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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1977)
r.. w * ***** MirniF. ’IF *3Bfe} flm I b> - f^R/ 1®- ® v MBRNK Super train TOKYO—It’s a bird, it’s a plane — no, it’s High Speed Surface Transit (HSST), an ex perimental vehicle of Japan Air Lines called the “floating train,” shown during a test run at Kawamki, near Tokyo. Top photo shows the vehicle in action floating less than half an inch above the track at speeds said to be up to 180 miles per hour. Bottom: newsmen take a closer look at the bird — rather, train. JAL plans the HSST as a shuttle from Tokyo airport to downtown. (AP) Russell Dam project slain bv Carter * ATLANTA (AP) - President Carter apparently has all but killed a huge dam project in his home state —a project fought by environmentalists but sup ported by many state officials including former Gov. Jimmy Carter. As governor, Carter had agreed to the dam and lake project, but several reports Fri day indicated he has decided to stick to a February decision to cut off funds for the $276 million dam on the Savannah River which forms the border between Georgia and South Carolina. £**** BRING THIS AD**** * EXTRA SPECIAL* * MONDAY, APRIL 18 * * TUESDAY, APRIL 19 * * * * * * V9F \ * : fit \ l l *L fl I * * I * *BXIO “ J *U A I V PORTRAIT T * OF YOU, YOUR CHILD, J £ OR FAMILY * plus 67£ handling T GROUP PICTURES MADE AT £ * 97c PER PERSON * -kl CHOOSE FROM SEVERAL POSES «k IN LIVING COLOR | *l f HOURS 11 A.M. To 6 P.M. •k »t ■ * I FISHER HARDWARE i * ln k J College Hill J J Shopping Center J PARENTS MUST SELECT FOR MINORS * JgLIMIT ONE PER PERSON LIMIT ONE PER FAMILY -k CALL A FRIEND £ -£★★★★ BRING THIS AD ★★★* The Atlanta Constitution in its Saturday editions quoted an unnamed Capitol Hill source as saying Carter’s decision means “the Richard B. Russell Dam is dead for the moment and maybe forever.” U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a supporter of the dam, said he was dis appointed to hear a similar re port in Washington. “I cannot understand the President’s action in light of the findings of his own task force which rated this project high in each category reviewed,” Thurmond said. The former Georgia governor said Friday that he had com pleted his review of 30 water projects he proposed scrapping earlier this year and would offi cially announce their fate Mon day. The dam, which has been in the works since 1961, was to be completed by 1983 and even tually was to create a 26,650- acre lake as well as produce electricity. It has been the subject of nu merous heated discussions at public hearings pitting environ mentalists—who oppose it— against those who want it com pleted. Cost estimates began at S7B million but have increased steadily. The project has been sup ported by most top officials in South Carolina and Georgia, in cluding U.S. Sen Sam Nunn of Georgia who said recently, “At a time when our country has an increasing demand for new do mestic energy sources, the Richard Russell electric project will help to meet that require ment.” Concerning Carter’s earlier involvement, U.S. Sen. Ernest Rollings has said, “As gover nor, Carter supported the proj ect. As President he opposes it. I choose to stand with Gov. Carter rather than President Carter.” Dr. Allen S. Stocks of Au gusta, Ga., founder of the Friends of the Savannah which opposed the project, had hailed Carter’s earlier tentative funds cutoff as “a triumph of the democratic process.” He called the dam and lake project “unnecessary, ex pensive and destructive, a pork barrel from the beginning.” He and other environmental ists said the benefits of elec tricity produced by the dam would be dwarfed by damage done to the river and surround ing land which would be flooded. The U.S. Corps of Engineers has continued work on the pro ject with fiscal 1977 money since Carter’s earlier announcement and has almost completed a channel to divert the river dur ing dam construction. Work on the dam itself has not begun. Big swamp The Florida Everglades are a vast freshwater marshland formed by centuries of constant overflow from Lake Okee chobee after heavy rains. The area, exceeding 5,000 square miles, covers most of the south ern part of Florida. Cumberland Island to be limited-access park CUMBERLAND ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department hopes to convert all of this island off the Georgia coast into a limited-access na tional park by 1982, Secretary Cecil Andrus said Friday. Andrus said his department is working on an environmental impact statement concerning public access to the island, much of which already is gov ernment-owned park land. About 20 per cent of the island is privately owned, but the department has about |10.5 million for acquisition of that area, Andrus said. Andrus, on his first trip to a B / mV gj f / f J MONDAY ONLY V>JI Ji f J I f " I KK jßk OPEN DAILY 10-10; A J K / j / / ft I ft / ftft> ■ SUNDAY 1-6 M / ft f “ £ K mart* ADVERTISED I MERCHANDISE POLICY Our firm mtantion >» to have ovary odvortiMd in itock on our thohrot If on odvertiwd item n not N|B ftftßK t ovotlablo for purchow duo to any unfort Mtn r M F »n. 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He said the Interior Depart ment has a particular interest in the island because it is one of the few unspoiled coastal preserves owned by the federal government. Andrus called criticisms that the federal government has not done enough to preserve and protect natural areas “sins of the past” and said the situation would change. “The history of the national parks in America is that they have been in trouble financial ly,” he said. Andrus said President Carter is enchanted with Cumberland Island but that talk that the — Griffin Daily News Saturday, April 16,1977 Page 5 island may become the site of a summer White House is “mere rumor.” . But, Andrus added as he gazed at Plum Orchard Plan tation, once a Carnegie family vacation spot, “I can’t think of a better place to have a summer Controlling high blood pressure WASHINGTON (AP) - Most people who know they have high blood pressure fail to con trol it, according to the Nation al High Blood Pressure Educa tion Program. One of the reasons, says pro gram director Graham Ward, is that people confuse high White House." He said although Carter did not order him to Cumberland, he “told me the first thing I want you to do is to get to know Cumberland Island, because it’s absolutely beautiful down there.” blood pressure, also known as hypertension, with nervous ten sion and think a tranquilizer or vacation will cure it. “They’re wrong,” says Ward. “High blood pressure usually requires daily medication to bring it down and keep it down.”
