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J J M / 3" <*' ■' I * : j . I 1 (7 t \ •>’ < jf Size is relative ATHENS, Ga.—The Georgia harvester ant, right, the s largest ant in the state is dwarfed by its South American cousin, Dlnoponera glgantea, left. The giant ant, about an inch-and-a-half long, was found by Murray Blum, j University of Georgia entomology professor, during a Kidnap victim found strangled / By LISETTE BALOUNY Associated Press Writer CAIRO (AP) — A former re . liglous affairs minister kidnap • ed three days ago by Moslem extremists was found strangled today in a villa near the 5,000- t year-old pyramids at Giza, po lice reported. Police arrested three univer sity dropouts at the villa outside i Cairo and said one of them confessed to killing 64-year-old Sheik Mohamed Zahabi, the of- < i 6 jurors to hear ‘Scottsboro’ libel suit By ERIC NEWHOUSE . Associated Press Writer ‘ WINCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) — Six federal district court ju rors were to be chosen today to , hear a $6 million libel suit against the National Broad casting Company for its tele vision movie, “Judge Horton 1 and the Scottsboro Boys.” Victoria Price Street, 70, filed the suit saying NBC libeled her, ■ slandered her, and invaded her privacy by suggesting she was a woman of questionable cha ractor who lied during the fam ed rape case of 1933. B to y Get The Great Eyeglass Guarantee in Griffin If your eyeglasses get caught in a crunch, PEARLE Vision Center * • has the help you need. The Great Eyeglass Guarantee. For one year from purchase, PEARLE Vision Center will "" be happy to fix or eye9^sgu;yarlt * e l replace broken frames g DC ADI F 1 • and lenses, or even fit I it—/“Mil—l— ■ you with a brand new S pair. That includes «■■ • t childrens glasses. The “Happy Face Place. 505 West Taylor Tel. 228-3450. Open daily 9 to 5:30 Monday thru Sat. Grand Opening July 9 ficial Middle East News Agency reported. The agency said the three youths were Mohamed Abu Donya, Safwat el-Sheikh el- Zeiny and Anwar el-Ma’moun. It said all were under 21 and left school to get away from what they called a sinful society and live in strict accordance with the Koran, the Islamic book of scriptures. The agency’s report did not say which one confessed to the She is one of two white women who said they were gangraped by nine black youths in north Alabama while hitching a ride on a train March 25, 1931. The movie also said both women died in 1961. Both sued, but the other woman, Mrs. Ruby Bates of Yakima, Wash., has since died. Attorneys for Mrs. Street said they plan to call about six wit nesses during the trial, which is expected to last four or five days. Main witnesses for NBC are expected to be television recent Amazon jungle expedition. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Blum was with a group of scientists searching for Insects which contain body chemicals with medicinal properties. (AP) killing. Zahabi’s body was clad in the white nightgown he was wear ing when he was kidnaped from his suburban villa at 2 a.m. Sunday. A medical examiner determined that he was slain Monday night. Zahabi, who was minister of religious affairs from April 1975, to November 1976, was kidnaped by members of an outlawed sect called the Atone ment and Immigration Society. scriptwriter John McGreevy and Dr. Dan T. Carter of Emory University in Atlanta. Dr. Carter, who advised NBC on the movie, is the author of “Scottsboro — A Tragedy of the American South,” which argues that the black men convicted of rape were the victims of racial prejudice. He said he has evidence the women were not raped that day, but that it is hearsay and might be inadmissable in court. “It came out in an interview with Judge Horton,” he explained, “and he’s been dead several The kidnapers said they would kill him unless they were paid $500,000 in ransom and 60 imprisoned members of the sect were released from jail. The government responded by rounding up members of the sect, which seeks to make Egypt a religious state adhering strictly to the Koran. Zahabi waged a vigorous campaign against the sect while he was a member of the cabinet. years now." Neither side plans to call on Clarence Norris, the only sur viving “Scottsboro Boy” de fendant. He recently was par doned by Alabama Gov. George Wallace. The case was filed in federal court here as a diversity action because Mrs. Street does not reside in the same state as NBC. Consequently, the federal judge must apply Tennessee state law with federal procedure. FEA calls hearing ATLANTA (AP) - The Fed eral Energy Administration has called a hearing for Thursday in Brunswick to consider a 2-year old proposal by the FEA that a south Georgia generating plant be converted from oil to coal. The FEA has proposed that Plant McManus, located on marshland along the Turtle River near Brunswick, be switched to a coal-fired plant as a part of the national effort to conserve oil. The meeting is expected to bring together an unusual al liance of environmentalists and utility company representatives against the federal agency, a spokesman for Georgia Power Co. said Monday. The FEA proposed the plan in 1975 and the hearing is the agency’s first effort to put the proposal into an order, said Georgia Power spokesman Bob Rutherford. He said the cost of converting the 35-year-old plant, which cost about S2B million to build, would be at least $26 million. “An even bigger problem,” says Georgia Power environ mental affairs manager Tom Byerly, “is that because of the plant’s location in the ecologi cally sensitive coastal marsh lands of Georgia, it’s doubtful we could meet the strict envi ronmental standards imposed on coal-operated plants.” Rutherford said environmen talists from several organ izations, including the Georgia Marshlands Commission, will testify against the FEA propos al. Shrimper in boundary dispute HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina shrimper James Bruce Saxon, the subject of an attempted ar rest last week by Georgia wild life officials for an alleged shrimping violation, says he is caught up in a boundary dispute between the two states. Saxon told a Columbia, S.C., newspaper Sunday if South Carolina decides to extradite him to Georgia to face charges there, “There won’t be a dispute any more over the boundary.” The tanned 29-year-old has become something of a hero among South Carolina shrim pers, who say Georgia is trying to prosecute him in order to gain leverage in a lengthy boundary dispute with South Carolina. Saxon was charged last week by Chatham County, Ga., au thorities with six counts of ille gal shrimping, simple assault and obstruction of an officer in connection with an incident last Wednesday. Saxon was shrimping near the north jetty in the mouth of the Savannah River, which marks the boundary between South Carolina and Georgia. He claimed he was in South Caro lina waters, where the shrimp ing season opened last month. But two Georgia wildlife offi cers claimed Saxon was in Georgia waters, where the shrimping season has been de layed because of a scarcity of the shellfish. 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If Saxon is extradited, tried and convicted, he could be sen- Teachers Retirement rejects bid for hotel ATLANTA (AP) - The Geor gia Teachers Retirement and Employes Retirement Systems, holders of the first mortgage on the Atlanta Internationale Ho tel, have rejected a bid of $5.2 million for purchase of the ho tel. The bid was offered at a fore closure sale Tuesday by the Trident Consortium of New York. The retirement systems ap parently accepted their own bid of $5.2 million for the financially troubled hotel, but a lawyer for Trident said the transaction may be contested. Jackson Cook, the attorney, said the retirement systems de manded the entire $5.2 million in cash in three hours. Cook said — Griffin Daily News Wednesday, July 6,1977 Page 5 tenced to a SI,OOO fine and a year in jail on each of the six counts. If South Carolina decides to extradite him and will not pro vide an attorney, Saxon said he plans to hire his own lawyer and fight the case in court. Judging from comments from some South Carolina shrimpers since the incident, Saxon will have many of them on his side in the imminent legal battle. Willis Hill, who moors his boat next to Saxon’s, said, “Georgia is just making a big deal out of this because of the boundary hassle.” “He was in South Carolina waters,” said Hill. “Why would he tried to get the money transferred to Atlanta but could not. Robert S. Stubbs, Georgia’s executive assistant attorney general, said the retirement systems took their own bid “to protect their investment.” He said the Trident bid was “not acceptable under the terms of the advertisement — all cash.” A court ruling last April allowed foreclosure of the four year-old, 425-room hotel to be initiated. But National Hotel Acquisition, a group of black investors which operates the hotel, came up with funds to cover the interest due on the mortgage for 90 days. The 90-day period expired Sunday. he risk losing his boat by going into Georgia for a handful of shrimp?” Tapping in court SEATTLE (AP) - At 4:30 p.m. each day the large glass doors of the King County Supe rior Court clerk’s office are locked shut. Take a peek inside a few minutes later on Thursdays, however, and you’ll see about a dozen of the female employes tapping their toes and clicking their heels, led by a 55-year-old executive secretary. Ellen Matson said she started tap-dancing lessons because “these girls need the exercise.” Ms. Matson says she plans to continue the lessons “long enough to put on some kind of a review. We thought we’d call ourselves the ‘Judicial Dol lies.’” FREE Macrame Classes Every Tuesday 10 A.M. & 7 P.M. Thursday 10 A.M. Plenty of Macrame Sup plies At Good Prices. 4th of July Sale on Fabrics. Starts June 27th COUNTRY CLOTH SHOP
