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Newspaper Page TextPage 6 — Griffin Daily News Thursday, May 12,1977 ■ ' < ''•v x *L BL-. * ■ £ ih _ x •' I I MUZ JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, what is the value of one on the line? With both bird and cat poised for flight, the worthiness of the hunter and the hunted are soon to be put to the supreme test with failure by either resulting in more than Injured pride. (AP> Recorded sounds going into space CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A recording of the sounds of pounding surf, wind, thunder, animals and birds, plus greetings in more than 50 languages, may be shot into space this summer. But any extraterrestrial civ ilization looking for galactic lis tening pleasure will have to do some hi-fi tinkering. Although the record, called the Sounds of Earth, would be accompanied by instructions, phonograph head and needle, it won’t be sent with a record player. “If the civilization is ad vanced enough to capture the space craft, they would be ad vanced enough to find away to amplify the sound,” a National Aeronautics and Space Admin istration spokesman said. The proposal to send one of the silvery steel records on each Thomaston paper sold ENTERPRISE, Ala. (AP) — The Opelika-Auburn Publishing Co. has purchased The Daily Ledger of Enterprise from Smith Newspapers, Terry Everett, the ledger's publisher, announced Wednesday. In turn, Smith Newspapers bought the Thomaston (Ga.) Times and Free Press, a semi weekly newspaper, from the Opelika-based firm. Everett said he would contin ue to serve as editor and pub lisher of the Ledger for a short period of time, adding that no staff changes on the south Ala bama newspaper were antici- JOHN HERBERT REALTY 1630 North Expressway 228-0246 $16,800.00 Cottage for two. Darling two bedroom home. Completely remodeled kitchen. Beautiful cabinets and built-ins. Daisy fresh. Excellent condition. , -rr v -- .j e- - Sparkling clean three bedroom home on big acre. For only |139 month at 7 percent interest rate. All veterans welcome. Large enough to serve you Small enough to know you. Cat’s meow of two Voyager spacecraft headed for Jupiter, Saturn and possibly Uranus and Neptune is being considered by Dr. Alan Lovelace, acting NASA admin istrator. The idea for a record came from Carl Sagan, the astrono mer who developed the idea for the plaques sent into space on Pioneers 10 and 11 in 1972 and 1973. Those plaques contained drawings of a man and a woman and scientific symbols bearing greetings to members of any civilizations which might find them. The two Voyager spacecraft are scheduled to leave Cape Canaveral aboard Titan Cen taur rockets on Aug. 20 and Sept. 1. Eventually, the Voyagers will sail beyond the solar system. pated. Everett, who owns the Union Springs (Ala.) Herald, also said he would remain in Enterprise to oversee his interests in other newspapers in Georgia, West Virginia, Missouri, Nebraska, Louisiana and Arkansas. The Opelika-Auburn Publish ing Co. owns the Opelika-Au burn News, the Phenix City (Ala.) Citizen and has interests in a daily and weekly newpaper in the metropolitan Atlanta, Ga. area. Millard B. Grimes, the publisher of the Opelika-Auburn News, heads the company. SIGMAN BUICK Mn p 1303 W. Taylor Street, Sales Office Hrs. Mon.-Fri. 1:30-8:30, Sat. 8:30-5:00 11 DP ILES I ER UALLON Service Dept. Mon.-Fri. 8:00-6:00, Phone 228-2700, Service Dept. 228-7700 IVIILES I ER UNION ® /Wiles Per allow luKury headquarters Luxury The 1977 Buick model line-up. You Want to Avoid Regal Coupe 22 M.P.G. (Highway Driving) Gas-Guzzfer Tax? 25 M.P.G . (Highway V 6 Engine) Try Full-Size Buick 20 M.P.G. (Highway V 8 Engine) Carter’s Proposed Crackdown, HR Coupe ■■— 22 M.P.G..« '''T,.''", Ev “ S’)”— Would Penalize Few Cars 25 M.P.G. (Highway V 6 Engine) BY CHARLES B. CAMP AA || A A Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL £|J |y| a J >Un (Highway V 8 Engine) DETROlT—Suppose you’re in the market for a Les.bre Custom Sedan new car. And suppose President Carter’s scheme to jpT| | \ _ ■ ■ a tax the sale of so-called gas guzzlers and give 25 M.P.G. (Highway Driving - 6 Cyl. Eng.) ST OH UDO You could stuff yourself, your spouse, two kids Skylark SeST / J M I U (Highway Driving -V8 Eng.) and d °g 1,110 a Chevrolet Chevette minicar and IVI.I .U. v n, b' 5 S' pocket a S4OO rebate. Or you could be a bit less OC 11 D[J ( n- h > patriotic, splurge on a larger Ford Granada com- £>U Ivlel .U. / pact and still get $225 back. Then again, you could just buy a full-sized Buick LeSabre sedan and take the consequence. What would that be? A S9O rebate. If you’re surprised that even a big Buick could I si.jte Wagon (2-or 3-seat) qualify for a rebate instead of a stiff tax, you’ve skyhawk Hatchback Coupe II fl A probably got lots of company. For in the swirl of fla Bl fl D 21 M.P.G. Wway Driving) g“*Jl MT.G. (Highway) rpiiMyiFinpi autos, an important fact has been largely obscured: » The classic American “gas guzzler” is already on the way out President Carter is urging a miximum tax of $450 I ( next year on the sale of new cars rated at 12 miles century SuedaTcoupe per gallon or less, for example, but such new cars 19 M.P.G. (Highway) 25 M.P.G. (Highway Driving) around 1985 to suffer the ultimate $2,500 gas-guzzler Ajwdt tax reserved for them. It is unlikely there will even Aclr Frtr* ■93 NEW GAS SAVERS ** an ? ls m p-«- i° bs i 98 - you mi B ht even MSK ror * * vrnr have tosearch to find a 1985 model car with mileage DONNIE WILSON MARK LUKE TO/ IIIAACE I IIAACE EDAM as low as 20 miles per gallon. LANIER SHIVERS HOMER SIGMAN vnUUwC riWIH zach hayes randy skates 111 CTAAtf MELV,N LESTER IM wlvvß mm aas M| am m ■■■ HAMP RUSSELL AND ENROUTE DEMO SALE ■■ VW* ■■ ■■ MELVIN WALDROP UNBELIEVABLE SAVINGS — "ON THE SPOT BANK FINANCING" 2 Electra Limiteds 1 Century Special 4 Riviera's 1 Century Station Wagon 2 Century (2 Doors) 2 Regals WE WILL GIVE WE WILL GIVE WHATEVER "Biggest Little Dealer In Georgia" WHATEVER IT TAKES IT TAKES FREE 23 CHANNEL C.B. Radio With The Purchase Os Any Demo In Stock Dean continues power rate protest ATLANTA (AP) — State Sen. Roscoe Dean told the Public Service Commission Wednesday that allowing Georgia Power Co. to include the cost of construction work in progress (CWIP) as a base for rates has driven consumer bills “sky high.” Meanwhile, officials of the ut lity alleged that Dean’s fight against Georgia Power’s $197.6 million annual rate increase re quest dates back to a power company employe serving on a grand jury which indicted Dean on a drunk driving charge in 1971. Attorney James E. Joiner, representing the electric com pany, first made the allegation Wednesday while cross-exam ining the Jesup legislator dur ing the PSC hearing. Later, Georgia Power Vice President George Edwards said Dean had demanded that Har ley Morgan, a Jesup meter reader, be fired or transfered after a grand jury indicted Dean on the DUI charge. Dean was acquitted of the charge, but he didn’t forgive Morgan or Georgia Power, Ed wards said. Dean testified that removing CWIP from rate assessments would cause the company’s rate base to revert to a more realistic value for true plant in vestments. Dean said inclusion of CWIP in the rate base requires con sumers to pay for the construc tion of generating plants which may never benefit them. A request has been made by some consumer groups opposed to the rate increase that addi tional hearings be held outside of metropolitan Atlanta and at night. PSC Chairman Ben Wiggins said the request will be consid ered by the commission at its May 23 executive session.