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Rain and clouds couldn’t hide the brightness of these
dogwood blossoms in Griffin this morning on the first full
day of spring. The new season checked in shortly as-
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loses in India
t NEW DELHI, India (AP) - Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi probably will
resign today following the loss of her
seat in Parliament and reverses suf
‘ sered by her Congress party in the
Indian general election, official sources
reported.
* Mrs. Gandhi’s foes already had
begun talks to try to put together a
government.
With returns in for 283 of the 542 seats
in the lower house of Parliament, the
new Janata (People’s) party had 135
and could count on the support of nine
* more. Mrs. Gandhi’s Congress party,
which won twothird of the seats in the
1971 election, had only 103. Inde-
< pendents, regional groups and a hand
ful of minor parties accounted for the
rest.
Hours after the announcement that
she had lost her own seat, the 59-year
old prime minister ordered the end of
the state of emergency, under which
* she imprisoned thousands of her op
ponents, and the restoration of all civil
liberties.
, Proclaimed in June 1975 to keep her
Snow greets
Griffinites
in New York
Some 25 students interested in drama
and the theater were greeted with snow
when they arrived in New York
Sunday.
Mrs. Pat Lee, head of the speech and
drama department at Griffin High, took
the students to Gotham city this week to
see some Broadway plays.
They are due to return home Friday.
The snow started falling in New York
a half hour after anthropologist
Margaret Mead rang the Peace Bell at
the U. N. to herald the official start of
spring Sunday at 12:34 p.m.
Daily Since 1872
Spring bustin’ out all over
in office after her conviction on a
charge of campaign irregularities, the
emergency sparked a voter revolt that
contributed to her downfall, the defeat
of her son Sanjay in his first bid for
office, and the eclipse of the ruling dy
nasty her father, the late Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru,
established 30 years ago.
The chief contenders to succeed her
are two former leaders of the Congress
party who broke with her, Morarji
Desai and Jagjivan Ram.
Desai, now 81, was Mrs. Gandhi’s
deputy prime minister in 1969 when she
split the party in a struggle for power
with conservative leaders. He and other
conservatives formed the Opposition
Congress, and in January it merged
with three other opposition parties to
form the Janata.
Ram, the 68-year-old leader of India’s
Untouchable caste, was the agriculture
minister in Mrs. Gandhi’s last cabinet.
He broke with her last month and
formed the Congress for Democracy,
which won seven seats in the early
returns.
There was speculation that Mrs.
Gandhi’s defeat would produce more
defectors from her Congress who would
rally behind Desai or Ram. Although
separate parties, the Janata and Ram’s
Congress campaigned together and
pledged to work together in the new
Parliament.
No major shift in foreign policy is
expected since the Janata’s manifesto
pledged adherence to India’s
traditional policy of nonalignment
“free from any attachment to any
power bloc.’’ The party also pledged to
restore all civil liberties and repeal the
legislation Mrs. Gandhi put through
during the emergency restricting
freedom of the press and the independ
ence of the judiciary.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday Afternoon, March 21,1977
ternoon Sunday under clear and bright skies. After a
tough winter, the warm days ahead will be a welcome
change to most Griffinites.
Drug abuse cost Spalding County an
estimated $1.9-million two years ago.
It has increased 70 percent since
then, according to a report published by
Stop Drugs at the Source, a citizens
movement to “keep drugs away from
our children.”
The movement sponsored a petition
signed by some Spalding Countians
which called on all government
People
...and things
Pretty old brick (original paving?)
showing through broken asphalt at
Meriwether and Eighth streets across
from Presbyterian Church near start of
what once was known as “Chicken
Row”.
Automobile stopped at traffic light,
windows down, tape blaring rock for all
to hear whether they want to or not.
Bank sign flashing centrigade as well
as fahrenheit temperatures and thus
showing change in times as well as in
the weather.
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“Some of our greatest people
are not outstanding — they’ve
simply given encouragement to
those who are.”
More people using smoke detectors in home
By LOUISE COOK
Associated Press Writer
A growing number of Americans are
installing smoke detectors in their
homes to provide an early warning
system in case of fire.
The National Fire Prevention and
Control Administration says 33 states
already have regulations requiring the
use of smoke alarms, usually in new
houses, mobile homes and de
velopments. Other states and some
cities are considering similar rules.
The agency says it would like to see
the devices in 25 per cent of all
American homes by 1960 and in 75 per
cent by 1990. About eight million smoke
detectors were sold last year, up from
only 50,000 in 1972.
Smoke detectors work by sensing the
rising smoke from a fire and sounding
an alarm loud enough to wake even
heavy sleepers. They can detect smoke
Simplification
WASHINGTON (AP) - Six months
after changing the nation’s tax laws in a
way that resulted in a record number of
taxpayer errors, Congress is talking
“simplification” again. This time, the
lawmakers say, they really mean it.
The House has passed and the Senate
Finance Committee is considering a
new method of tax-computation that the
Treasury Department says will make
the annual taxpaying process easier for
96 per cent of the population. It will
result in a longer but far simpler tax
form, the experts say.
The changes are part of a big tax-cut
bill, including |SO-per person rebates,
that the finance committee expects to
approve this week.
The full Senate, meanwhile, hopes to
complete work on a bill that would
require senators to disclose their
finances and would limit the income
they could earn above their congres
sional salaries.
And in the House, debate begins
Wednesday on a hotly disputed bill that
would allow unions to picket an entire
construction site, even though they
have grievances with only one sub
contractor. Similar legislation was
vetoed last year by then-President
Gerald R. Ford. President Carter has
said he would sign such a measure.
The tax bill being written by the
Senate Finance Committee originally
was proposed by Carter mainly as a
method of stimulating the economy.
But he also recommended sim
plification of individual tax-filing after
the Internal Revenue Service reported
a sharp increase in errors on returns
filed this year.
A large number of those errors are
mathematical mistakes traceable to
the computation of the standard
deduction, used by those who don’t
itemize deductions. The simplification
that Congress expects to pass this year
would do away with that computation in
almost all cases.
None of the changes in the current tax
bill would affect 1976 tax returns, which
must be filed by April 15 of this year.
The simplification changes would be
used a year from now when 1977 returns
are filed.
The key part of the proposed sim
plification would, in effect, do away
with the separate standard deduction.
The deduction would be built directly
into the tax tables, along with the
personal exemptions and the |35-per
person tax credit.
far from the origin of a fire and often
will sound the alarm before flames are
visible.
As the popularity of smoke detectors
has grown, so has the number of models
and brands on the market, making it
more difficult for consumers to choose.
You should make sure you select a
detector which has been approved by
one of several major testing
laboratories. There is no shortage of
such detectors. Underwriters
Laboratories Inc. says 98 brands of
smoke alarms meet its standards.
Prices for the detectors generally
range from S2O to S7O. Extra features
such as test buttons are included on the
more expensive models.
There are two basic types of smoke
detectors: photoelectric and ionization
chamber.
The photoelectric smoke detector
contains a light bulb and a photocell.
officials, federal, state and local, to
take whatever action necessary to stop
drugs at the source.
A 1974 study by the U.S. Department
of Justice reported the “social cost of
drug abuse” at $50.37 per person per
year. It has increased 70 percent since
then, said Peter Bensinger,
administrator of the Federal Drug
Enforcement Administration.
Vol. 105 No. 67
Tax form efforts bring back
talk of revising returns
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Clay Prothro shows where he was tied to pipe. He’s
holding the shirt the robbers put over his head.
Robbers tie up Griffinite
with one of his own T-shirts
Clay Prothro who operates a T-shirt
retail business in Dovedown Center
spent some time Saturday morning tied
in the prone position to a huge pipe in
the basement. Two robbers put one of
his own T-shirts over his head so he
couldn’t see them.
Prothro went to his business, opened
for the day, putting about $45 in the
cash register. He locked up then went
for breakfast in the restaurant in the
same building.
When he returned he noticed the cash
register open and the trays out of the
When smoke enters the detector, light
from the beam is reflected from smoke
particles into the photocell, triggering
the alarm.
The ionization variety contains a
small radiation source that produces
electrically charged air molecules
called ions. The presence of these ions
allows a small electric current to flow
in the chamber. When smoke particles
enter, they attach themselves to the
ions, reducing the flow of current. The
change in the current sets off the
alarm.
According to the fire prevention and
control unit, “Both types of detectors
are equally effective in the home.”
lonization detectors generally will re
act more quickly to flaming fires;
photoelectric detectors will generally
respond faster to smouldering fires.
lonization detectors generally
operate on batteries. You have greater
The costs include property loss from
crime supporting habits, lost
productitity, rehabilitation and
prevention, health costs, and criminal
justice system costs.
Stop Drugs at the Source in financed
through contributions from citizens.
Its Georgia address is P. O. Box
29185, Atlanta, Ga. 30369.
Weather
FORECAST: Cloudy with occasional
rain continuing tonight. Rain ending
Tuesday morning followed by clearing.
Low tonight in mid 40s. High Tuesday in
low 60s.
drawer. The money was gone. He went
to the basement to check and noticed
the lights out. He had left them burning.
Prothro sensed someone was in the
room then he was grabbed from behind.
At first the robbers tied his hands to an
overhead pipe. They decided that
wouldn’t hold him for long.
So they put him on the huge pipe near
the ceiling and tied him to it.
An employe answered Prothro’s calls
for help sometime later.
The robbers apparently entered and
left through a window in the basement.
freedom of choice when it comes to
deciding where to place the detector,
but you also have to replace the bat
teries. Replacement batteries general
ly cost between $2 and $lO.
Photoelectric detectors usually run
on household current. They may be
plugged into a wall outlet or wired per
manently into your home’s electric
system. The permanent wiring should
be done by an electrician and costs
about $25 to SSO. Like the battery-oper
ated alarms, the photoelectric detec
tors include a device — usually a light
— to indicate that the power is func
tioning.
Further information on smoke
detectors is available in a free Com
merce Department pamphlet, “Smoke
Detectors: What they are and how they
work.” Write to the Consumer Infor
mation Center, Pueblo, Colo., 81009.