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Newspaper Page TextPage 3 — Griffin Daily News Saturday, February 5,1977 Sweeping changes Senate revamps committees WASHINGTON (AP) - In what one lawmaker calls “the most sweeping reorganization of either body of Congress since the early 19th century,” the Senate is revamping its com mittee structure to increase ef ficiency. The plan approved Friday re duced the number of Senate committees from 31 to 25 and is expected to trim the total of subcomittees from 174 to about 125. It also limited the numbers of committees and subcom mittees a senator can serve on. The committee system had not been overhauled for 30 years. “It’s the most sweeping reorganization of either body of the Congress since the early 19th century when the com mittee system, which is the heart of Congress, was first created,” declared Sen. Adlai Stevenson, D-111., who chaired a special bipartisan study panel I j KI ■ X B Until Sunday 40 »^3O_ 2O \ o<"\° fl" • I TIT I I ’ S < Figures show . XZaP 7° low Hurries M ( \\» Xx ( ■< . fxxxxi emper s c.id d n <v s °, r Data from — ou Shower* Stationary Occluded NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA—Fair skies tonight and Sunday with low tonight in the upper teens and high Sunday in the mid 40s. Florida nursing home scene of flu outbreak ATLANTA (AP) - A Florida nursing home was the scene of this year’s first confirmed outbreak of A-Victoria in fluenza, says the national Cen ter for Disease Control. Several outbreaks of the milder Influenza B were report ed previously, but the CDC said Friday the outbreak in Dade County was the first of the more potent virus. Public health officials report ed that 57 of the nursing home’s 176 residents were stricken since Jan. 26. All have recovered, the CDC said. CDC epidemiologists have de- CARD OF THANKS The family of Robert (Bob) L. Harris would like to express their thanks to the doctors, nurses, am bulance attendants, and everyone else who held out their hands to help in our time of need, when we lost a part of our family. Wife - Mrs. Addie M. Harris Daughter: Wyonla Tolen Sons - Marvin and Charlie Harris Grandchildren and Great' grandchildren YOU ARE INVITED TO A ... . Charismatic Renewal Meeting WITH EVANGELIST Gordon Hofer Spirit Filled Mernionite Healing Ministry Worked with Teen Challenge Former Gang Member Youth Camp Speaker Gospel Singer Missionary Evangelist Christ Centered Preacher DATE: Feb. 6-10, 1977 TIME: 7:38 Nightly PLACE: First Assembly of God 1411 Old Atlanta Rd. Pastor, Thunnon W. Fountain that recommended the restruc turing. He was also the chief sponsor of the final plan ap proved 89 to 1 Friday. The action came as President Carter asked Congress for au thority to carry out his own promised reorganization of the federal bureaucracy. Stevenson’s panel had recom mended an even broader reorganization to cut the num ber of committees to 15. But in the Rules Committee and on the floor several committee chairmen and their allies suc ceeded in preserving their pan els. One who did not was Sen. Quentin Burdick, D-N.D., who was the prospective chairman of the now abolished Post Office and Civil Service Committee. Burdick cast the lone vote against the reorganization. The Space and District of Co lumbia committees also were abolished, along with the Joint dined to speculate on the likeli hood of influenza outbreaks be cause the virus has an unpre dictable nature. Scattered outbreaks of In fluenza A have been confirmed in California, Michigan, Alaska, North Carolina and South Caro lina since last autumn. But the only recent reports of that virus came from Dade County. Influenza B generally attacks children while Influenza A strikes a wider segment of the population. This is because Influenza A tends to change its molecular structure more frequently, making it more difficult to fight. Because of this, new flu vaccines are needed every year. More persons develop im munity against Influenza B be cause it changes its makeup about every three years. The CDC says some Influenza B has appeared in about 30 states, with outbreaks ranging Influenza strongly linked to two deaths ATLANTA (AP) - Reye’s Syndrome, a rare complication of Influenza B, was a major Atomic, Joint Congressional Operations and Joint Defense Production committees. The House must agree to the elimi nation of the joint panels, but is expected to do so. The abolished committees' functions and staff will be ab sorbed by other committees, but some staff may be fired after July 1. Stevenson said the chief fail ures were the continuation of the Small Business, Veterans Affairs, and Aging Committees. The constituencies they serve lobbied hard against having these panels merged into other committees. The action clears the way for the Democrats and Republicans to make committee assign ments for the present Congress. The 18 freshmen senators have received only temporary places on committees so far. Some other senators are also ex- from local to widespread. Widespread outbreaks — meaning the disease was identi fied in counties comprising more than half the state’s popu lation — have been reported in New Jersey. Regional outbreaks — in fluenza recognized in counties comprising less than 50 per cent of the state’s population — have been reported in Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. Localized outbreaks — indi vidual cases recognized in only a limited number of small, well defined population units — have been reported in Connecticut and Texas. Other states either have spo radic cases or have reported none. A-New Jersey, or swine flu, has been confirmed in Wiscon sin and Minnesota, but these cases were associated with hog farming. factor in the deaths of two chil dren at an Atlanta hospital this week, the children’s doctor says. Hospital officials did not re lease details of the cases or the victims’ names, but the attend ing physician in both cases, Dr. Paul Cohen, said influenza was strongly linked to the deaths. The disorder, which affects the brain and liver, usually oc curs in children under 16. Symptoms of the disease are vomiting, followed by con vulsions and coma. Fri. & Sat. 7:27 & 9:00 P.M. Sunday - 4:21,5:54,7:27 &9:00P.M. Emma Mae COLOR 7:30P.M. Friday, Saturday & Sunday Only The Town That Dreaded Sundown [r] color pected to shift around. With some exceptions, sena tors will be limited to serving on three full committees and eight subcommittees. The average now is 18 committees and subcommittees and some sena tors serve on more than 30. The reorganization is ex pected to allow senators more time to concentrate on particu lar fields and to afford new senators greater opportunities to share in the work of Senate committees. It also is designed to elimi nate much of the present frag mentation in the legislative jur sidiction of committees. A new Committee on Energy and Nat ural Resources will have wide jurisdiction over energy mat ters, now scattered among sev eral committees. A Committee on Environment and Public Works will handle environmen tal measures. Cattlemen approve merger ATI ANTA (AP) - The Na tional Livestock Feeders Asso ciation (NLFA) will be asked this month to vote to form a group representing about 275,- 000 cattlemen in all segments of the beef industry. The stage was set for the de cision when the 260,000-member American National Cattlemen’s Association (ANCA) voted Fri day to merge with the NLFA. The proposal, approved by 98 per cent of the members at the final session of ANCA’s week long convention, goes before the feeders group when it meets in St. Ixjuis Feb. 17-18. If NLFA members approve the plan, the new group, to be called the National Cattlemen’s Association, would go into oper ation Sept. 1. “A new unified organization is in the best interests of all segments and areas of the beef cattle industry," said Wray Finney of Ft. Cobb, Okla., who was re-elected president of ANCA for 1977. Finney’s term would expire on Sept. 1, along with those of other ANCA officers, if the NLFA approves the merger. “For some time the leaders of both associations have felt the need to coordinate all available resources so as to avoid all unnecessary duplication of efforts and speak with a strong, united national voice,” he said. A study committee represent ing both organizations recom mended that headquarters be located in Denver, Colo., with offices in Omaha, Neb., and Washington. 3 Rome residents killed CENTRE, Ala. (AP) - Three people from Rome, Ga., were killed in a two-car wreck near this northeast Alabama town. State troopers said William Frank Foster, 44; and his wife, Grace, 43, and their driver, James Berryhill, 54, died in the wreck. The Fosters’ son, David, 13, was hospitalized for treatment of injuries, as was another pas senger in the car, identified only as Myrtle Berryhill. One person in the other car, Linda Chestnut Roberts of Centre, was injured. : • ‘; J Russell’s j: RESTAURANT j “Good Food Today | And Everyday” 1-75 at Locust Grove, Ga. \ Phone 957-4827 Russell Oldag *.. .Jr*’* I U « I ’ tie ■ B IF® Aat* W' I J I rIIIu ** it 11 rl I wn ” r ' < fl >!> liiilillk *** i mL " I i’limil ■■■ M. '•* it ® ■ 1/1 I I W I ■ Ililt 1111 k - ® 111 II w *'ll I W’’ Klilllll* X NRi. II I 1 B -.11 | b |r Z* ' 1 X I ill' k I * N ' B W fw f • U ’ I r f k- , 1 \ 1 j ■ M i i I ’Hi' IttTl bum i <I /o. Hi I r* wb ■■ ■ ’ll n f. ; Returns medals WASHINGTON—Retired Lt. Col. Ray Schrump of Fayetteville, N.C., holds his military decorations that he wants to return in protest to President Carter’s pardon of draft evaders. With him, Friday outside the White House, are wife, Ann, left, and daughter Pam. (AP) Russians working on weapons of future WASHINGTON (AP) - A Pentagon report says Russian scientists are conducting major research on “weapons of the fu ture’’ that would demolish space satellites, missiles or oth er targets with beams of intense light or charged atom particles. “We must be concerned with Soviet activities in the area of directed-energy weapons,” the report released Friday warned. The United States knows few technical details of the Soviet programs, the report said, “but the scope and degree of com mitment of their interests in these weapons of the future is quite large, as judged by their investments in physical plant Mrs. Fitzpatrick has ATLANTA (AP) — Mary Fitzpatrick isn’t the only Geor gia prisoner who has worked at the governor’s mansion. But Mrs. Fitzpatrick’s special abilities with children caught Gov. Jimmy Carter’s eye and landed her a job as nurse to his youngest child. The 31-year-old convicted murderess Friday followed the former governor and his daugh ter Amy, now 9, to Washington, where she will be Amy’s nurse in the White House. The Georgia Board of Par dons and Paroles granted her a reprieve — freedom for a cer tain period of time — to allow her to take the White House job. Pat Ford-Roegner, director of Wyatt to fight suspension ATMNTA (AP) — Fulton County Commission Vice Chair man J.O. Wyatt Jr. says he will go to court Monday to try to block a state law suspending him from the commission be cause he has been convicted of a felony. Wyatt was sentenced to three years’ probation Friday for conspiring to defraud the City of Atlanta of a liquor license. He was convicted Jan. 13 on three felony counts, carrying a maximum penalty of 25 years in jail and $2,000 in fines. for research and development.” A number of veteran U.S. in telligence experts reject the idea that the Russians are any where near achieving a “ray gun” weapon. They say the Russians appear to be trying to master the technology that con ceivably could lead to such weapons. A few intelligence specialists take a more urgent view of the possibilities. Both the United States and Russia are known to be at work on research aimed at devel oping weapons using very high energy light beams generated by lasers. But senior U.S. sci entists estimate it will take at least 10 years before this coun- the Atlanta Women’s Work Re lease Center where Mrs. Fitz patrick was housed for two years, said Mrs. Fitzpatrick has away with children. “She’s a very, very warm person and kids take to her very well,” she said. Male and female inmates of Georgia prisons have been working at the governor’s man sion and other state buildings for years, said Sara Passmore of the Georgia Department of Offender Rehabilitation. Other inmates who are close to parole or release are involved in a work release program through which they hold salaried jobs outside state cor rection centers. Georgia law prohibits con victed felons from holding of fice. Wyatt’s attorneys said they will seek a restraining order against the law, contending that suspending him from his elected position is double pun ishment. HEAR The ENCOUNTERS "One Os America’s Most Popular Musical Groups.” FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZAREHE Cor. Spring & Melton Thursday, Feb. 10, 7:30 P.M. I I ,'?j| try can develop actual weapons. They estimate the Russians are at about the same stage. Many problems remain to be solved, the scientists say, in cluding reduction of the huge laboratory devices to a man ageable size. “There was an increase in the size of Soviet facilities that we know to be engaged in high energy laser research and de velopment from 1971 to 1975,” the Pentagon reported. It also said, “there are indicators which point to Soviet interests in particle beam technology which may have advanced weapon applications.” way with children Most of the residents of the Atlanta Women’s Work Release Center are part of the work re lease program, but Mrs. Fitz patrick worked in the center’s business office and attended a technical school, the center di rector said. Mrs. Passmore said the state has had few problems with in mates who work in state build ings or in the work release pro gram. “We did have one escape in Your Neighbor Haisten Funeral Home Cares The Most. We are deeply appreciative of our Friends. In Our Sixtieth Year Haisten Brothers, Inc. Funeral Service Griff in-^Jackson—Barnesville Member National Selected Morticians By Invitation The report also expressed deep concern about previously reported Soviet tests with satel lites to hunt and destroy other satellites. This is believed to pose a nearer threat than the beam weapon research. “Our lead in space technology is a strong one,” the report says, “but we have deliberately restrained the development of an anti-satellite capability.” It is known, however, that the United States has started some research into possible methods of destroying enemy satellites and is more advanced in work on safeguarding U.S. satellites from destruction. 1975 when a male inmate es caped from the governor’s mansion,” she said. “That’s very rare. We do closely screen individuals to be assigned there. For the most part, there are very few problems.” COUNTRY CLOTH SHOP Has A Super Sale Going On Now 227-6015