Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current, March 10, 1977, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPage 8 — Griffin Daily News Thursday, March 10,1977 Member of House calls his colleagues suckers ATLANTA (AP) — A member of the Georgia House addressed his colleagues as “suckers” Wednesday after they approved a bill to have Georgia cities and counties take over an unem ployment compensation program the federal govern ment is dropping. Rep. Randy Karrh of Swains boro, including himself along with the House colleagues he was addressing, said the federal government had “blackmailed” the state into passing the bill which could raise property taxes in many Georgia cities Carter trying to convene Mid-East peace conference WASHINGTON (AP) - Pres ident Carter is promising a ma jor American effort to convene a Middle East peace conference in Geneva before the year is out. Carter, who met with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin this week and plans sessions with Arab leaders in the next month, discussed the Middle East situation at a broadcast news conference Wednesday. He said he could envision a settlement in which Israeli forces might be authorized to go beyond their country’s es- Textile Value Store 204 Hamilton Blvd. 228-3738 Just in 1000 yards of poly, cotton, Novelty Knits. Tennis, Golf, Florals, solids, and plenty of white. W-incheswide $1.98 Yard Quilted Goods: sl-25 Vard or ty the Pound One Table T-Shirt Knits and Woven Skirtings 79c Yard Flocks and Voiles just in time for Easter and Perfect for June Weddings. Many other Bargains. Free Parking. "Bernina Machine Dealer” * • 3 Piece , r , • Vested ■ MM x , • nares rl \ • Plain Waist , |ll ’ T^v\ All Sizes V' , Wh All Colors RM|mwMm!M| s]goo Lay-Aways MV From .WW |0 LS 17995 OtKW Open BI jlOl An Account »B j I||| get it all VU Og together IM JjUll for Spring... at V IMtM /'S>isfidi>'s 130 N. Hill r and counties. The House voted 158-3 Wednesday for the Senate passed bill. Karrh estimated the annual cost of the program at $4.5 mil lion, but other estimates go as high as $5.5 million to pay unemployment compensation to former city and county workers — including school teachers — as well as some domestic and agricultural employes. “They’ve put a gun to your head,” he said, referring to Congress, and advised mem bers to find out who was re- tablished borders to protect against sudden Arab attacks. He also mentioned the pos sible use of international forces to patrol a demilitarized zone extending for 20 kilometers or more beyond Israeli borders. “I will be discussing this matter with the representatives of the Arab countries when they come,” Carter said, adding he and Rabin spent part of their time together on the subject. Admitting the sarch for ■ a Middle East peace settlement “is going to be a long, tedious sponsible for withdrawal of the federal funds and protest it. “Somebody ought to get mad about it,” he said. “I’m going to vote for the bill but I ain’t going to be happy about it.” The bill now goes to the gov ernor. Karrh made no mention of a companion Senate bill which would require the state to pick up the tab for the program. The state-payment bill has been approved by a House com mittee, but didn’t make it to the House floor Wednesday, the next-to-last day of the legisla tive session. process,” the President pledged “to mount a major effort in our own government” to bring the parties together in Geneva in the last half of the year. In other topics at the news conference, Carter said he will continue U.S. Air Force oper ations in Korea “over a long period of time,” but plans to withdraw ground troops there. He announced restrictions on travel by Americans to Viet nam, North Korea, Cuba and Cambodia would be lifted March 18. Carter announced he was sending Congress a $1.5 billion youth employment bill to deal with jobless rates of over 40 per cent for youths in large cities and said the U.S. is concerned about human rights under the present Chilean regime. The President, who visited the closely-guarded world of the CIA and attended the swearing in of director Stansfield Turner later in the day, said at the news conference he favors minimizing criminal penalties for disclosure of secret government information. The best way to prevent in telligence secrets from leaking out is to reduce the number of officials with access to them, Carter said. * J NEW YORK—Margaret Trudeau, left, wife of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, is seated at the City Center Theater in New York, Wednesday. Reports earlier said that Mrs. Trudeau had arrived in the U.S. with Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. With Mrs. Trudeau is Yasmin Khan, daughter of Rita Hayworth and the late All Khan, former Pakistani U.N. representative. They were watching Mikhail Baryshnikov perform with the Eliot Feld Ballet. (AP) Rumors mystify Mrs. Trudeau NEW YORK (AP) - Marga ret Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister’s 28-year-old wife, and Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones both profess to be mystified at rumors they are having an affair. Eating a pretzel as she en tered City Center Wednesday night to see Soviet defector Mikhail Baryshniknov dance with the Eliot Feld Ballet, Mrs. Trudeau said she couldn’t un derstand “where anyone could get the idea.” Mrs. Trudeau said she was in New York for a long-planned vacation devoted to photogra phy and the ballet. “I plan to take a lot of pictures while I’m here,” she said. She said she was staying with friend Princess Yasmin Khan in Manhattan. Os Canadian reports that she had come to New York to be with the lead singer of the rock group, Mrs. Trudeau said, “Heavens no!” “I’m very fond of him," she added. “I’d like to think he’s a friend, but I hardly know him. After all, I’m a married lady.” At the apartment of his man ager, Pete Rudge, Jagger was equally befuddled by the re ports that he and Mrs. Trudeau came here together. Noteholders advised not to panic ATLANTA (AP) — The court appointed trustee of North American Acceptance Corp., says noteholders, who haven’t received any money in more than two years, should not panic and sell their holdings for 40 cents on the dollar. The corporation has been at tempting to reorganize in Bank ruptcy Court since 1974. Trustee Robert E. Hicks said many stockholders indicated they are beginning to feel pres sured to accept an offer from Valhi Inc., of Dallas, Tex., to buy their notes. The firm has promoted its of fer to buy the shares for 40 cents on the dollar in newspapers and made telephone calls to note holders, Hicks said. He neither recommends nor disapproves the Valhi offer, but he said, anyone who turns it down will be in no worse condi tion than if Valhi had not en tered the picture. Valhi is attempting to buy the notes with a face value of at least sl2 million. It would then gain considerable influence in North American’s ultimate reorganization and a large share of its assets, currently estimated at $27 million. Georgians had invested about S4O million in North American’s so-called thrift notes, which ac tually were unsecured, unin sured short-term promissory notes issued by the company as away to borrow money from the public. Insects Entomologists have named about 700,000 species of insects, but that is probably only one third of the insect species in the world. Each year over 5,000 new species are discovered. “I’m in New York to be with my wife and my daughter,” he said. “We weren’t even on the same plane from Canada. Her flight was hours before mine.” The rumors flew after Mrs. Trudeau spent the weekend in Toronto attending a Rolling Stones concert and recording session and a party that follow ed. There was press criticism in Canada, where another mem ber of the group, Keith Richard, is facing drug charges. 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