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Shooting
in Macon
MACON, Ga. (AP) — Three persons
were shot today in the county food
stamp office, and a newsman said from
the scene that one was dead.
The Bibb County sheriff’s office said
an unidentified person has been taken
into custody.
The incident happened on the fourth
floor of the Grand Building, which is
next to the courthouse, and contains
offices of the Department of Family
and Children Services.
First reports said a court bailiff, a
sheriffs deputy and a third person were
shot.
None of the victims was identified
immediately.
Carlisle flushes out victory
Rep. John Carlisle of Griffin flushed a
victory for his water conservation bill
Thursday in the Georgia House with a
95-53 vote.
House members debated flushing
commodes and singing in the shower as
they took up the measure.
The debate was often sprinkled with
humor.
The bill would require the use of
water conserving toilets and shower
heads in new buildings after July 1,
1978.
Carlisle said most toilets require 6 to
11 gallons of water per flush. The bill
would require equipment that would
limit a flush to 3.5 gallons.
Jubilant balloon man eyes
his target at Daytona Beach
MARIANNA, Fla. (AP) - An
exuberant Karl Thomas, claiming a
record 500-mile flight on Thursday,
launched his hot-air balloon shortly
after dawn today to resume a cross
country flight to Daytona Beach.
Thomas took off at 7:45 CST with
winds blowing him eastsoutheast, said
a member of his ground crew. The
course took him toward the Atlantic
Coast somewhere south of St. Augus
tine.
“We’re shooting for Daytona but
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday Afternoon, February 18,1977
EDINA, Minn.—James Gaasedelen, a University of Minnesota dental student, had to make
a set of teeth as a class requirement to fit a dummy and then he refitted them for his 9-year
old poodle. The dog has its own teeth underneath the false ones, however. (AP)
Sen. Broun finds
fault with no-fault
ATLANTA (AP) - Calling Georgia’s
“no-fault” insurance law a failure, Sen.
Paul Broun introduced a bill today to
lift the state requirement that motorists
carry auto liability insurance.
Nearly one third of Georgia’s 3%
million motorists do not have such
insurance now, said Broun who called
the requirement “impossible to •
police.”
The Motor Vehicle Accident
Reparations Act, passed in 1974, was
designed to lower auto insurance rates
for the average motorist by requiring
all motorists to carry liability in
surance and providing for settlement of
questions of fault by insurance com
panies without court costs.
That law, said Broun, “has been
completely ineffective."
“The net result has been that
He said most shower heads in use now
use 10 gallons a minute. The bill would
cut that to 3.5 gallons per minute.
Rep. Davis Lucas, D-Macon, said the
bill is “telling us how many times we
can flush our toilets.”
He said he thought the government
was doing too much regulating.
“The benefits just flow continuously
from this bill,” Carlisle quipped.
He had taken a good bit of ribbing
from fellow lawmakers.
Earlier in Griffin he had told a
Chamber of Commerce breakfast
meeting that he had heard all of the
jokes about showers and toilets and
there were not any he had not heard.
we’ll probably end up between there
and Jacksonville,” Thomas said from a
motel where he spent the night after
landing at nearby Blountstown in
Northwest Florida.
Light winds were blowing as the
ground crew headed out to look for a
place to launch the nylon balloon in
which Thomas flew to Florida from
Forrest City, Ark. on Thursday, the
18th day of his flight.
Thomas, 28, of Troy, Mich., started
his chasse for the cross-country hot-air
motorists with liability insurance are
having to pay a great deal more than
those who refuse to buy it or drop it
immediately after getting their license
plate,” said the Athens lawmaker.
Elimination of the mandatory in
surance requirement should lower
rates for good drivers who buy the
insurance, Broun said.
Those drivers will not be protected
against motorists who do not have
liability insurance, he said, “but they
don’t have that protection now
anyway.”
Broun’s bill retains some provisions
of the earlier “no-fault” law such as out
of court settlement of some claims.
“It was limited no-fault before, now
it’s just more limited than it was,”
Broun said.
Aside from possibly lowering in
surance rates lifting the requirement
would save the state at least $400,000
the Department of Public Safety now
spends in unsuccessful attempts to
enforce the requirement, Broun said.
People
...and things
Group of people peering from third
floor of courthouse admiring new car of
D.A.
Woman telling friend she could
hardly wait for George Washington’s
Day sales so she could buy next win
ter’s wardrobe.
Better late than never, commenting
girl as she mailed Valentines late.
balloon record at Arcadia, Calif. If he
reaches Daytona Beach by Sunday he’ll
have done it in two-thirds the time of
the present record-holder, publisher
Malcolm Forbes.
“He was really scooting yesterday,”
said Larry Weiss, a member of the
Thomas ground crew. “He crossed the
Mississippi at 5 a.m. CST and from
there he picked up speed. At one time
he was doing 65 miles per hour. By
mid-afternoon he was well ahead of his
ground crew.”
Vol. 105 No. 41
Patrol death count
edges ahead in area
The Griffin State Patrol’s automobile
death count this year is one ahead of
last year’s for the same period.
This year’s total of three deaths
includes a count taken in the Patrol’s
territory of Spalding, Henry, and Butts
Counties.
Two deaths were in Spalding County.
The other was in Henry County.
There were 23 auto deaths in the three
county area in 1976. Spalding
County led with 11, Henry followed with
8 and Butts County had 4.
The January count for 1976 and this
year showed a total of one auto death
each. February of this year has so far
out paced last year’s count of one by
one.
Sgt. Hugh Taylor expressed deep
concern over the increase and urged
area drivers to be more safety
conscience.
He said school buses have figured in
recent accidents in the area and
advised that Georgia law requires
traffic in both lanes to stop when
students are boarding and getting off
the bus.
He said there had also been an
increased number of violations by
drivers not stopping for stop signs and
refusing to yield the right-of-way.
“And, of course, the 55 mile per hour
speed limit means 55 miles per hour,’’
Sgt. Taylor commented.
The State Patrol office here recorded
635 accidents in 1976. A total of 272
persons were injured.
Sgt. Taylor pointed out though the 23
death count for 1976 is complete, the
total accident count will vary.
The 635 accident count includes only
those calls in which the State Patrol
was called. The sheriffs department in
the patrol’s three county jurisdiction
handled other calls.
The State Patrol office accident count
for this year is 70.
The patrol’s next big holiday push
will be for the Easter holiday weekend.
The local unit will be out in full force to
make the three-day period a safe one,
according to Sgt. Taylor.
Food, fuel
drive prices
to new highs
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sharply
higher prices for food and fuel drove
consumer prices up eight-tenths of a
per cent in January, the biggest
monthly inflationary surge in 18
months, the government said today.
In addition, the Labor Department
indicated there could be worse news in
months ahead since it said its January
price index failed to reflect the full
price impact of severe winter weather
that has affected much of the nation.
The January price report was certain
to add to fears that inflation may be
much worse this year than in 1976, when
prices rose only a moderate 4.8 per
cent.
The Labor Department said food
prices alone rose ninetenths of a per
cent in January, more than in all of 1976
when they were up six-tenths of a per
cent. Prices rose for most types of foods
purchased in grocery stores, it said.
Prices of commodities, including fuel
oil, autos and clothing, advanced seven
tenths of a per cent last month, and
prices of services, including natural
gas and electricity, jumped ahead nine
tenths of a per cent.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY 55, low
today 34, high yesterday 47, low
yesterday 23, high tomorrow in low 60s,
low tonight in mid 30s.
FORECAST: Fair and cool tonight.
Partly cloudy and wanner Saturday.
EXTENDED FORECAST: Chance of
rain Sunday. Fair and colder Monday.
Warmer Tuesday.
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Washington sales
pack stores here
Thousands of people were in Griffin
area stores today as the George
Washington Birthday sales continued.
Some stores started them Thursday
afternoon late and reported throngs of
people were on hand to shop.
Long lines of people formed at one
downtown store today featuring
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People in high places
O.S. Bailey of an Atlanta firm doesn’t seem to mind working on the ledge at the
top of the city hall. He was checking loose mortar and making other repairs on
the building. Bailey drew the attention of many Griffinites as he went routinely
about his job.
G-S Hospital
above standards
New state guidlines for obstetrical
services will have no affect on the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospital.
“Our standards are already far
ahead of what’s required,”
Administrator Carl Ridley commented.
The new requirements may cause
some small Georgia hospitals to close
their obstetrical departments. They
were approved Wednesday by the
Board of the Department of Human
Resources and call for more highly
trained personnel and sophisticated
equipment in delivery rooms.
Hospitals have 5 years to comply with
rules designed to upgrade the care of
pregnant women and newborn babies.
Georgia’s infant mortality rate is
among the highest in the nation.
The Griffin hospital also has a clinic
for expectant mothers and gynecology
patients on Tuesdays. Pregnant women
who live outside of Spalding County are
eligible if they attend the prenatal
clinic of their county health
department.
Any woman with a gynecological
problem, both in and out of county
residents, may come to the Tuesday
clinic. Patients are accepted by
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women’s clothing.
Business was brisk throughout the
community.
Most downtown parking lots were
close to being full and shopping centers
reported big crowds of people in the
stores.
appointment only and are seen by OB
resident doctors from Georgia Baptist
Hospital.
The fee is less than those of a private
physician. OB patients are charged a
$125 delivery fee plus hospital costs.
Interested persons may contact the
hospital for further information or an
appointment.
The Country Parson
by Frank Clark
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“Singles are folks who can
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