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Page 14 — Griffin Daily News Friday, August 5,1977 Marvelous mallard DES MOINES, lowa — Sir Lancelot, a mallard duck, Is learning to read at Drake University. Ruth Hurst, a graduate student in psychology and the duck’s teacher, says Sir Lancelot understands the words “peck” and “turn”. She says the next lesson will include “quack” or “pull”. (AP) South cattlemen produce 45 percent of cows MACON, Ga. (AP) - South eastern livestock fanners pro duce 45 per cent of the cows in the nation, and that number should rise within the next few years, a California agribusiness specialist said Thursday. Richard Chapman, president and chief executive officer of Great Plains Western Corp., Life of Georgia earnings up ATLANTA (AP) - The Life Insurance Company of Georgia has reported an 11.8 per cent increase in earnings during the first half of 1977. The company said Thursday that earnings totaled $10.6 mil lion or $1.77 per share, com- MORE NEWS THE DAD HEWS BLABS ME ONE YEAR OLDER AM) ONE YEM WILDER THEBADNEWS -■ - ••■ - iwrjyßMMßßl sssS?\SS» ■■ .' ” W" ' C •••■ «*MUMX«' •< 'urn » I CMRyulOa Paramount Pictures Presents THE BAD NEWS BEARS IN BREAKING TRAINING WILLIAM DEVANE Cufton james Woden !■, PAUL BRICKMAN Based Upon Chai.Klers C,paled t>v BILL LANCASTER Produced by LEONARD GOLDBERG Doecled bv MICHAEL PRESSMAN IpnjMnuamMiitiassno <j..l a paramount picture — COLOR Nightly 7:00 & 9:00 P.M, PARKWOOD CINEMA I A long time ago in a galaxy fcc jar away... IEBf v iflßßfOi iwarnm. <xwuw K> * ilcasilm ini ncouchon STAR'MAPS MARK HAMILL HARRISON FORD CARRIE RSHER PCTCROJSHNG AI£CGUNNESS G€ORG€ LUCAS *«**«* GARY KURTZ JOHN WUIAMS mmmooh* PwncxauM* wownoiT __ |pc|. ! v‘y-s?| Nightly 7; 15 & 9:30 PARKWOOD CINEMA 111 . also told the Georgia Cattle men’s Association that agricul i ture in the Southeast is going to ■ be stimulated by several fac r tors, including the growing na i tional energy shortage. “In other parts of the country t where you are dependent on ir f rigation, you are dependent on , fuels such as diesel oil to run pared with earnings of $9.5 mil lion or $1.59 per share a year ago. The firm earned $5.3 million or 88 cents per share in the sec ond quarter, compared to $4.6 million or 77 cents per share the previous year. 75-year-old doctor runs 50 miles a week KNOX, Ind. (AP) - Everett Amos has found his own pre scription for staying healthy running 50 miles a week even though he’s 75 years old. Amos, a dentist, didn’t begin running until 1968 when he semi retired from his practice. Last year, he ran and walked a 26- MAKING MONEY WASHINGTON (AP) - Being a counterfeiter is tough work. According to National Geo graphic, a lot of work goes into making money. The design of each bill is cut into steel plates, but most of the detail work is done by hand. Several engrav ers work on each plate, some specializing in faces, others in lettering. those water pumps,” he said. “In Georgia and the rest of the South, however, you nor mally have abundant rainfall. And even with drought, this re gion’s streams and ground wa ter supplies are much superior to the western cattle lands.” Chapman, of Whittier, Calif., also said southern farm land “is unquestionably an excellent buy today,” adding that abundant farm land in the area is priced at a third of some in the Mid west. news Woman, 70 charged TIFTON, Ga. (AP) — A 70-year-old woman has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a Tift County man, authorities said. Deputies said Gene Allen Stafford, 24, was shot to death early Thursday. Piccola Able was charged with murder in the slaying. Sheriff election DALLAS, Ga. (AP) — Paulding County Probate Judge Bradford Johns has set Sept. 13 as the date for a special election to fill the vacancy created by the death of Sheriff Bob Shipp. Bill Forsyth, a 12-year veteran of the force, is acting sheriff and has announced his intention to run for the post. Shipp died last week after surgery for a cerebral hemorhage. Man electrocuted CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) — A Villa Rica man was elec trocuted as he worked in a home laying tile Thursday, au thorities said. Police said David Morris, 26, was killed as he was trying to put a gas stove into place after tiling a floor in a Carrollton home. Dean Stephens resigns ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Dr. John C. Stephens, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia, has resigned, it was announced Thursday. Stephens, 60, notified university President Dr. Fred C. Davison of his resignation in a letter, saying he wanted to devote full time to teaching and research. He had been dean since 1973. Davison said Stephens will remain a professor of English. Dr. William J. Payne, head of the Department of Micro biology, was named acting dean until a successor is cho sen. Nightly 7:30 - 9:45 PARKWOOD CINEMA II mile stretch for the first time. And this year, Amos completed the Boston Marathon in less than six hours. “That was hard,” admitted Amos, who may have been the oldest man ever to complete the event. “The race is a lot of hills, and when I was through, I could hardly make it up a flight of stairs. In fact, a couple of other runners had to help me pull my sweat pants over my shoes.” Amos said he began running after noticing some muscle deterioration when he was 65. “I decided I wasn’t going to put up with this old age business.” He began by running in place just one minute a day and later moved to a treadmill. After some prodding from his physi cian and a fellow runner, Dr. Howard Henry, Amos started running outside. “I found out I had all kinds of pain,” said Amos. “But I started being able to make three or four miles and kept go ing from there. I remember the first time I ran 11 miles —I thought I was going to die.” When the doctor ran his first marathon last year, his wife, Martha, immediately had Dr. Henry check his condition. “You make sure there is nothing wrong with him,” she said, greeting them with a ste thoscope. “I think that his running is wonderful now,” said Mrs. Amos. “He was really falling apart before he started running. Now, look at him—look at that Beware of ‘catch ’em’ ATLANTA (AP) — If you’re driving around Interstate 285 today — beware. A team of 35 state troopers are on patrol as part of “Operation Catch ’Em.” State Public Safety Commis sioner Herman Cofer said Thursday that troopers would begin patrolling the 64-mile in terstate which circles Atlanta at 9 a.m. and continue through peak traffic hours tonight. The operation will be repeated Sat urday, he said. Cofer said the program was prompted by several recent multifatality traffic accidents and the need to analyze trooper enforcement on the highways. shine in his eyes.” The belief in staying in good physical shape has enabled Dr. Amos to stay active as a dentist. “I work a day and take a day off. I don’t overdo it. Martha and I also spend about four months of the year in Guadala jara, Mexico, where I keep up my running. “You know, it’s funny, I never was an athlete, had no interest in sports and don’t consider myself an athlete now,” he said. Policeman cleared in strangling ATLANTA (AP) - A Fulton County grand jury has refused to indict an Atlanta policeman charged in connection with the strangulation death of an At lanta man last month. The grand jury deliberated almost 12 hours Thursday be fore returning a “no bill” to charges of aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter against officer Kenneth David Duncan, 28, a four-year-veteran of the force. A state court judge ordered Duncan bound over for grand jury action on a charge of ag gravated assault in the July 18 death of 25-year-old Bennie McQurter, an epileptic. McQurter died after a struggle with Duncan and his partner as the officers tried to arrest him for causing a dis turbance outside an Atlanta bar. The other officer was not charged. District Attorney Lewis Sla ton said his office prepared the charge of involuntary man slaughter against Duncan be cause he was trying to treat the case “as routinely as I can.” McQurter’s family had at tempted to have the officers charged with murder. B is for those B B who expect B I thUfefß I B banking hours B -./J We know most people are busy working five days a week. So, what could be more convenient than |||| having your bank open on Saturdays? Use our Bank and Drive-In 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon Saturdays. It's about "time" that customers can bank six days a week. I ffAefiani of(frifin I CORNER WEST TAYLOR AND 11TH ST. — PHONE 227-1313 Deposits Insured By F.D.I.C. | W Until Saturday . _J I - 1/ ’ \ 1/ \'y*^ *how r — w , ®!’’ , \ \ / ■ temperature* / y ( \ for area. r°c»td 80 \\ ■ y Data from \z Shower* Stationary Occluded NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. omnirrce FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA: Partly cloudy and warm through Saturday with a slight chance of afternoon or evening thundershowers. Rather hot Sunday through Tuesday with a chance of showers. Low tonight near 70. High Saturday in the upper 80s. Southern firefighters flying to California ATLANTA (AP) - More than 240 firefighters from the South east are going to California to bolster fire lines fighting more than 250 fires, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman in Atlanta said Thursday. U.S. Forest Service offices also have dispatched about 40 specialists in fire control to the northern California woodlands where extreme drought has caused fires to rage out of con trol, the spokesman said. Officials said nationwide drought conditions have re duced the number of standby fire fighters available. If West Coast fire conditions SHOW BIZ SHOW ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A Punch and Judy theater made in Coney Island around 1845, life-size wooden carousel animals and a poster advertis ing one of the first perform ances of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” around the turn of the century are among objects in a new ex hibit at the University of Roch ester. worsen, all available manpower in the eastern and southern na- Kids Crusade Fellowship Baptist Church Aug. 8 thru 12 6:30 to 9:00 P.M. Vince Sells and Fellowship Puppets Bible Stories Games Gospel Magic Refreshments Singing And Lots Os Fun. Transportation Call 227-9588 Or 227-9298 Before 6:80 P.M. Registration Saturday Morning Aug. 6 9:00 A.M. Fellowship Parking Lot Parade At 10:00 A.M. tional forests could be sent there, officials said.
