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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1977)
People ...and things Big red-haired, bearded man with look alike big red Chow dog going into local vet’s office. Man digging hole under squash row, the only soft spot in his yard, to bury pet dog just killed by car. KJ: r * v ®-b r". * I Son of Sam suspect (1) with officer Edward Zigo. (AP) Son of Sam suspect held By JACKIE STONE Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A $35 ticket for parking too near a fire hydrant led police to a reclusive postal worker they said was “Son of Sam,” the night stalker who killed six young persons and wounded seven with his .44-caliber revolver. The arrest came as David Berkowitz, 24, left his apartment house Wednesday night in suburban Yonkers and encoun tered police, who had staked out the building. Police said that as Berkowitz stepped into his car, they asked him who he was, and Berkowitz replied: “I’m Son of Sam. Okay, you’ve got me.” He of fered no resistance, police said. “We have him,” a police spokesman for Ist Deputy Police Commissioner James Taylor told reporters later. Berkowitz was formally booked today r Jit » Hk IhHBH HB. i Lift from mayor Mayor Raymond Head helps Roger Vaughn, Play-to-Learn student, on amusement ride at Northgate shopping center. Students were guests of the merchants in the center. They were served refreshments during their visit. DAILY Daily Since 1872 City, school board break money jam at the 84th Precinct in Brooklyn on charges of second-degree murder, at tempted murder, assault and possession of a deadly weapon in the murder of Stacy Moskowitz, 20, the killer’s latest victim. Her date, Robert Violante, 20, was wounded and may never see again. ' Wearing womout blue jeans, a light blue and white striped shirt and light brown suede shoes, Berkowitz smiled at reporters as a cordon of police moved him out of the precinct house and took him to a nearby criminal court for arraignment later in the day. Police said the most serious charge was second-degree murder because New York State law permits first degree murder charges only in cases where the death penalty is allowed, as in the slaying of a police officer. Neighbors in Yonkers, a city of 150,000 on the northern border of New GRIFFIN Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday Afternoon, August 11,1977 K» * A / IB *1 k. J MW 2J ■ K Officer Zigo displays pistol police found in suspect’s apartment. York City, described Berkowitz as “a nice guy” who kept to himself. Police said they seized two shotguns in his seventh-floor apartment and a .44-caliber Charter Arms Bulldog revolver Berkowitz carried with him as he entered his cream-colored Ford Galaxie sedan outside his apartment house. They said he also carried a brown bag with two dozen bullets and a poem. Ballistics tests early today confirmed the revolver was the same one which was used in the killing of Miss Moskowitz, police said. The poem described the death of a young woman — "... And huge drops of lead poured down upon her head until she was dead ...” Police said they found a submachine gun in a gunny sack in Berkowitz’ car and also found several notes in his car and apartment, one of which warned that Son of Sam would kill again. “I want to see the animal’s face that took my baby’s life,” Miss Moskowitz’ mother, Neysa, said today. “And I want him to see me.” A newspaper, a television station and columnist Jimmy Breslin said today that police had told them that Berkowitz, a night superintendent at a post officee in the Bronx, said he planned to strike next in Suffolk County, on the far end of Long Island. They said he allegedly planned to use the submachine gun in a discotheque or night club. Police said previously that the same .44-caliber gun had been used in all eight attacks by the Son of Sam. Five women and one man died, three men and four women were wounded. One of the detectives who arrested Berkowitz, John Longo, said, “We were just lucky we were there. We got the (Continued on page 2) Goldstein charges bad management City Commissioner Louis Goldstein has leveled another blast at the Griffin- Spalding Hospital charging bad management of the ambulance service and billing system and that the hospital has a “department head to cover everything.” “It’s worse than the Army General Hospital,” he declared. At times no ambulance is available to answer calls, he charged. An example occurred last week, he said, when a call was received to pick up an apparent heart attack victim. The only ambulance had been dispatched to a stabbing victim, leaving the public without service. Finally city police were contacted. They called Miller’s Funeral Home to bring in the heart patient. The patient died several hours later, Goldstein said. Griffin ambulances serve adjoining NEWS The Griffin-Spalding School Board and city commissioners each have agreed to take SIB,OOO less in federal public works money, apparently breaking a log jam on the money. Herman Lisle, a school administrator, said the school board was polled Wednesday and members agreed to take the SIB,OOO cut. He said City Manager Roy Inman had polled the city commissioners and they, too, had agreed to take a SIB,OOO cut. The city wanted $604,000 to replace a water tank and the school board wanted $330,000 for kindergarten rooms. Both figures will be cut by SIB,OOO. Federal people had suggested this would be one way to resolve the conflict and get the money on the way to the city and school board. Without the compromise, the allocation could have been held up months and months, officials believed. Now that the matter has been resolved, federal people can proceed with getting the funds for Griffin. The community qualified for the federal money based on unemployment rates here. Murderer used cue to escape JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A lookout was being kept today for a convicted murderer who used a pool cue to overpower a prison supervisor and a fellow inmate before fleeing from a Jackson Diagnostic Center work detail, authorities said. Officials said John E. Watson, 33, of Slidell, La., was working at the state owned home of the center’s superin tendent when he overpowered the maintenance supervisor and another inmate, tied them up and fled in a state pickup truck. The superintendent was out of town at the time of the escape. Watson, a husky six-footer with the words “Born to Lose” tattooed on his left thigh, was considered “extremely dangerous.” The Country Parson by Krank ('lark WWe/h “I guess it’ll soon cost a million dollars to build a house — we’ll need a lot of millionaires ” counties and after midnight only one unit is used. If that unit is sent out of the county, will our Spalding County citizens have to run the risk of dying because of bad hospital management decisions in not having more than one ambulance available? Goldstein asked. Roger Miller serves as a backup for the hospital and has been on standby, with his ambulance at all times. He has responded to calls, at the direction of the hospital staff, yet has never been paid one dime by the hospital, Goldstein said. Goldstein said the public “is up in arms” over the “outrageous” billing system. No one can ever seem to get his bill straightened out, he said. Many accounts which have been paid in full have been turned over to a collection agency, which threatens to sue, Goldstein said he was told. “This disenchantment is wide-spread Vol. 105 No. 189 ■ all W /PMSoRfc JIBB “I had never eaten like that before, everything right out of a paper bag.” Austrian visitor She learned about grits, religion, American language, handshaking and Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Ulli Lang is winding up an 8-week stay in the Griffin area and is leaving with “the laughing and weeping eye.” The 21-year-old Austrian has been working as a counselor at Camp Pine Valley Girl Scout retreat located in Meansville. She refers to her coming to the states as “a decision of 5 minutes” following a conversation with on? of her friends in. Austria. She had wondered how she would spend the summer when the friend suggested she take five students on a tour of the United States. Miss Lang took her at her word and applied to the OKISTA, a local touring organization, which in turn submitted her application to the International Camp Council Program (ICCP). Her request was accepted and she was scheduled to make the first leg of her tour in the Griffin area. Miss Lang talked about her first No dividend costs Lance about $40,000 WASHINGTON (AP) - Embattled Budget Director Bert Lance is facing another financial setback and an ex panding federal investigation of his banking activities. Lance, who gave up the presidency of the National Bank of Georgia to join the Carter administration, learned Wed nesday that the bank has decided against paying its normal 20-cent-a --share dividend for the second quarter of 1977. The move apparently will cost Lance, the bank’s principal shareholder, about $40,000. He owns 200,767 of the bank’s 1,- 228,628 shares. and if the Hospital Authority doesn’t wake up and get it straightened out, the hospital will be on a collision course to financial disaster. Many, many citizens have told me they would use other hospitals rather than get tangled up in this financial boon-doggle,” he said. Since Executive Director William Feely’s arrival, there is a department head to cover everything, Goldstein charged. There is a director of fiscal affairs; internal auditor, including 3 certified public accountants (all from out of town); director of admissions; patient representative; personnel director; in service department; social work department; public relations depart ment; maintenance department; security department; housekeeping department; materials management Weather FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA — Continued hot with chance of afternoon and evening showers through Friday. Low tonight near 70, high Friday in lower 90s. LOCAL WEATHER — Low this morning at the Spalding Forestry unit 66, high Wednesday 91. impressions of America with her first encounters being very pleasant. She had worried that the children at the camp would speak in American and she perhaps would not be able to un derstand them. She said she was a bit shy at first and afraid but quickly won the kids over. She taught them Austrian folk dances and was purely exhilarated when one day the kids asked her to play an American pop tune and danced an Austrian folk dance instead of the usual American dances. “It was a very pleasant experience,” Miss Lang said. With reference to speaking American, Miss Lang has added to her extensive English vocabulary the words, kids, stuff and hi. Kids and hi in (Continued, on page two.) The Georgia bank’s decision was based on its net loss of $125 million — or sl.Ol a share — during the first six months of 1977, said bank President Robert P. Guiton. He said it is the first time in 10 years that a quarterly dividend payment has been skipped. Guiton stressed that the National Bank of Georgia, with deposits of $340.17 million at the end of June, remains stable and competitive. He noted that the bank also has equity capital in excess of sl9 million. Guiton said the deficit was primarily (Continued on page 3.) department; laundry department; outpatient services department; ambulance crew coordinator; dietitian; director utilization review; 5 pharmacists; projects coordinator; infection control head; environmental services department, and possibly more, Goldstein said. In addition there are 2 administrators and 1 assistant, making $69,000 per year, plus fringe benefits, he said. “Can you imagine the number of rooms used for offices to handle all of these ‘chiefs’ ? It’s no wonder they have to keep raising room rates and service charges to pay for the ‘dead wood’ in our hospital”, he said. Goldstein said the administration still will not give him the salaries paid to some of the key personnel. “What are they trying to hide?. . . Public reaction to the hospital ‘mess’ is unbelievable,” he said.
