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City sets up authority
to go after new industry
A 14-member Griffin Industrial
Authority has been named to help
secure new industries for the city.
The group will hold an organizational
dinner Monday at the Holiday Inn at 7
p.m.
Businessman Jim Goolsby was
named by the Board of city com
missioners last week to head the
authority. He met with the com
missioners during their Tuesday
morning administrative session to
discuss its functions.
The commissioners accepted
Goolsby’s recommendations for 7
members. They were Louis Robinson,
accountant; Charles Neel who helped
Griffin get Bandag; businessman Ray
Sharpe; Mrs. Tootsie Powers, real
estate salesman; Gary Reid, NAACP
president; Russ Spangler of WGRI
radio and former executive vice
president of the Griffin Chamber; and
insurance man Brack Pound.
Each commissioner appointed one
member who was approved by the
entire board.
Louis Goldstein recommended Atty.
Larry Evans; R. L. “Skeeter” Nor
sworthy, Tilman Blakely, Jr., banker;
Raymond Head, Dr. Tom Washington,
dentist; and Ernest “Tiggy” Jones,
Mrs. Elene Rivers.
Commissioner Dick Mullins’
recommendation will be made this
week, he said.
Mullins, who formerly served as
chairman of the Chamber’s industrial
development committee, was named to
represent the commissioners.
Also serving on the authority as
exofficio members with no voting
power will be Clifford Hutson, head of
the Light Department, and Harry
Simmons, who heads the water
department.
The authority hopes to work closely
with the Chamber of Commerce, as
well as the county commissioners. Most
available land needed for larger in
dustries is outside the city limits. The
county commissioners who earlier
turned down an invitation to join the
authority will be asked again.
Bart Searcy, chairman of the
Chamber’s industrial development
committee, cautioned that there may
be problems with “2 authorities doing
the same thing.”
“Is the Chamber to take a back
seat?” he asked.
The commissioners agreed the two
could work together with cooperation
and no conflict.
“The city’s not trying to take
anything away from the Chamber. We
hope both can work together for a
greater Griffin,” said Mayor Raymond
Head.
The city allocated SI,OOO for the
authority which Goolsby said he hopes
will soon become self sustaining.
Future now for Griffinite
He has electric car
The future is here and now for one
young Griffinite.
Wade Finch is a proud new owner of
one of Griffin’s first all electric
automobiles.
What with all the predictions of gas
shortages, Finch has gotten an edge on
everyone with his vehicle which is
powered by eight 12-volt batteries.
He says he can drive up to 50 miles
without a charge and plans to drive the
car daily to his job and to Gordon
Junior College where he is a business
education major. He works for United
Parcel Service in Griffin.
The car can be easily charged by
plugging the cord which extends from
the rear of the car to regular 110 volt
house plug.
Finch purchased the car previously
owned at Warner Robins Air Force
Base.
He says living and working conditions
on the base were quite suited for slower
and shorter distance range driving.
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Carter: apology inappropriate
WASHINGTON (AP) - President
Carter today termed inappropriate the
apology ventured by a U.S. diplomat for
alleged American involvement in the
overthrow of a left-wing Chilean
government, and at the same time
announced the end of the ban on
American travel to four Communist
nations.
In repudiating the statement on Chile
by United Nations envoy Brady Tyson,
Carter acknowledged that the United
States “has been at fault in someinstan-
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Man who moved to Griffin Monday
commenting Tuesday on the beautiful
weather.
Car parked in front of expired meter,
ticket under windshield wiper, several
more on top of dashboard and showing
through window.
Telephone people at work in city’s
recently acquired building formerly
occupied by automobile dealership on
East Solomon street.
Base personnel use the cars to travel
the short distance from their homes to
work and to travel from one base
complex to another.
Some 10 or 12 persons own electric
cars on the base.
The car new costs in the $3,000 range
exclusive of the minimum accessories
and options.
Manufactured in Sebring, Fla., the
car fully equipped includes such
luxuries as a cigaret lighter and a
radio.
Finch, however, is leary of smoking
in the car because fumes from the
batteries located under the seat could
pose an explosion hazard.
He towed his car to Griffin from
Warner Robins and he says he was
stopped by a State Patrolman. He gave
him a warning for going too slowly or
perhaps he just wanted to get a better
look at the pot-bellied little vehicle.
Finch says he has many other
spectators, too.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday Afternoon, March 9,1977
Helping out
The 37 people who cook for patients at
the Griffin-Spalding Hospital are proud
of the job they’ve been doing lately.
Not only are they keeping their own
patients supplied with good food but
they are helping out a neighboring
hospital, too.
Clayton General is expanding and
temporarily is without kitchen
facilities. So the G-S hospital has
pitched in to prepare the meals for the
Clayton hospital.
G-S Dietitian Harriett Walts said the
crews here fix some 260 to 300 meals a
day with the extra work. Clayton sends
three people here during the day and
two at night to help out.
Food is packed in containers at about
200 degrees. It is about 180 when it
reaches Clayton by truck.
There are two shipments a day —
lunch and the evening meal. The
breakfast for the next day goes along
with the evening meal.
Miss Waits (left) checks temperature
of food. At right Joe Perkins (1) and
Chuck Furman start food on its way to
Clayton.
ces” for infringing on human rights
accords. But he did not put the 1973
overthrow of Chilean President Sal
vador Allende in that category.
He said, instead, that the American
travel ban was such an instance, and
that it will be lifted effective March 18.
That will permit U.S. citizens to travel
to Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and
Cambodia.
Tyson said in Geneva that he ex
ceeded his instructions but did not act
contrary to them in apologizing for
what he said was American in
volvement in the ouster of Allende.
“I think the remarks made by the
delegate concerning our past in
volvement in Chilean international
was inappropriate,” he told his third
White House news conference. Carter
said a Senate committee has not found
any proof that the United States was
involved in Allende’s overthrow but
only in financial aid to some political
groups in Chile.
“The statement made by our
delegate was made on his own and does
not represent the view of our govern
ment,” Carter said.
He linked that episode with the
broader question of human rights under
the Helsinki agreement, saying that the
administration remains concerned
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about that issue. Carter noted that
administration officials will go to
Belgrade later this year to join in
assessment of the human rights ac
cords.
During the presidential campaign,
Carter himself had said the United
States was involved in the Allende
overthrow. On Oct. 6, in campaign
debate, he said the Republican ad
ministration “overthrew an elected
government and helped establish a
military dictatorship.”
During the news conference, the
President also made these points:
—Said his commitment to withdraw
Hostage freed
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio
(AP) — A black gunman released
unharmed today the white policeman
he had held hostage for 45 hours while
complaining of oppression of blacks
and demanding that whites leave the
planet within seven days, police said.
The release came shortly after
President Carter repeated during a
nationally televised news conference
his earlier promise to speak with
gunman Cory Moore after the hostage,
Capt. Leo Keglovic, was freed.
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“Folks who tell all they know
seem not to know when they’re
done.”
Also
The City Commissioners also:
1. — Heard a complaint from the
Georgia Council of Engineers about the
city’s asking for engineering work bids.
2. — Turned down CB channel for the
c‘ty.
3. — Heard complaints about the way
prisoners are treated in city jail.
ground troops from Korea has not
changed. During the campaign, Carter
favored a gradual withdrawal of
ground troops. Any withdrawal, he
said, would be accomplished over a
four-to-five-year period and would have
to be done in cooperation with the the
governments of South Korea and
Japan.
—Speaking about the Middle East,
the President said there may have to be
some “minor adjustment” to borders
established after the 1967 Israeli Arab
war. “We will know by mid-May the
positions of the interested parties,”
Carter said.
He said he could not discuss details of
new borders in the Middle East because
he has not yet met with Arab leaders.
The issue of new borders, he said, “is
obviously one of the most serious
problems.”
—Asked about reports of a grand jury
investigation of former CIA Director
Richard Helms and whether Carter had
asked for CIA documents about the
matter, the President said: “I have not
been asked for any documents and the
Helms case has not come to my at
tention. Whether to proceed with the
case will be the exclusive right of the
Justice Department.”
Banks says Busbee
will okay new iudsre
Sen. Peter Banks of Barnesville
thinks a second judge for the 4-county
Griffin Judicial Circuit is pretty well
assured.
“Gov. Busbee told me he will sign the
budget,” Banks said. The budget
provides for the new judge.
Banks said the budget would provide
funds for the new post beginning in
July.
Expenses for the new post will be
paid from contingency funds until the
General Assembly next year approves
a supplementary budget providing
funds for the judgeship.
It is one of several others approved at
the current session of the General
Assembly. The judgeships were ex
pected to survive a Senate-House
conference.
Editor Quimby Melton of the Fayette
County News this week proposed that
Gov. Busbee consider appointing
someone from Fayette County to fill the
4. — Learned 15 people had applied
for Police dispatch job.
5. — Heard about some drainage
problems.
6. — Okayed cable tv financial
arrangement.
7.— Paid some bills.
(Details on page 3)
Good sign
Mrs. Ethel Plank believes the worst
of winter is over. She spotted geese
flying in formation late Tuesday after
noon, headed north.
It was a welcome sight, the Spalding
County resident said.
Trade
ATLANTA (AP) — There’s always a
lot of trading going on at the Georgia
Legislature, but most of it’s over bills,
not art.
When George Busbee moved to the
governor’s office in 1975 he left a
favorite painting of a sailboat in the
House majority leader’s office, which
he had occupied.
A few days ago, Busbee went back
and took the painting and the current
majority leader, Clarence Vaughn of
Conyers, responded by making his sup
port for the 1978 budget “subject to
return of art treasure to office of
majority leader.”
Busbee answered in writing, saying,
“I have made many sacrifices in an
effort to get (budget approval). This is
the last straw. I hereby present to you
an ‘art treasure’ to hang in your of
fice.”
The “treasure” was a poster of a
young boy with a bowl of spaghetti
dumped over his head and the words
“Why Me?”
new judge’s post.
Speculation on who would get the job
has centered on Ben Miller of
Thomaston, present district attorney
for the circuit.
Miller has kept quiet about the whole
thing.
A report in the Free Press newspaper
published in Thomaston said that
several lawyers in Spalding and
Fayette Counties had their eyes on the
new judgeship. Counties in the Griffin
circuit include Upson, Pike, Spalding
and Fayette.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair tonight. Chance of
showers Thursday.
EXTENDED FORECAST: Showers
with possible thundershowers Friday
and Saturday with clearing on Sunday.
