday in the
Senate included proposals to
eliminate state agencies that
cannot justify continued
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
National Comhusking Cham
pion of 1935 says he’s so happy
that a fellow fanner is becom
ing president that he’s spending
$250,000 to help celebrate Jim
my Carter’s inaugural.
Elmer Carlson of Audubon,
lowa, is hoping that as many as
6,000 people will attend each of
the three inaugural parties he’s
throwing in a Washington hotel
ballroom next week.
Carlson, who grew wealthy in
existence and to change the
status of the Committee on
Economy, Reorganization and
Efficiency in Government.
In the House, bills were in
troduced which would allow an
adult to direct a physician to
discontinue artificial life-sup
port systems in case of terminal
illness or injury, prohibit of
ficers of political parties from
serving on the state Ethics
Commission and change from
state to local government the
testing of water under the fed
eral Safe Drinking Act.
The disclosure bill would re
quire reports to the Ethics
Commission of property hold
ings of more than $2,500 in as
sessed value, bank or savings
accounts of more than $5,000
and the names of creditors owed
SSOO or more (excluding retail
installment debts).
the hybrid seed and fertilizer
business, is a Democratic activ
ist and twice an unsuccessful
candidate for Congress. He says
he spent about |IO,OOO of his own
money during the fall campaign
for Des Moines newspaper ads
that urged lowa farmers to vote
for a fellow tiller of the soil.
“We can appreciate the work
they (the Carters) had to do,
coming from a boondocks like
Plains,” he says.
Despite his efforts on Carter’s
behalf, Carlson has been
overlooked by those who com
piled the inaugural committee’s
invitation lists. But unlike oth
ers who say they were snubbed,
he’s not letting it bother him.
“The ground is frozen out
here anyway, so I’m going down
to Washington for the in
auguration,” he said. Carlson
has an 1,800-acre farm that pro
duces wheat, corn and soy
beans.
He’s got detailed plans for
each night of the inaugural fes
tivities. The first night’s party,
next Tuesday, will feature beer,
peanuts, popcorn and music by
“Warren Covington and the
Clambake Seven.”
Things really heat up
Wednesday night, inauguration
eve, when Carlson has engaged
the Duke Ellington Orchestra,
led by Ellington’s son, Mercer.
The Tommy Dorsey band is the
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The bill also would require
lawmakers, officials and candi
dates for those positions to list
corporations, partnerships, un
ions or other groups in which
they hold offices or financial in
terests of at least 10 per cent.
They also would be required
to list any governmental bodies
which have contributed money,
goods or services of SSOO or
more to the groups to which the
officials belong.
Under the current disclosure
law, candidates for all offices
must report contributions of
SIOO or more and their own dis
bursements of slOl or more. Of
ficeholders are not included in
the law.
The twice-defeated ERA was
reintroduced amid pessimistic
projections from supporters.
“I think it has a better chance
in the Senate than in the
featured attraction on the big
night itself.
Carlson’s parties will feature
a decor of hay, cornstalks and
“peanut waterfalls,” which are'
described as streamers of pea
nut vines, hanging from the
chandeliers.
Carlson says he knows that
Carter himself will have his
hands full making it to each of
the six official inaugural par
ties. The official parties are
open, for $25, only to people who
received invitations. So
Carlson’s not counting on the
President-elect’s attendance.
“At least he could send Billy
through,” Carlson mused.
Marijuana
confiscated
MOULTRIE, Ga. (AP) -
More than two tons of mari
juana was confiscated aboard a
twin-engine aircraft Monday
night and nine persons were
charged with possession with
intent to distribute, authorities
said.
Police Chief B. N. Livingston
said the names of the nine ar
rested would be released later
today. They gave addresses
from Massachusetts, New
ampshire, Florida and Cali
fornia, he said.
House,” said Lt. Gov. Zell
miller of the amendment to the
U.S. Constitution which bars
sex discrimination.
Rep. Bill Lee of Forest Park
was less optimistic about the
measure’s hopes in the House.
“I doubt ERA will pass the
House. 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
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and one-half baths, complete dining room, living room
(with fireplace), den with fireplace, large game room,
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Backyard fenced in. Only $10,000.00
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Four miles West of Griffin. Frame country home on one
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rooms and barn. $19,500.00
50 acres, 8 miles South of Griffin, open and wooded with
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2 - 4 acre, choice wooded tracts, new paved road, 7 miles
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considered it.”
Also on Monday, legislators
officially re-elected Rep. Tom
Murphy, D-Bremen, as Speaker
of the House and Sen. Al Hollo
way of Albany as President Pro
tern of the Senate. Rep. Bobby
Hill, D-Savannah was elected
chairman of the legislature’s 22-
member Black Caucus and Rep.
Calvin Smyre, D-Columbus,
vice chairman.
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-Griffin Daily News Tuesday, January 11,1977
Cates swears out
ATLANTA (AP) - Two At
lanta television reporters said
they would turn themselves in
today on warrants sworn out by
Fulton County Tax Assessor
Goodwyn “Shag” Cates charg
ing them with “interfering with
government property.”
Lt. Paul Johnson of the Fulton
County sheriff’s office said the
warrants accuse Sharon
Summers of WAGA-TV and Joe
Washington of WXIA-TV of
stopping a county courthouse
elevator Monday in an attempt
to talk with Cates.
Johnson said both reporters
agreed to turn themselves in.
Meanwhile, Superior Court
Judge Charles Weltner refused
to block the appointment of
Cates as tax assessor, saying
evidence showed that the Fulton
County Commission had not
violated the state’s open meet
ings law in making the appoint
ment.
The citizens’ lobbying group
Common Cause, had sued to
block the appointment, con
tending that a majority of the
commissioners agreed to the
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warrants
appointment in a secret meet
ing.
All five commissioners testi
fied that an Oct. 4 luncheon was
not an illegal meeting to decide
Cates’ ‘future.
Corning glass
CORNING, N.Y. (AP) - The
Corning Museum of Glass is
preparing an exhibit of the
glasswares of 80 companies and
home shops in the city of Com
ing from 1868 to 1977. The com
prehensive glass show will open
May 2, 1977. Corning is one of
America’s first major engrav
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