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Hearing begins in Southern crash ATLANTA (AP) - A Nation al Transportation Safety Board panel opens a hearing today into why an engineless Southern Airways DC-9 jet plowed into a rural north Georgia road two months ago, killing 72 persons. But the cause of the crash, near the New Hope community just after a hailstorm, won’t be the only result of the hearing, an NTSB spokesman says. Ed Slattery said late last week in a telephone interview from his Washington office that the hearing will attempt to an swer three primary questions. “The first one,” he said, “is why was the airplane in this '-A r BflflL. 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The state patrol said 3-month old Terry Hensley of Chats worth was killed Sunday when the car in which he was riding went through a stop sign at an intersection near Chatsworth and was struck by another ve hicle. Jereme Tarvel Luster, 3, of Marietta, died after he was struck by a car as his father carried him across the street Friday night, police said. Bryan Keith Bray, 19, of Many Styles of .Wedding Invitations Hensley’s Card and Gift Shop 121 West Solomon St. Phone 228-8295 Ihality Service 2 ” Mrs services nationwide experience J 1 / xl ■ iwL * 3 Cleaning Methods 3 Different Prices 5* Shampoo Carpet and I |||f ★ Steam Upholstery Showcase Cleaning Comments from our customers: “I had no idea that my “I thought I would have to carpet would ever look so replace my carpet, but not good. Servpro is great” Servpro did an excellent job.” SERVPRO Os GRIFFIN S' 227-5900 S’ weather condition (the hail storm) when it was warned ahead of time that the weather was there? “No. 2,” Slattery added, “is why did both engines fail almost simultaneously — that’s quite unheard of — and three: How was the emergency handled by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)?” Transcripts of conversation between the crew of Southern flight 242 from Huntsville, Ala., to Atlanta and FAA air traffic controllers show pilot William McKenzie reported severe weather just after 4 p.m. on 4 people drown Woodstock, drowned Sunday when he and three companions tried to swim and wade to an island in Lake Allatoona, Che rokee County authorities said. Officers said Willie Dan Cox of Clayton County drowned Sun day while swimming in a pri vate lake in Clayton County. Officials in Hall County said Larry Arnold Rains, 27, of Sta tham, drowned Sunday in Lake Lanier near Lights Ferry Road. Jefferson County authorities said Robert Lee Ruff, 9, drowned Saturday while swim ming in a sand hole off a creek near Louisville. Authorities said two persons died in a house fire in Jackson County early Sunday. They were identified as Mary McDonald, 55, and Joe Williams Tradition is keeping cemeteries segregated ATLANTA (AP) - The legal barriers that kept all-white cemeteries segregated have fallen, but tradition continues to keep the races apart after death in Georgia. “No one wants to ‘blockbust’ a cemetery,” a black funeral April 4. McKenzie, one of 63 persons aboard the ill-fated flight to die, told controllers the windshield of his plane had “busted.” Moments later, as the plane continued through a storm, McKenzie told controllers one of his plane’s engines had burned out. Within a minute, he reported the other one died. For eight agonizing minutes, controllers and flight 242’s crew calmly discussed where to land the plane, carrying 81 passen gers and four crew. The last words on the FAA transcript from flight 242 were attributed to McKenzie. “We’re Sand whale American Cetacean Society who helped sculpt the mon ster Saturday. (AP) of Bogart. Six other persons died in weekend traffic accidents, au thorities said. They were identi fied as: — Teresa Lynn Parmer, 16, of LaGrange, killed when her car overturned two miles south of LaGrange. - Lillie Bell Hooks, 21, of De Soto, killed Saturday when a truck struck the bicycle she was riding near Leesburg. — Stephen Charles Drake and Michael Stephen Jones, both 17 and both of Dunwoody, who died Saturday after their car struck some trees in Fulton County. — Jimmy Earl Grubbs, 17, of Waynesboro, killed Saturday home director in Athens said in an interview with The Atlanta Constitution. “Most folks just want their loved ones buried with the rest of the family, and so traditions are followed.” Since the 19th century many cemeteries, such as Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery, have had sections for blacks. And a spokesman for Oakland said most blacks still prefer to be buried in that section. Raymond Hill, a black funer al director in Greenville, ex plained, “Most folks when they die want to be with their fami lies, or the families want that for them.” Several black funeral direc tors in Athens said about 90 per cent of the burials they handle take place in the graveyards of black churches. In Savannah, Georgia’s oldest city, officials say some black slaves were buried in the same cemetery plots as their mas ters. But today, each race uses separate cemeteries by custom. In Macon, a section of the principal city cemetery has been set aside for blacks since the cemetery was established in 1843. City officials say there have been no requests from blacks for lots outside that area. A city official in Americus, where the pattern holds true, said the city graveyard does not have segregation policy. “If a black family applies, we’ll sell them a lot, but so far as I know, no black family ever has sought a lot in the city cemetery of Oak Grove,” he said. putting it down on a highway. We’re down to nothing.” An NTSB investigator said the day after the crash: “The real core issue is how our sys tem of dispatching, weather forecasting and air traffic con trol allows an aircraft to enter such weather.” The hearing, which is ex pected to continue through the week, is being held by a special NTSB board, headed by William B. Haley. Also on the hearing panel will be a hearing officer, a general counsel and a representative of the Bureau of Accident Investigation, Slattery after he lost control of his mo torcycle near Augusta. — Jimmy Lionel Pope, 30, killed Friday night in Rome when his motorcycle was in volved in a collision with a car and another motorcycle. In an out-of-state accident in volving Georgians, authorities reported that a Trenton, Ga., man was killed Sunday on In terstate 30 in Mississippi. Offi cials said Harold Fox Switzer, 63, died when a car driven by his son, Harold Jr., left the highway and crashed. 1918 —THROUGH— 1977 ■ FRIGIDAIRE [TCIsI Has Consistently Produced H SllWl II HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS TODAY High Quality Service Is Always Available ■ MILLER’S BSj Appliance & Parts Center B 612 West Taylor St. Griffin, Ga. WHY NOT THE BEST? said. The hearing panel will ask each witness a few preliminary questions before turning the witness over to an NTSB tech nical panel, made up of “parties of interest” in the crash. Included in the technical pan el are representatives of South ern; Douglas Aircraft Corp., maker of the DC-9; Pratt and Whitney, maker of the engines; the FAA and the Airline Pilots Association. Representatives of the Na tional Weather Service are not included in the technical panel, Slattery said, but will be avail able for testimony. Greene to elect sheriff GREENESBORO, Ga. (AP) — A special election is sched uled for Tuesday to choose a successor to longtime Greene County Sheriff L. L. Wyatt. Four candidates are running for the post. They are Jimmy Finch and Reese Smith, both deputies; Dar Hendrickson, a police officer; and Roy Angles, a security officer. Wyatt, who died last April, had been sheriff since 1940. Co-pilot killed in crash WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) - Lt. Col. William 0. Harris 111, the surviving member of a two man Air Force crew whose plane crashed Saturday, was reported in good condition at the base hospital at Robins today. His co-pilot, Lt. Col. John T. Stadler of Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, died when the F-105 jet went down in Wilkin son County while on a flight from Savannah to Ellington Air Force Base in Texas. Air Force officials say the crash was apparently caused by a fire in the plane’s fuselage. Harris, of Richmond, Va., was able to bail out before the plane hit the ground, officials said. The Air Force was in vestigating the crash. JgSSbffiKl. ;In. f nA/ > * ■ '** fl^w'. if jjlL B jE? FjR * ft * •« W Wyi a The Bogarsette Civic Club of Griffin High School has elected officers for the 1977-78 school year. Pictured are (seated 1-r) Patricia Mathis, treasurer; Shelia Warren, parliamen tarian; Allison Farley, secretary; Alicia Johnson, dean of pledgees; (standing) Annie Bell Driver, assistant secretary; Diana Talley, reporter; Mechele Etheridge, vice president; and Leila Fuller, president. Marsha Clark, courtesy chairman, is not pictured. Mrs. Georgie E. Matchett is the club advisor. Marine biologists studying sex life of shrimp BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - Marine biologists are patrolling Georgia’s coastal waterways, prying into the sex life of shrimp. Their findings may determine the economic future of Geor gia’s foundering shrimp in dustry, reeling from the harsh winter which wiped out many shrimp. The scientists have estab lished elaborate testing proce dures to determine the exact status of Georgia’s white shrimp, which make up 90 per cent of the industry’s sll million annual Georgia business. They are trying to determine if enough male and female shrimp survived the winter and will be able to mate and spawn a new crop. President Carter last week declared six coastal counties a federal disaster area, making more than 1,000 out-of-work shrimpers eligible for expanded unemployment benefits, food stamps and low-cost loans. Most shrimp boats have been Page 5 Griffin Daily News Monday, June 6,1977 New officers docked since last month, when the state Department of Natural Resources closed coastal waterways to fishing with pow er-drawn nets until the shrimp crop is replenished. When they feel enough white shrimp have been spawned, the biologists are expected to rec ommend that the ban be lifted. “That’s the critical decision Unwanted Hair • • * Removed the Painless. No- Needles Way. Wlth (depilation) Call for FREE Consultation Hk A and Demonstration JK m i' < ii"< i • the <i|>|X>rtuintV <>t giving von a li<‘<' li iJSIL i onsiilt.ilion anil demonstration n< i oliligatii in New Image Depilatron Center Bsr 456 W. Solomon St. Phone 2'48-4110 we will have to make because these guys (the shrimpers) are hungry and ready to get back to shrimping,” said biologist Robert Mahood, head of the DNR’s Coastal Fisheries Sec tion. A female shrimp will lay be tween 500,000 and one million eggs at a time.
