— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, July 19,1977
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A Missouri Pacific railroad crew boards the Inter-
American, already nearly three hours late on its run from
Laredo, Tex., to Chicago. The train was so late when it got
Amtrak considering suing
train that runs hours late
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) —
Amtrak is considering suing one
of its locally operated trains,
which is so late 25 per cent of the
time that passengers must be
bused the last 300 miles to
Chicago.
The Inter-American,
operated by Missouri Pacific,
winds 1,449 miles from the
Mexican border at Laredo,
Tex., into Arkansas and
Missouri and ends in Chicago.
One out of every four trips is so
far behind schedule that
passengers board charter buses
at St. Louis for the final leg of
the trip.
“Amtrak is now examining its
legal options,” spokesman Joe
Vranich said. “This is the only
railroad in the nation against
which Amtrak is considering
this type of legal action.”
Amtrak owns most of the na
tion’s passenger trains and con
tracts with 18 railroads to use
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trak trains.
Vranich said a year of nego
tiating with MoPac on the poor
service was unsuccessful.
Amtrak has these complaints
about MoPac:
—lt has “one of the worst on
time performance records for
Amtrak trains of any railroad in
the country.”
—When MoPac trains are
late, they are later than the na
tional average.
—MoPac runs passenger
trains too slowly. Both sides
agree that MoPac has excellent
track, but MoPac disagrees
How congressmen voted
By Roll Call Report
WASHINGTON—Here’s how
area Members of Congress
were recorded on major roll call
votes July 11, when the Fourth
of July recess ended, through
July 13.
HOUSE
SHIPPING SUBSIDY—
Rejected, 143 for and 251
against, an amendment to
knock out federal subsidies of
U.S. ships transporting grain to
the Soviet Union. The amend
ment sought to eliminate sl9
million in subsidies (about sl2 a
ton) to be paid U.S. shippers in
1978. It was proposed to HR
4963, a Maritime Adminis
tration authorization bill later
passed and sent to the Senate.
Under an agreement between
the U.S. and Soviet govern
ments, 30 per cent of the grain
sold to Russia is to be carried by
U.S. flag ships. The federal
subsidy makes up the difference
between what the Russian will
pay for shipping and the actual
costs.
Reps. Jack Brinkley (D-3),
to St. Louis that passengers were bused to their
destinations in Illinois.
(AP)
with Amtrak’s insistence that
passenger trains can operate
safely at 79 miles an hour.
—lts freight trains interfere
with passenger trains three
times as often as other rail
roads, and this is the leading
cause of delays on the Inter-
American.
“This could be aired in the
courthouse one day and I don’t
think we should get into too
many details,” said H.H. Ol
msted of MoPac. He said break
downs of Amtrak equipment
had accounted for some delays.
Amtrak agreed.
The Inter-American train is
Elliott Levitas (D-4), John
Flynt (D-6), Lawrence
McDonald (D-7), Ed Jenkins
(D-9) and Doug Barnard (D-10)
voted “yea.”
Reps. Bo Ginn (D-l) and Billy
Lee Evans (D-8) voted “nay.”
Rep. Dawson Mathis (D-2)
did not vote.
INDIAN CLAlMS—Passed,
331 for and 69 against, a bill
giving the Department of
Justice two additional years in
which to file claims in behalf of
certain Indian tribes. July 19,
1979 was set as the deadline at
which the statute of limitations
for filing such claims would
expire. The bill (HR 5023) was
sent to conference with the
Senate.
The Interior Department is
processing up to 1,500 claims by
tribes in states such as Maine,
New York, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, South Carolina,
California, Oklahoma, Arizona
and Montana. The claims
relate to Indian property and
are for alleged violations oc
curing before 1966.
Ginn, Mathin, Brinkley,
scheduled to make a daily
round-trip over the route. Be
tween March 2 and July 2, how
ever, 29 of the 120 trips ended at
St. Louis and a bus was used to
complete the run to Chicago.
The Inter-American is sus
pended at St. Louis when it is
too late to get to Chicago in time
for servicing for the return trip.
Trains operated by MoPac
were nearly twice as late as the
Amtrak national average in
April, and the Inter-American
was nearly three times as late
— IVi hours on the average.
That was 92.3 per cent of the
time.
Evans and Barnard voted
“yea.”
Levitas, Flynt, McDonald and
Jenkins voted “Nay.”
SENATE
BREEDER REACTOR—
Rejected, 38 for and 49 against,
an amendment to stop the
government’s development of a
nuclear fast breeder reactor at
Clinch River, Tenn. The
measure was proposed to Slßll,
a bill authorizing money for
Energy Research and
Development Administration
nuclear programs. The Senate
later decided to keep the
breeder program alive but
defer a construction start.
The fast-breeder reactor is
fueled by plutonium. It is a
fertile source of electricity
because it breeds more
plutonium than it consumes.
But because plutonium is a
nuclear weapons ingredient the
fast-breeder is feared by op
ponents as one more step
toward nuclear war.
Sen. Sam Nunn (D) voted
“yea” and Sen. Herman
Talmadge (D) did not vote.
NUCLEAR WASTES—Ta
bIed, 58 for and 39 against, an
amendment requiring that a
state legislature (by resolution)
or the people of a state (by
referendum) give prior ap
proval to the construction of a
nuclear waste-disposal facility
within that state. The amend
ment was proposed to Slßll, the
Enegry Research and
Development Administration
authorization bill, later passed
and sent to the House. At issue
was the question of how ERDA
can safely dispose of the
radioactive waste from civilian
and military uses of nuclear
power.
Talmadge and Nunn did not
vote.
NEUTRON BOMB—Rejected,
38 for and 58 against, an
amendment to delete funds for
production of neutron bombs.
These are “enhanced
radiation” tactical nuclear
weapons which kill more by
radation than by blast or heat.
Neutron warheads are less
destructivbe of natural and
man-made environments than
are conventional nuclear
warheads.
Talmadge and Nunn voted
“nay.”
Siamese
twins
buried
CARMESVILLE, Ga. (AP) —
Funeral services were to be
held today at Zion Hill Baptist
Church for Siamese twins who
died five days after they were
born.
The boys, Bradwick and
Brodwick Harp, died Sunday at
Henrietta Egleston Children’s
Hospital.
They were joined at the chest
when they were born last
Wednesday at Putney Hospital
in Albany, Ga.
Their mother, Ida Harp, a 24-
year-old nursing student at Al
bany State College, was report
ed in fair condition Monday at
Putney Hospital.
Carter under pressure to switch
stand of federally funded abortions
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pres
ident Carter is unlikely to drop
his opposition to federal funding
of abortions for poor women,
despite pressure from within his
own administration, a top aide
says.
Carter is under attack for his
position from women’s rights
leaders, a number of congres
sional leaders and many of his
top women advisers.
Two women’s groups have
expressed their disappointment
at recent White House meet
ings, including one session at
tended Monday afternoon by a
coalition of women’s rights
leaders. About 40 women who
hold posts in the administration
met on Friday.
But Margaret “Midge” Cos
tanza, the presidential assistant
who presided over both meet
ings, said at Monday’s session
she does not think Carter will
change his mind.
In Congress, the House has
voted to bar Medicaid funds for
all abortions, while the Senate
passed a more liberal measure
that would permit abortions in a
number of cases, including
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when a physician decides that
terminating a pregnancy is
medically necessary. Experts
say that could encompass vir
tually any reason for abortion.
House and Senate conferees
were expected to meet today to
try to resolve their differences.
Sources said the President re
ceived no factual information
from his Domestic Policy Coun
cil on the effects his abortion
decision would have on Ameri
can society. The sources said
Carter has received such infor
mation in advance of other im
portant decisions, including
whether to proceed with pro
duction of the Bl bomber.
A group of seven congress
men and women has requested
a meeting with Carter this week
to express their opposition to his
abortion position, said Rep. Pat
Schroeder, D-Colo.
At a news conference last
week, Carter expanded his ex
ceptions to include cases in
volving incest or rape.
The controversy over abor
tion was triggered by two Su
preme Court decisions earlier
this year opening the way for
states and federal government
to cut off Medicaid funds used to
We are ready to dispose of
five of our used school
buses.
The buses listed below are in running condition and can be
seen at the school bus shop on Flynt Road in Griffin from
Monday, July 18 through Friday, July 22, from 8:00 a.m.
until 4:00 p.m. The buses will be sold by sealed blds. The
minimum acceptable bid on any one of the buses shall be
at least 81500.00. Bids will be accepted on individual buses
as indicated below.
All bids must be at the school superintendent’s office by
12:00 noon on Tuesday, July 26. Successful bidders will be
notified by mail or telephone.
The Griffin-Spalding County Board of Education reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
Your Bid Year Model Body Size Chassis Make Bus No.
| 1967 66 Ford 73
| 1968 66 Ford 80
9 1969 66 Dodge 83
8 1969 66 Dodge 86
8 1969 66 Dodge 87
finance abortions last year for
about 300,000 poor women.
