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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1977)
|\ *»“>•.. n ■W t • i NF Z«!> K±~.zAh Members of the Griffin Board of Realtors joined some 500,000 realtors throughout the United States this week in observing Private Property Week. Mayor Raymond Head Energy Carter to tell nation sky is falling WASHINGTON (AP) - President Carter is preparing to warn the American people that “the sky is falling” as far as energy is concerned and that there must be sacrifices now to hold off abrupt and painful shortages in • the future. Carter is beginning an intensive campaign to win public acceptance of , his national energy plan, which he will outline tonight. The nationally broad cast speech, originally dubbed another “fireside chat” by some, will a more • formal affair, delivered from the Oval Office of the White House. The energy policy will be revealed in • depth on Wednesday when Carter addresses a joint session of Congress. The Oval Office address has been , dubbed by some White House officials as Carter’s “the sky is falling speech.” It will begin a week largely devoted to People ...and things * Two dogs oblivious to leash law chasing after police car on Hale Avenue. 4 Woman standing at easel on front porch of house between Solomon and f Taylor, painting picture. Jaywalkers speaking cordially as they pass each other at Hill and * Solomon. Things still come in pairs * DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Even in a minor traffic accident, a pair of identical twin sisters remained true to k form. Ann C. Snell of Atlanta and her sister, Florence C. Bernstein of Richmond, Va., received everything in pairs while * they grew up in rural Virginia. After 43 years, apparently nothing has changed. * Each received a neck injury and a bruised right knee when Mrs. Bern stein’s car crashed into a street ex- , cavation during the weekend. “Identical injuries,” Mrs. Bernstein said from the hospital. DAI IJV NEWS Daily Since 1872 persuading the public and Congress that stringent mandatory measures are needed to meet the nation’s energy needs. One White House official familiar with the prepared address said Carter “will tell them we must conserve now to avoid real hardships later on.” Carter’s address will be broadcast on radio and television networks at 8 p.m. EST. The official said Carter will describe in straightforward terms the history of the energy crisis worldwide back to the 19305, then will ask in advance for support of the tough energy package to be unveiled before Congress on Wed nesday night. Tonight, Carter is expected to compare the gravity of the energy problem to America’s part in World War 11, with a personal appeal to Former Griffin educator new head of teacher unit Dr. Horace Tate, the new executive secretary of the Georgia Association of Educators, is a former principal of Griffin’s old Fairmont High School. Dr. Tate, who has many Griffin connections, also formerly directed the largely black Georgia Teachers Education Association which merged with the predominantly white Georgia Education Association in 1970. The Country Parson by Frank Clark In “The church ought to attack social issues as if its life depended on it — which it does.” GRIFFIN Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday Afternoon, April 18,1977 and Joan Montgomery of Target Realty who is president of the Realtors here, talk about the observance of the week in Griffin. national unity and sacrifice designed “to avoid another Pearl Harbor,” the White House official said. The President remained in Washington over the weekend to put final touches on the energy package. Aides to White House energy adviser James Schlesinger said final decisions on parts of the program were still being made Sunday afternoon. The proposal has not yet been made public officially, but its major elements were one of Washington’s worst kept secrets and were widely reported last week. One source said over the weekend that an additional federal gasoline tax, which could rise to 50 cents a gallon by the mid 1980 s, will be included in the plan. The federal gasoline tax now is four cents per gallon. The source said there are other Tate, 54, was named chief administrator of the 36,000 member GAE following a board meeting Saturday. GAE President Bill Scott called Tate’s selection “another great milestone in the merging of black and white teachers in Georgia.” He said Tate pledged to dedicate himself to the principle of collective bargaining for Georgia teachers and educators and aim for a minimum SIO,OOO starting salary for teachers. Tate, associate executive secretary of the GAE prior to his appointment, has served as a teacher, principal and college professor, He succeeds Dr. Carl V. Hodges, who resigned effective July 1. He also is in the Georgia senate. Rattlesnake meat main dish at Sharon SHARON, Ga. (AP) - One man’s poison is another man’s meat. At least in this tiny northeast Georgia com munity, where rattlesnake was the top attraction for a down-home dinner which attracts throngs of visitors and helps support the local library and community center. Delicacies on the menu include coon, bear — and rattlesnake. Sharon Mayor Arthur Brown said the Private Property Week Building surges in community Home construction is on the upswing in Spalding County and there is a good variety of new and existing homes available for the potential buyer. The important key to the potential home buyer is money and, according to two sources in Griffin, there is plenty available now. This good news was sure to add to the observance of Private Property Week in Griffin, an event which the Griffin Board of Realtors is sponsoring. The theme of the week is “The Land...an investment for all times.” Spalding County Building inspector Sam Cobb said the value of homes being constructed in the county is much more now than it was a few years ago. “We are getting more and more of the homes in the $30,000, $35,000 and $40,000 bracket,” he said. Cobb said he expects the upward trend in homes construction to hold through 1977. City of Griffin building inspector Bob potentially controversial items, which remain unknown outside a small circle of presidential energy advisers. He de clined to reveal them. Carter will make three separate television appearances during the week to talk about energy problems and his proposals, which he has acknowledged will cost him 15 to 20 points in public opinion approval polls. Besides tonight’s speech and the address to Congress, the President also has scheduled a news conference Friday to discuss energy. In addition to the gaoline tax, Car ter’s program also is expected to offer tax incentives for homeowners to in sulate their houses; require utility companies to convert to coal; allow domestic oil prices to rise to the world price level set by the 13 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Patrol arrests 216, warn 365 over weekend Troopers at the Griffin Post of the Georgia State .Patrol made 216 arrests and issued 365 warnings in their 3- county area over the weekend. Most of the arrests and warnings involved expired motor vehicle inspection stickers which were on cars stopped at road checks. One felony arrest was made when a parole violator was apprehended. The Griffin post covers, Spalding, Henry and Butts Counties. School needs topic tonight The second in a series of public information programs on school needs will be held tonight at Moore elementary school beginning at 7:30. dinner is a 20-year tradition which started when the local garden club wanted to raise money to turn a dilapi dated school into a clubhouse and community center. Now, the dinner has become a community effort. Hundreds of hungry customers traveled here from at least nine Georgia counties and three states to pay $4 apiece Saturday night to Vol. 105 No. 91 Reid said there would be only a few homes constructed in the city and that they would be in the higher price range. “We do not have any areas in the city for homes construction,” he said. Reid said the city is saturated with housing, indicating that almost every available building lot had a home on it. From the limited area for homes construction in the city, Reid said it would be hard to indicate how the homes industry looks for 1977. Bill Ramsey, president of Griffin Federal Savings and Loan Association, and Larry Stover, vice president of First Federal Savings and Loan Association, agreed money is available for the potential home buyer. Ramsey said Griffin Federal had a record breaking month in March and he expects the trend to carry through 1977. “We made loans for 26 new homes in March and 58 home loans overall,” he said. The amount of money loaned for ATLANTA (AP) — State prison of ficials have agreed to a court deadline and will transfer 11 inmates today from a special disciplinary section of the Georgia Diagnostic Center at Jackson. Sam Austin, assistant corrections commissioner for special services, said sample the rattlesnake, coon, bear, possum and 64 cakes and pies. About 40 pounds of snake meat was cooked for the feast. The possum was served on the platters whole, including the head. Beaver was unavailable this year, so bear, which tastes like pork tenderloin, was substituted. One customer found the snake /J tw Bbk f iWIM DONCASTER, England—Eighteen-month-old James Housley of Askern near Doncaster, Isn’t blowing his own horn; he’s borrowed his older sister Denise’s and is even said to get a note or two out of it. He may now have to sit on a cushion to reach the mouthpiece, but with such an early start, he’ll have plenty of time to practice for the big time. (AP) H-House move slated FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA— Partly cloudy and warm with chance of afternoon or evening thundershowers through Tuesday. Low this morning 55, high Sunday 89. homes by Griffin Federal in March was more than the amount loaned during a year 10 years ago, Ramsey said. Stover said First Federal had a good inflow of money and the inflow was the key to making more available to the potential home buyer. “Our Savings have been very good,” he said. Stover and Ramsey agreed that a good inflow of savings was necessary for the money to remain available to the potential home buyer. “We are making a large number of loans for new homes and existing homes. There is a good combination of loans for the two,” Stover said. Stover predicted 1977 would be a record year for residential construction in Spalding County. Stover said the homes industry was one of the first hit by the recession of a couple of years ago and is one of the last making a recovery, but now it is (Continued on page 3) Lot of lip the inmates will be moved fromm what is known as the “H-House” cellblock. U.S. District Court Judge Wilbur Owens had set today as the deadline, ruling on April 8 he would order the transfers if the state did not move the men within 10 days. “batter fried ... and more bone than cartilege,” but he moved on to the table where Bill Watson was dishing out servings from a 10-gallon pot of Brunswick stew. “It’s the best in the world,” said Watson, chairman of the Taliaferro Board of Commisioners. “It’s made out of everything that is left over that you couldn’t put in anything else.”
