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Option vote Sept. 27
Tuesday, Sept. 27, is the date city
residents will vote on a 1-cent local
option sales tax.
The city commissioners approved the
date by a vote of 4 to 1 during their
administrative session this morning.
Mayor Raymond Head and Com
missioners Dick Mullins, Louis Gold
stein and R. L. “Skeeter” Norsworthy
approved the motion with Com
missioner Ernest “Tiggy” Jones voting
Goolsby proposes authority
Griffin and Spalding County must
have a legal industrial authority if the
community succeeds in attracting new
industry.
This was the gist of Jim Goolsby’s
report to the board of city com
missioners this morning concerning the
industrial committee which he chairs.
Goolsby said his committee has
approved a resolution recommending
that the city examine the possibilities of
getting together with the county in
establishing a joint city-county in
dustrial authority as soon as possible.
Even though Griffin has the
geography for attracting industries and
is near a major airport, it is still not
getting many prospects, he said.
Senate looking for special counsel
to head its Korean investigation
CHICAGO (AP) — Two weeks after
saying that no senator had taken cash
payments or gifts from South Korean
lobbyists, Sen. Adlai Stevenson 111 says
the Senate Ethics Committee now is
Dog bites
man after
leash vote
City Councilman Jack Fordham of
Thomaston was out jogging the other
day after a leash law referendum and a
dog ran up and bit him on the leg.
Fordham had supported the
referendum.
Jean Toner, writing in the Thomaston
Times, commented, “That, folks was
the dog’s revenge.”
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“Anybody doing anything will
make mistakes — but not as
many as those doing nothing.”
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against it.
Jones explained he was voting
against the city’s going to the extra
expense of holding a separate election.
He thinks it should be on the same
ballot with the Nov. 2 city commission
race and school bond referendum.
“I would have voted for having it on a
regular ballot,” he said.
Norsworthy who is against the local
option sales tax explained he was
The city had not had any industrial
prospects for 18 months until members
of the industrial committee, chamber
members and county officials met with
Industry and Trade officials in Atlanta,
Goolsby said.
Two weeks later the I and T sent a
prospect down to look over the city.
Later the company officials met in
Griffin and presently they are deciding
on whether to locate in Griffin or
Waycross, he said.
Goolsby said his committee is
working closely with the local chamber.
The county is not backing the present
committee, but if a legal authority
could be established with blessings
looking for a special counsel to head its
investigation into the growing scandal.
The Illinois Democrat, chairman of
the Ethics Committee, told reporters at
the American Bar Association con
vention here on Monday that his panel
probably will appoint a special counsel
“within the next week or two.”
“We are determined to get to the
bottom of this matter,” Stevenson said.
Most speculation about illegal acts by
members of the Congress thus far has
centered on the House,and its Ethics
Committee recently named former
Watergate special prosecutor Leon
Jaworski as its special counsel.
Two days ago, the Senate panel
received information from the Justice
Department on Korean gift-giving.
Stevenson refused comment when
asked whether the appointment of a
special prosecutor meant the Senate
committee had discovered information
pointing to illegal acts by senators.
Two Baptist ministers in Thomaston
said they will ask an Upson County
grand jury to investigate pornographic
magazine sales in that community.
The Rev. Olin Wills and the Rev.
Wayne Collins said they would ask the
grand jurors also to investigate alleged
gambling and illicit drug sales.
The Rev. Willis is pastor of New
Bethel Baptist Church. The Rev. Collins
is pastor of Elkins Creek Baptist
Church.
The ministers said they had talked
separately with District Attorney
Thomaston ministers
concerned about porno
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday Afternoon, August 9,1977
“voting for the referendum so the
people can vote it down in September.”
If the referendum passes, city ad
valorem taxes will be done away with,
except for bonded indebtedness, the
commissioners said. Garbage fees may
also be reduced.
Under Georgia law a city government
must set the date 45 days before the
referendum is held.
from the city, county and chamber,
there would be many advantages, he
said.
Goolsby said since an authority was
formed in LaGrange 3 years ago, that
city has added 1,800 new Industrial jobs.
One of the main things new industries
look for is a site with a shell building.
Griffin does not have this, he said.
“We need one guy who can meet with
the prospects and answer every
question”, was Commissioner Dick
Mullins comment.
He said he would like to see the in
dustrial committee develop a recom
mendation which would be presented to
the county and city.
But he said he no longer could repeat
his statement that no senator was in
volved in the scandal.
The Justice Department is the third
body investigating alleged influence
buying in Congress.
People
...and things
Housewife telling friends she’s
planning to have a garage sale of things
she’s bought at garage sales.
Couple cooking pear preserves late at
night before realizing they’ve run out of
jars.
Customers in Hill street store
straining to hear two-way radio, at
tached to officer’s belt, telling of city
commissioner’s complaint about a
disturbance on Chappell street.
Johnnie Caldwell, Jr., Thomaston
Police Chief Roy Blount and Mayor Bill
Thomas and “each turned a deaf ear to
us.”
The three officials denied the charge.
The ministers said Upson Sheriff
Merrill Greathouse was cooperating
with them in preparation for their
appearance before the grand jury.
The ministers said they had pur
chased magazines they considered
obscene at stores in Thomaston and
Upson County.
All is go on school site
“Everything’s on go!” according to
Russell Smith, site committee chair
man for the proposed new high school.
Smith reported to the school board
Monday night that the 85-acre tract has
been approved by the state. It was
inspected July 28 by representatives of
the State Department of Education,
State Board of Education and State
Health Department. Now all that’s
needed is to tie it down with the
property owners, Smith said.
The property is west of Griffin and is
bounded by Ga. 16, Old Mt. Zion road
and Pine Hill road. There are several
owners, including Homer Sigman who
owns about 66 of the 85 acres.
As soon as details have been worked
out, a special board meeting will be
called, said Chairman Henry Walker.
Permission has been given for Griffin
High students to work on a volunteer
basis to help promote passage of the
upcoming school bond issue.
The student council will be allowed to
sponsor a fund raising project of selling
1 out of 5 soldiers moonlighting
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - The GI you
see at Fort Gordon carrying an Ml 6
rifle during the may be cooking
your veal scaloppine at night.
The U.S. Army estimates nearly one
out of five soldiers today “moonlights”
with a civilian part-time job.
According to a number of soldiers at
nearby Fort Gordon, the reasons for
holding a second job range from
economic necessity to fun.
“My second job has really helped
with the expenses associated with my
Atlanta Gas Light buys Jackson system
The Georgia Public Service Com
mission has approved application by
Atlanta Gas Light Co. to buy the City of
Jackson natural gas system.
Atlanta Gas Light will begin
operating the system on Oct. 1 under
the trade name Georgia Natural Gas
Company.
The Jackson City Council accepted
Atlanta Gas Light’s bid to buy the
system on July 9, subject to Public
Service Commission approval.
The commission also gave Atlanta
Gas Light permission to provide gas
service to Butts County and areas of
Lamar County.
Atlanta Gas Light will pay $375,000
for the gas system plus the value of the
inventory of material and supplies at
the time of the closing. In addition, the
company will pay local ad valorem
taxes and annual franchise fees to the
city.
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Big catch, big surprise
14-year-old Felix Talabock of Metairie, La., was a little
surprised when he pulled in his line and found this
Vol. 105 No. 187
Also
I.— Students get permission to
campaign for bond issue.
2. — Chairman Henry Walker says all
financial records including salaries are
open to public.
3. — More students get free or
reduced priced meals when school
starts again.
4. — Bid on school property lower
than appraised value.
5. — Mrs. Mary Stinson, board
member, disagrees with disciplinary
transfer policy.
6. — Pre-planning schedule reviewed,
reviewed.
7.— Faculty changes approved.
t-shirts promoting the Nov. 2
referendum. All students who wish may
volunteer to sell the shirts for around $3
or $4 each. The proceeds will be given to
Education ’77, a citizens’ group
working to help pass the bond
referendum.
Also students and clubs may
wife’s education,” said Spec. 4 Gary J.
Warren, a part-time short order cook in
Augusta. He said he is using the extra
income to put his wife through nursing
school.
Spec. 5 James E. McMillan is an
Army administrative specialist. In
civilian life, he’s a cook in an Italian
restaurant.
“I’m pretty adaptable,” McMillan
said. “I plan to keep on working. I like
what I’m doing."
Spec. 5 Jean Claude M. Pose finds
service on Oct. 1, Jackson’s 1,190 gas
customers will begin paying regular
Atlanta Gas Light rates. In the past
these have been generally lower than
rates charged by the City of Jackson,
said W. B. Hambright, Atlanta Gas
Light vice president and Macon
division manager.
A temporary Georgia Natural Gas
office is located at the Heart of Jackson
Motel until arrangements for a per
manent office are completed.
Jackson operations will be under the
direction of David R. Jones, manager of
the company’s Griffin office.
Jones said that one of the first ac
tivities of the company will be to visit
each natural gas customer in Jackson
to survey their gas appliances and
equipment.
He pointed out that Georgia Natural
Gas vehicles are marked and ser
vicemen are in uniforms with their
name and the company symbol on their
Weather
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA:
Partly cloudy and hot through Wed
nesday with a chance of afternoon or
evening thundershowers. High today
and Wednesday near 90. Low tonight
near 70.
High Monday at the Spalding
Forestry Unit 95.. Low today 70.
creature. Felix caught the 52-inch long gar in a canal near
his home. (AP)
volunteer for such work as distributing
brochures, phoning voters, working in
the booth at the fair and making
posters.
Financial reports of the Griffin-
Spalding School System, including
salaries and all other details, are open
to the public.
Anyone who’s interested enough to
come by the superintendent’s office will
find the budget and financial reports
open, said Chairman Walker.
“There is a great deal of flack In the
community about budgets, audits and
salaries and I want to reemphasize that
the records are available to any citizen
who would like to see them.
“The schools belong to the public.
The records are here. We would be glad
for anyone who would like to come by
and look at them,” Walker said.
He explained the school system is
audited by the state “more thoroughly
than anyone I know”. A new audit is
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that his civilian and military jobs
compliment each other. Pose is a
computer operator for Ft. Gordon’s
Management Information Systems
Office and moonlights as a computer
operator and data analyst for a phar
maceutical firm.
“My part-time job is giving me some
valuable data processing experience,”
Pose said. “My wife doesn’t like for me
to be gone so much but we both ap
preciate the extra income.”
shirts. Customers may ask for their
identification card with photo for
further identification.
Atlanta Gas Light, the largest natural
gas distribution company in the
southeastern United States, serves
more than 740,000 customers in 196
communities in Georgia. Corporate
headquarters are located in Atlanta,
and 5 operating divisions are based in
Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Rome, and
Savannah. The company uses the trade
names Georgia Natural Gas Company
and Savannah Gas Company.
In 1976, the company had operating
revenues of $273.99 million and a net
income of approximately $9 million.
Atlanta Gas Light has about 2,700
employees in Georgia.
About 13,500 stockholders own 4.5
million shares of Atlanta Gas Light
common stock, which is traded over
the-counter. More than half the com
mon shareholders are Georgia
residents.