Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current, March 10, 1977, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Textmt'- 3' >1 WHiltl ISg rj| •■■ fflq:!< < < |nd-< ijikA X a Rep. David Lucas, D-Macon, waves a white flag of truce declaring the surrender of smoking privileges in the Georgia legislature. The House enacted legislation banning smoking on the floor of it’s chambers. (AP) IB S\mP ' C J? ■ L®l L®l “41 B Diamond B SoV\ta'f e I H L*T! ] ■ gold P °s* 99 I K ’ j ?s§L n M 11 ’/**'>',***>' 1 1 n 1 qo' n 9W)l| \ n° Parß/ ' n 9® II 7-oiarn° n^ s \ slQq ' am °nc/s.B II ‘ setting ■ J maUes k 11/ ,ing '<>°* ' * | r 13 9 1 B $' y J 3O diamonds l| rnake up this I er Wement JOWI ■ r,r, g and JMSBI /;^;^ ; 'B matching <ng F 579 9 r egular (y J 3 , 9 ■ || Bold 1 with a L - JI ■ 9-Diarnond ■ cluster IB hist for ■ $1 99 regu ' ar ' v Wedding B| ■ * Trio.Bl Gent’ s ■ 3 included Bl ■ II X regular 5319 || FRIEDMAN’S Hl JEWELERS I I SINCE ISB4 11 I .'< iniun'i* } ’•• Vj«’a Ih’tail 110 N. Hill St. - Phone 227-4087 I BwSySSM **■ I jn*wl ■ - **jijhSWl^ w ■ jr X JK K ' £S9RKKe w 1 "'-wl X&. Wni w. < ’W oRr »ww *w.®| ■ fib. » •■ * *-f RBBbMmII Jw 99HM9 Money matters key issues in legislature ATLANTA (AP) - Money matters dominated the next-to the-last day of the 1977 legisla ture Wednesday, with both houses approving a com promise $2.1 billion budget for fiscal 1978 and the Senate trimming a proposed pay raise for state officials. Approval of the budget, which finances pay raises for state employes and a road im provement program, but elimi nates about 2,200 persons from state welfare rolls, came on a 156-17 vote in the House and a 46-3 tally in the Senate. The bill now goes to Gov. George Busbee for his signa ture. The Senate voted 39-15 to trim next year’s proposed pay raises for top state officials from 7 per cent to 5 per cent, but cleared the way for fattening those officials’ wallets later. Senators voted to tie raises for constitutional officers — the governor, lieutenant governor, most department heads, judges and district attorneys — to cost of-living raises when granted to CATFISH CABIN Highway 16 East Jackson Road Griffin, Ga. 228-7620 All You Can Eat Friday Night FRIED SHRIMP • (Reg. S4JS) $ 3 50 Saturday Night BOILED SHRIMP $375 Monday Night FROG LEGS $395 Sunday SUNDAY LUNCHEON (1-plate servings) s]9s Hours: Mon.-Sat 5-10 p.m. Sunday 12 Noon • 10 P.M. Clearing the smoke The puffing legislators of the Georgia Capitol may be asked to extinguish their smoking materials, while on the House or Senate floor. The House passed the bill on Wednesday. The measure now returns to the Senate. Rep. William C. Randall, D-Macon, left, shields his nose and mouth from unwanted smoke, while Rep. Ben Barron Ross, D-Lincolnton, puffs away on his favorite brand. (AP) other state employes in future years. Those employes are to re ceive 5 per cent pay hikes in the fiscal year beginning July 1. The Senate measure was a substitute for a House bill that would give top state officials a 7 per cent raise next year — but only next year. The House still must consider the Senate substitute. No money for legislators is included in either version of the bill. In other legislative action Wednesday: —The Senate passed a House bill to prohibit garnishment of the wages of a government em ploye if he is found liable for civil damages resulting from performing his official duties in an emergency. —Top House leaders agreed to drop their proposal for giving legislative committees veto power over new rules proposed by state agencies. —The House approved a Sen ate bill to have Georgia cities and counties take over an I NEED FURNITURE? SAVE! I ONLY I The Furniture Shop I I OFFERS TRUE DISCOUNTS I I 2 PRICE ON ALL HOME FURNISHINGS I I NOT "SPECIAL PURCHASE” - "OLD STOCK" -or "COME ONS" I I SHOP COMPARE SAVE I I Our Our Your ■ I QUALITY PRICES I Delivery Available I Financing Available Page 5 y fijf£ /if JF *>!► '*< W> 1 VHwRn. ■•' • * Jr , t H 91 f Jw » / j unemployment compensation program the federal govern ment is dropping. The measure now goes to the governor. —The Senate approved a bill to prohibit legislators from re taining city or county posts back home. The measure now goes to the governor. The new budget is the first in Georgia history to exceed $2 billion and will control state spending from July 1, 1977 to June 30, 1978. The document provides about SBO million in pay raises for teachers, state employes and University System personnel. It also provides S3O million in cash to improve about 4,000 miles of city and county roads. The cut in welfare rolls was a result of a compromise, worked out by budget negotiators and approved by both Houses Wednesday, changing the for mula for calculating welfare benefits —a step budget analysts said would increase the average monthly welfare award $2.59. Nearly two-thirds of the wel fare families would have an av erage increase of $16.36, about one-third would feel an average decrease of $9.81, and about 1 per cent, or 2,200 persons, would be eliminated from the rolls entirely. — Griffin Daily News T Stone age find PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia (AP) — An early Stone Age settlement believed to be about 5,000 years old, was discovered in Brezi near Mikulov, on the Czech-Austrian border. A wine cellar keeper stum bled upon the find when he no ticed fragments from ancient vessels protruding from the ground in a newly planted for est. The Furniture Shop 123 North Hill - Griffin, Ga. - Phone 227-4600 hursday, March 10,1977 No Fuel-ing A mobile telephone can save you gasoline and time... < . »a«iu bummj 1 QESQttICBBQ 4 ■( E3E3C3 11 Gm ® ® I W>-4 Ws* J for more information: MOBILE TELEPHONE & PAGER INC. 227-0909 Condominium development opposed by DNR SAVANNAH BEACH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Depart ment of Natural Resources has threatened to withhold money from Savannah Beach projects if a condominium development is allowed on the beach. The proposed Tybee Lights condominiums would extend beyond the dune line onto the beach, a violation of a 1974 agreement made by the local, state and federal governments, according to DNR Commission er Joe Tanner. In a letter to Mayor Michael Counihan, Tanner said the city “has ignored the Department of Natural Resources’ urging to wait until a restudy of the dunes system is completed before granting a variance for this or any other development.” Tanner charged that Savan nah Beach City Attorney Lance Smith “has considerable per sonal financial interest in this development.” Smith, who owns the land on which the condominium devel opment is to be built, said the DNR was informed of his plan to build the condominiums last November. “I can’t understand why they waited until now if they had objections,” he said. Tanner’s letter said his de partment should have been in formed of the project by the city and not by the developer. The state has provided at least $2 million for beach renourishment and erosion con trol projects and has plans to spend several million more. The state is providing 90 per cent of the money needed for the projects.