Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current, July 21, 1977, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI ifii"' Ilfc ,; I I|||" iuE I Jill! I * '§K tm HBT . £ : HmEiWb n nwwf un i J»Bp ,jm ■ ||| J* •»i iJBw R iK 411 "®<f ’ i ■Bii * * Zebulon growing slowly, surely Zebulon was one of the whistlestop towns on the railroad several years ago, but the people there no longer hear the whistles. The trains no longer run through the county seat of Pike County. “They were not making many deliveries here. They’d leave a car of coal every once in a while,” Marvin Reid, Zebulon city clerk and treasurer, said. Reid doesn’t see the absence of trains Marvin Reid: We’re growing slowly. Jaworski: no interference WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski says he will tolerate no interference in an investigation of the alleged Korean influence-buying scandal on Capitol Hill. And he wants it in writing. The House ethics committee is ex pected to accept Jaworski’s terms to day, handing him the job of chief in vestigator in the disorganized investi gation of South Korean efforts to win congressional support by plying lawmakers with money and gifts. At a news conference Wednesday in Houston, where he has been in private practice since resigning as Watergate prosecutor, Jaworski said he plans to begin work on the investigation on Aug. 15. “If there is the slightest effort to suppress the investigation, I would not only go to the leadership of the Congress, I would go to the public. “I don’t think it is the leadership of Congress that controls this. What controlled Watergate was the public reaction,” said Jaworski. Jaworski said the promises of in dependence in the new post would be made official in a congressional resolution before he “came out of the woodwork, so to speak” to take the new job. Jaworski said the absence of a grand jury in the Korean investigation may make it difficult to obtain certain in formation. But he added, “I think I wifi get what I want” Jaworski was the special Watergate prosecutor who forced public disclosure of so-called “smoking gun” tape that forced former President Richard M. Nixon to resign cm Aug. 9, 1974. On the tape Nixon was heard agreeing with aides that the FBI should be given a false story to steer it away DAII?r'#NEWS Daily Since 1872 Business activity picks up on one of square streets. from Zebulon as a setback to growth. “We were receiving about everything by truck before the trains were stop ped,” he said. Cars still slow for the railroad crossings and some even stop, but grass and weeds are covering the tracks. Reid, who has been with the city more more than 20 years, sees nothing but good in the future of Zebulon. “We’re growing slowly, but are growing,” he said. In the last few years, Zebulon has gotten 2 new hardware stores, a tire company, a grocery store, a furniture store and a clothing store, the City also has gotten a sheet metal business and a cabinet shop. Our city is always working toward getting new businesses to locate here and we are looking for small in dustry,” he said. The city currently is hoping to get federal funding for the construction of a recreation center that would include courts for tennis and badmitton. The city has been placed on a list of those to receive funds this year. “You never know about federal funds until you have them in hand,” he said. Zebulon had submitted the ap plication for the recreation' center last year, but did not receive the funds. Reed feels the development of the Crime prevention unit stresses home protection The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Prevention Unit arrived in Griffin Wednesday at Northgate Shopping Center. The unit has been on the road for three weeks and has stopped in Griffin for a 3-day visit. The interior of the unit is divided into sections covering all phases of crime prevention. Sections include personal safety, home security, neighborhood involvement, child safety, and com mercial security. The different sections use photographs and back-lighted tran sparencies to depict good crime prevention measures. Examples of alarms and security procedures for homes and businesses are displayed. The GBI uses this unit to show and acquaint people with how criminals operate and to be alerted for them. Through the unit, the GBI helps people become familiar with safety programs from campaign contributions that were to prove the Watergate burglars were Nixon campaign workers. Jaworski telephoned Rep. John Flynt, D-Ga., chairman of the House ethics committee to discuss arrangements for taking the new job. The wealthy lawyer said he would serve without pay. He is replacing Philip A. Lacovara, a former deputy Watergate prosecutor who quit last week after a dispute with Flynt. Flynt said Jaworski’s only requests were that the independence GRIFFIN Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday Afternoon, July 21,1977 BBv ii ub ; I■* JU Trains don’t stop here anymore. city recreation center would be an attraction for newcomers and would be a beneficial facility for the city’s residents. “We’re getting a few new houses and people are moving in at a slow, but steady pace,” Reid said. He said those moving into the city were a com bination of people who had chosen Zebulon as a place to relocate and those who were moving in with new businesses. The city has a volunteer fire department which is housed in the city complex along with the city offices and the police department. “We have a very good fire truck,” Reid said. The city has 4 policeman who rotate so there is a policeman on duty 24 hours a day, Reid said. agreement be put in writing and that his law partner, Peter White, be named as special deputy counsel. Flynt also said he had satisfied himself that neither Jaworski nor his Washington law office have any clients or accounts that might present a conflict of interest with the Korean investigation. But one committee mem ber, Rep. Bruce Caputo, R-N.Y., said Jaworski’s law firm had lobbied on Capitol Hill on one bill several weeks ago. He said he wants more information on other lobbying by Jaworski’s firm. such as the Block Parent Program. The Block Parent Program is handled through PT As and stressed by the GBI for added protection for children. A Griffinite, Bonnie Pike of the GBI is in charge of the unit. “The unit is owned by the GBI, but it is for everyone’s use such as schools, civic organizations, and special events,” Mr. Pike com mented. This visit is being sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Griffin in cooperation with local law en forcement. The unit will be at Spalding Square til 6 p.m. Friday the unit will be at Market Square from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. It will be at First National Bank downtown from 2-6 p.m. Friday. The unit averages an estimated 200 persons per day. The Crime Prevention Unit will return in October and will be at the Spalding County Fair. Another flood at Johnstown Toll reaches 37 JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Flood waters from swollen mountain creeks have receded, leaving at least 37 dead and a devastated landscape in the valleys around this southwestern Pennsylvania steel town. There were widespread reports of persons missing and presumed dead, but communications were almost com pletely broken down. Exhausted police and rescue crews worked through the The city’s facilities and services are financed through a 3-mill tax and state and federal monies. Zebulon has a mayor and 4-member council. William T. Baxter has been mayor since 1963. Prior to being elected mayor, he was a councilman. Jimmy T. Presley serves as mayor pro tern. Other councilmem are W. W. Quigley, Harry B. Rollins and Larry Lynch. Zebulon is an old town and has many old homes. Some of them have been restored and others are in the process. The city also is known for its abundance of pecan and oak trees. “We are just a small town but we have a good future. We are growing gradually and business is picking up,” Reid said in assessing the outlook for the future of Zebulon. People ••• and things Couple who recently celebrated their golden anniversary holding hands as they enter church for mid-week prayer service. Man on bike, peddling slowly and carefully, to maintain balance with 6 cardboard boxes aboard. Man stomping out cigarette before filling his tank at self-service gasoline pump. EBA*r>. Ken Ford of the Griffin Kiwanis Club, Sgt. Davis Peeples of the Spalding Sheriff’s Depart ment and GBI Agent Bonnie Pike check some home protection devices displayed in the crime prevention unit. Vol. 105 No. 171 night to establish command posts and communications into this city of 41,000 and other towns in the area. Rescue and cleanup crews were hindered by mud and debris clogging roads and covering wrecked autos and homes. Shortly after sunrise, two four wheel drive vehicles were able to inch their way into Johnstown from Cam bria County Civil Defense headquarters at nearby Ebensburg. Seven counties were battered Wednesday when torrential rains overloaded small creeks and rivers along a 70-mile stretch of the Conemaugh River Valley. Civil Defense officials estimated 2,000 persons were homeless in Cambria County alone. It was not known how many were dislodged elsewhere. It was the third major flood in 88 years in Johnstown, whose name became synonymous with disaster after the Johnstown Flood of 1889 killed 2,200 people. Then, as in this week’s tragedy and in the flood of March 17, 1936, when 20 people died, the steep green valleys channeled mountain runoff into the Conemaugh River and Little Stony Creek and created sudden, killing thrusts of churning water. In the 1889 flood, the earthen South Fork dam broke 14 miles upstream, and the water — with nowhere to go to vent its power — was still a raging wall of death when it arrived in Johnstown 57 minutes later. , 4 “It all happened so fast, too fast, and then it seemed like it would never end,” said pregnant Elaine Mitchell, who narrowly escaped the high water Wednesday. A temporary morgue was set up at East Hills Elementary School just outside the city. The flooding struck in Bedford, Cambria, Clearfield, Indiana, Jef ferson, Somerset and Westmoreland counties. About 8.5 inches of rain fell between about 9 p.m. Tuesday and 4 a.m. Wednesday. Legion bacteria in 11 states ATLANTA (AP) — Bacteria that caused “legionnaires disease,” which killed 29 persons last year, have been found in 11 states, the national Center for Disease Control says. The mysterious illness killed 26 Legionnaires and wives who attended the 1976 Pennsylvania American Legion convention. Three other persons in Philadelphia also died and 151 be came ill. The CDC, which still is trying to determine how the disease is con tracted, says the bacteria have been found in 19 cases of pneumonia since Weather FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA - Fair and warm tonight with low near 70. Mostly sunny and hot Friday with high in the mid 90s. Chance of afternoon or evening showers. LOCAL WEATHER - Low this morning at the Spalding Forestry Unit 68, high Wednesday 94. Coffee man awarded $141,000 NEW YORK (AP) - A coffee vendor whose product so displeased a county judge that he was hauled into court in handcuffs and given a tongue-lashing has been awarded $141,000 for violation of his civil rights. Suffolk County Judge William Perry lost his $40,990 job over a cup of coffee. A Brooklyn federal court jury awarded 37-year-old Thomas Zarcone SBO,OOO in compensatory damages, to be paid by Perry and Deputy Sheriff James Windsor, who handcuffed Zarcone; $60,000 in punitive damages, to be paid by Perry; and SI,OOO in punitive damages from Windsor. A spokesman for the Royal Globe Insurance Co., which insures judges for compensatory damages, confirmed Wednesday that Zarcone rejected an out-of-court settlement of $205, 000 offered by Royal Globe and Perry. He had sued for $5 million. “I am very relieved,” said Zarcone. Zarcone said he had no regrets about not taking the out-of-court offer, ex plaining that he would have had to drop a claim now pending in state court in Riverhead. According to testimony, Judge Perry had sent Sheriff Windsor to buy coffee from Zarcone’s truck outside the courthouse on the evening of April 30, 1975. Ten minutes later, Zarcone testified, he was handcuffed and told “to come to the judge’s chambers to see about the coffee, because it was terrible.” Perry had testified, “I was irritated by the quality of the coffee and I felt it was an injustice on all of the people who had to go to court that evening and buy the product.” Aug. 1, 1976. Researchers say they know that the bacteria, which have not been named, are the cause and that they could be disseminated in a number of ways, but they don’t yet know how. Dr. William H. Foege, director of the CDC, said he believes the bacteria eventually will be found in other countries as well as the United States. “I think in the future we will find that it is a cause of pneumonia and before this is all over, I believe we will probably find that ‘legionnaires’ disease’ is not confined to the United States,” he said in a recent interview.