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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1977)
Memorial Day Tragedies mar holiday By The Associated Press On a Memorial Day weekend officially set aside to remember those who died in battle, Amer icans prayed, marched, cele brated and suffered new trage dy. Death shadowed the weekend for many. At least 160 persons died at a supper club fire in Southgate, Ky., and hundreds more were killed on the nation’s highways and in other ac cidents. Some lamented that too little thought was given to heroes of past U.S. military in volvements, with too much cel ebration of the unofficial begin ning of summer. In just such a summer cere mony, Frank Coghlan marked the day by swimming from Staten Island to Brooklyn in the shadow of New York’s Verra zano Narrows Bridge. After emerging from the chilly wa ters, he boarded a jet and flew to San Francisco for a similar The Fish House 354 No. 13th St. Phone 227-7744 The Only Complete Seafood Market In Town! 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In Seattle, Bill Fletcher, a 92- year-old veteran serving as marshal of the Memorial Day parade complained, “There’s no enthusiasm any more.” “My God, when I was a boy, we’d have a parade that would take three to four hours,” said Fletcher. “Now they’re going to pick me up in a big Cadillac, take me to the reviewing stand, I’ll get out for a few minutes, then they’ll put me in the Cadil lac and we’ll go home.” The holiday brought back a 59-year-old memory of escape from death for World War I veteran Richard Cavender, 81, of Bonita, Calif. Cavender re ceived a Purple Heart medal in the mail Saturday, weeks after discovering a long-forgotten document. He'd been in the trenches near Cantini, France, when the Germans bombarded his unit with mustard gas in June 1918. Overcome by the gas, he lay under a blanket for five days until he could be evacuated. In the Long Island town of Manhasset, N.Y., a Right-To- Life group placed a wreath on a monument to war dead after being barred from taking part in an American Legion Me morial Day parade. The Legion had refused an in vitation to the North Shore Right-To-Life group on grounds it is a political group. Busbee leaves for Greece ATLANTA (AP) - Gov. George Busbee left for Athens, Greece on Monday, on his fifth trade mission to bring new business to Georgia. The 23-day mission included scheduled stops in eight coun tries. The agenda called for meet ings with Greek officials from May 31 to June 7, and included dedication of the new Georgia Ports Authority office in Athens. The governor had appoint ments in Switzerland, Italy,. Austria, Germany, the Nether lands and France through June 18. Busbee was to be in London from June 19-21 and return to Atlanta June 22. Busbee has stressed the need for more businesses—both do mestic and foreign—to invest in Georgia. In a speech last week, he said 350 international facilities are located in Georgia, up from 135 three years ago. The governor’s previous busi ness seeking trips included two to the Far East, one to Europe and one to Mexico. lO j ... Turtle race MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Defending champion “Mr. Gusto” failed in his attempt to win his fourth title in the annual “Memphis 500” at the Overton Park Zoo. “Mr. Gusto’s” handler Louie Bell did everything but push the 475-pound Galapagos tortoise down the 500-inch track, but the tur tle’s time of five minutes was good only for fourth place. The smallest turtle in the race, “Randy,” won in one minute 22 seconds. (AP) Valdosta admits killing fish VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — The City of Valdosta had “no choice” but to dump raw sew age into the Withlacoochee Riv er, killing hundreds of fish, a municipal engineer said Mon day. The fish were killed when raw sewage was spilled into the river because oil had been dumped into the sewage system and disturbed the balance of the treatment plant, authorities said. “We had no choice,” City En gineer Dave Moody said. “If we had shut off the plant, sewage would have backed up into the houses and streets.” Dan Holder, regional fish su pervisor for the Department of Natural Resources, termed the kill “substantial.” Jury out on dentist MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A jury of eight women and four men retired for the night Monday without reaching a verdict in the case of a Milledgeville dentist charged with accepting medicaid payment for work he did not perform . Dr. Sheldon Tuzman is charged with 11 counts of ac cepting medicaid payments to taling about $3,000 for work not performed. Jury foreman Milton Snyder indicated that the jury had reached a verdict on three counts and were deadlocked on eight after six hours of deliber ations. Judge George Jackson said he was not ready to declare a mistrial on the eight counts and ordered the jury to return today to continue deliberations. The trial came to an abrupt conclusion Monday when the defense presented its entire case in one-half day with only a handful of witnesses. Tuzman did not testify. The prosecution took two weeks and 59 witnesses to present its case. In closing arguments, defense attorney Lee Dickens said the indictments were based on ei ther “honest human error” or a difference of professional opin ion between dentists. Special prosecutor J. Melvin England described the 11 counts against Tuzman as an “obvious pattern” of abuse. He said Tuzman saw the medicaid program “as an opportunity to declare open season on the pub lic treasury.” The case is the first to be presented to a grand jury under a medicaid crackdown initiated by Gov. George Busbee in 1975. Albany State students demonstrate ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - Sev eral hundred students at Albany State College marched through downtown Albany Monday night, calling for the ouster of the school’s president. A local reporter said 500 to 800 students participated in the march, demanding President Charles Hayes’s resignation on the grounds of alleged mis appropriation of funds. Carter returns to Plains ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — President Carter is re turning to his troubled home town to get together with kin folk, walk down the old-timey main street and have a look at some of the family properties put in trust while he occupies the White House. Carter and daughter Amy were flying by jet to Warner- Robins Air Force Base, near Macon, Ga., then by helicopter to Plains, the once-obscure hamlet where he says he will make his retirement after leav ing the presidency. Father and daughter were alone, Mrs. Carter having taken off Monday on a 13-day Latin American goodwill mission. 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He also wanted to get a look at some of the peanut fields being rented out by trustee Charles Kirbo, Atlanta lawyer, friend and advisor, for the duration of Carter’s White House tenure. Once a sleepy hamlet of fewer than 900 people, Plains has been almost overwhelmed since the November election by thou sands of tourists and a number of home-grown and imported get-rich-quick seekers. Perhaps more troubling to Carter, the congregation of the Plains Baptist Church, where he and his family have wor shipped, has been divided over the question of admitting blacks to membership and the sub sequent ouster of the pastor, the Rev. Bruce Edwards. Although Carter spent as much time as possible in Plains during the election year, he has made only one two-day visit there since becoming Presi dent, in mid-February. And there are indications he does not plan frequent visits in the future, perhaps preferring in stead to rest on St. Simons Island, on the southeast Georgia coast. He spent most of the Memorial Day weekend there. GOODE NICHOLS Furniture Co. Home of BEAUTYREST MATTRESS & BOX SPRINGS
