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Dry weather brings water system gusher Melton called to White House Editor Quimby Melton of the Griffin Daily News was in Washington today attending an all-day briefing at the White House. Sessions began at 8:30 this morning and were scheduled to continue until 3:30 this afternoon. He plans to return New York looks for cause NEW YORK (AP) - Pulsing again with a heavy flow of auto traffic and nearly normal runs of subways and commuter trains, New York City went back to work today as federal officials opened their investigation into why the lights went out — and why they stayed out for so long. Today’s Federal Power Commission hearing in Manhattan, requested on Thursday by President Carter, was the first of three by governmental agencies trying to fix blame for the blackout that shut down the nation’s biggest city for an entire day. Carter ordered an FPC report in two weeks. At 8 a.m. today, Mayor Abraham D. Beame, who established a panel to conduct one of the investigations, of ficially lifted the state of emergency he had imposed on the city. Beame said that following a quiet night and with electrical power restored to virtually all of the 10 million persons affected by the blackout, the city was ready to resume its regular daily routine. During the 25 hours the power outage lasted, it spread economic damage reaching at least into the hundreds of millions of dollars. In poorer neighborhoods around the city, merchants — mostly owners of small businesses — set about the dif ficult task of rebuilding from damage caused by looters, more than 3,400 of whom were arrested Wednesday night and early Thursday. Beame said he was “deeply con cerned by the economic chaos that resulted from the senseless looting that took place. The business people who were victimized must be helped as soon as possible and those who committed the crimes must be dealt with in a severe manner.” Beame planned to tour those areas hardest hit by the looters later in the day. The mayor and Gov. Hugh L. Carey joined the state’s two senators, Republican Jacob K. Javits and Democrat Daniel P. Moynihan, in urging President Carter to approve federal aid to the small-business men hit by the looters. In today’s early rush-hour period, auto traffic was heavier than normal from northern suburbs, from Long Island and from New Jersey, all con- (Continued on page eight.) The Country Parson by Frank Clark “When there are needs, we now expect Washington to do what neighbors used to do.” DAILY Daily Since 1872 to Griffin tonight. Melton said that when he was invited to the White House that he was told the briefing would be for 30 editors and broadcast people from over the nation and that he was the only one from Georgia. JR Bl 1 St- -• -111 Jif ) JB| fe"- JI Hi Hf i PULASKI, Tenn. — Darby, 6-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. David Young, kept cool in a bucket of water during the annual cow show at the Pulaski state fairgrounds. The temperature there was in the high 90s. Fire protection review is likely Chief Kenneth Roberts of the Dundee Volunteer Fire Department may have a talk soon with the county com missioners about the possibility of the county’s taking over the service. Robert said no talks have been held with the county but the matter has been discussed among the volunteer fire fighters. Chief Roberts reasoned many of the volunteers are getting a little older and keeping a new supply of volunteers is getting more and more difficult. The county contracts with the Both sides remain calm By JAMES GERSTENZANG Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - President Carter has no plans to reevaluate the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea despite the downing of a U. S. Army helicopter by North Koreans in the first potential military crisis of his administration. The North Koreans have been GRIFFIN Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday Afternoon, July 15,1977 As the temperatures rise, so does the consumption of water, according to Harry Simmons, Superintendent of the Griffin Water Department. Simmons says the water plant is pumping between three-fourths of a million and a million gallons more than normal per day during the dry weather. He said the rain this week reduced consumption about a half million gallons. Griffinites and residents in the county Cooling it volunteers to protect a county fire district. The county levies a tax on those in the fire district to cover the expenses of maintaining equipment for the service. Having the volunteer fire service available enables the people in the district to get lower fire insurance rates. In addition to that, the people get some fire protection they did not have before the county and the volunteers worked out an agreement. relatively restrained in their references to the incident, a mood which has not escaped the White House. Carter’s press secretary, Jody Powell, noted Thursday evening that “both they and we have remained reasonably calm in our statements compared with past situations.” He said that by Thursday afternoon, the situation room at the White House, NEWS on the Spalding water system are receiving a mix of water from the Flint River and the city’s billion gallon raw water reservoir on Head’s Creek. Simmons said the supply of water in the river and the reservoir is good and there is no danger of water shortages in the near future. By The Associated Press The hot, muggy weather that has been steaming Georgia for the last few weeks shows little sign of letting up. Temperatures topped the 100-degree mark across the state Thursday. In Rome, the temperature soared to 103, Macon simmered at 101 and Columbus recorded 102 degrees, the National Weather Service said. The temperature at Macon set a new record for a July 14, and the high at Columbus equaled a record. High temperatures in Columbus have equaled or passed previous high readings for seven days so far this month. The highest temperature this month in Columbus was 104 degrees on July 7. A high pressure system is entrenched over the Southeast, pumping warm, humid air into the state from the Gulf of Mexico, the weather service said. The moisture is causing some scattered late afternoon and early thunderstorms across the state. The weather service’s outlook for Georgia during the next 30 days calls for higher than normal temperatures and lower than normal rainfall. And for the second consecutive day, Georgia Power Co. on Thursday reported a record high demand for electricity. The utility said more than 9.6 million kilowatts of electricity was used at 6 p.m. That was five per cent more than Wednesday’s record demand. A spokesman for the utility said, “It’s the same things. Heat and humidity and extensive use of air conditioners” caused the high demand. People ...and things Man leaving supermarket with big watermelon on shoulder, headed for his home freezer to cool it. Little girl, clinging to mother with one hand and ice cream with other, gulping down treat before sun melts it. Topless little girl wearing only diaper seeking out a little shade in her front yard on hot afternoon. £*■l Remember drought of 1925? Page 7 “which the night before was bustling with activity with the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, the vice president and the national security adviser and all the sophisticated communications equipment, was calm and quiet with its normal complement of men.” The North Koreans, rejecting a (Continued on page eight.) Vol. 105 No. 166 * rVv I W! ■ wiSWb I Wl $ ww loft L I in Wl j | j®l|||| I Hi BF I £ll 111 v < IE JBSkH Cathy Stephens: “You have to have terribly strong fingers.” Harpist Cathy Stephens part of musical family Everybody loves harp music. But seldom does one have the op portunity to do something about it. Cathy Stephens whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Stephens live on East College street, is one of those rare people. Just 3 years after she first got the bug, she’s well on her way to becoming an accomplished musician. It all began in 1974 soon after Cathy’s graduation from Griffin High School where she was a Star Student. She and her father were watching tv and saw a harpist perform. “That’s beautiful,” remarked Cathy. “Would you like to get one?” asked Mr. Stephens. This was the beginning of a hobby which changed Cathy’s life. Finding a harp wasn’t easy. They can’t be purchased in stores like other instruments and must be custom or dered. It takes up to 3 years and can cost thousands of dollars. The United States has about 2,000 harp players with only 6 or 7 in the Atlanta area. Good teachers are ex tremely scarce. Mr. Stephens finally located a man who recommended a manufacturer and Cathy’s harp was ordered. To get one quicker, she decided on a simple model with no pedals. When her parents saw the seriousness and enthusiasm their daughter showed over the instrument, they ordered a more complicated model which arrived this spring after a 2-year wait. Cathy also has had the use of a borrowed harp. A distant cousin in Tennessee whom she’d never met, heard about the new interest and sent Cathy her Moot concert model, the largest type made. About a year ago, Cathy began studying under Judith Beattie who plays with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Miss Beattie is the reason Cathy attends Georgia State University. “Most other college towns don’t have a good harp instructor. She’s the best Weather FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA — Fair and hot Saturday with highs 95 to 100. Warm tonight with lows in low 70s. LOCAL WEATHER — Low this morning at the Spalding Forestry Unit 72, high Thursday 99, rainfall .08 of an inch. ever. She makes me work hard and that’s good. There’s no harp she can’t play,” Cathy exclaimed. Cathy can play all kinds of music, from classical to pop, jazz and soft rock. It all sounds good, she admits, and unless the listener is a trained harpist, mistakes often go unnoticed. “You have to have terribly strong fingers, ” said Cathy who has blisters and calluses on hers. The front strings or low notes are made of copper and silver. The middle are made of sheep gut and the back or high notes next to the player are of nylon. Each string must be individually tuned with a general overhaul every year. Any player who can’t work on his own instrument is in a fix, said Cathy, because often there’s no one else around to do it. It’s a big job that takes about a week of hard work, she said. The secret of harp music is coor dination between the hands and feet, with the feet regulating the sharps and flats, she continued. Cathy is hoping for the day when harps will become more common place and won’t seem so strange. Most people have never seen one, she said. Cathy comes by her talents naturally. Her whole family is musical. Mr. Stephens, an air traffic controller at the FAA, plays the piano by ear. Mrs. Stephens, a teacher at North Side, took lessons as a child, and Cathy’s brother, Larry, 17, is teachimg himself to play the saxaphone and banjo. His sister, Mary, 19, plays the guitar. “When we get together, the sax drowns out the others,” Cathy said. Surprisingly, Cathy is not majoring in music. She is a junior art major and plans to teach art and play the harp on the side. She has an apartment in Atlanta, but most weekends will find her in Griffin where she attends St. George’s Episcopal Church. “I go out of my way to try to learn and have made a lot of progress. A lot of people could be good at it if they had the chance. It’s worth the effort,” she said.
