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Buddy Cochran held for grand jury action AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) — Buddy Cochran was bound over to a grand jury Wednesday on eight counts of aggravated as sault with an automobile at a Ku Klux Klan rally in President Carter’s home town of Plains July 2. One charge of aggravated as sault was dropped Wednesday when testimony before State Court Judge George Ellis Jr. showed Gene Wiggins Jr., 10, of MM □I MEF MK3 X » i H J| 1 Hi V\ ' i J ■ <\. i//< |g|H AMERICUS, GA.—Buddy Cochran, who is accused of running his car into the speaker’s platform at a July 1 K.K.K. rally in Plains, Ga., walks into the chourhouse in Americus. The hearing is an attempt by Cochran’s lawyers to get Justice of the Peace J.W. Sothwell removed from the case. Southwell had set bail for Cochran at $210,000 or SIO,OOO per count. (AP) Mrs. King says film judgment is premature ATLANTA (AP) - Although several civil rights leaders have criticized an unfinished film about the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., his widow, Co retta Scott King, says judgment at present is premature. “There have been many changes during the filming process of ‘King,’ and there will be many during the editing process,” Mrs. King said in a statement issued through a spokesman Wednesday. However, several associates of the slain civil rights leader said the film is distorted and should be sharply revised, and urged supporters to oppose its production, scheduled to be aired on NBC early next year. The Rev. Hosea Williams, a former King aide, said the film “defamed” the slain civil rights leader. “The most damaging thing they have about the whole mov ie is they have a white man leading Martin Luther King Jr. around by the nose,” said Wil liams, a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. Tyrone Brooks, a spokesman for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, said I PUBLIC NOTICE I Sidewalk Sale Will Be Held At Firestone, 330 E. Solomon, Friday, Saturday, August 12, 13. All Items Reduced For Quick Sale. Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Freezers, Air Con ditioners, Bikes, Lawnmowers, Stereos, TV's, Tires, Dishwashers And Many Other Items At 10% - 50% Discount. Free Refreshments. Firestone 330 East Solomon Street IPhone 227-4018 Americus was injured after the sportscar plowed through a crowd and rammed into the speakers’s platform at the ral ly, injuring 29 other persons. Meanwhile, Dist. Atty. Claude Morris said he was “holding” 12 other counts of aggravated assault. He said those com plaints are signed by persons living outside Sumter County, and he may bring them before the grand jury when it convenes black leaders were concerned that the roles of the Rev. Jesse Jackson of Chicago and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, who succeeded King as head of the SCLC, were downplayed and in accurate. The Rev. Joseph Lowery, act ing president of the SCLC, said he and Mrs. King were worried about the film’s accuracy, and had suggested changes. Lowery also said black writers, producers and direc- Black fraternity honors Dr. King ATLANTA (AP) - Dr. Mar tin Luther King Jr. and former U.S. Transportation Secretary William Coleman have been presented awards by Alpha Phi Alpha, the nation’s largest black fraternity. Coretta Scott King accepted the Paul Robeson award for her late husband, and Coleman, a Philadelphia lawyer, received the Alpha Award of Merit from the group as it wound up its convention Wednesday night. on Aug. 22. Earlier Wednesday, Superior Court Judge William F. Blanks reduced Cochran’s bond from $210,000 to $50,000. Cochran, a tractor mechanic, was returned to the Sumter County jail. Ellis sat in for Justice of the Peace John Southwell in Wednesday’s later hearing. Southwell disqualified himself from the case Tuesday. Last month, he said the crash was tors should be hired to work on the project. “A film about the black com munity ought to involve the black community,” he said. Mrs. King said in her state ment: “No one has seen (scriptwriter) Abby Mann’s film ‘King’ in its entirety be cause the film has not been done in the first cut...‘King’ is a drama and not a documentary, and therefore it should be judged as such.” The fraternity’s general pres ident, James R. Williams of Akron, Ohio, also presented awards to two business leaders — Frank Borman and Thomas K. Edenfield. Borman, the chief executive of Eastern Airlines, was given the Equal Opportunity Award and Edenfield, a vice president of General Electric Co., re ceived Alpha’s Recognition Award. “the most uncalled-for thing I’ve ever had run through my office.” During testimony before Ellis Wednesday, Thomas Holloway of Americus told the court he saw the sleek car push its way through the crowd and crash into the speakers’ stand. “I saw state patrolmen pull Cochran from the car,” Hollo way said. “I saw him taken out of the car by an officer, hand cuffed and placed in a squad car and driven off toward Ame ricus.” Another witness, Al Stock, 28, of Ellaville, said he and his wife were struck by Cochran’s car and wound up on top of it. “I threw my wife off and rolled off myself,” he said. 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H | ‘*" w BR’ jj Dayton firemen are shown at the scene of a reported house fire on the city’s east side Wednesday evening. Although it turned out to be a false alarm, it marked the dutfon'6 Page 11 — Griffin Daily News Thursday, August 11,1977 Firemen return to job first response to an alarm since Monday morning when the smoke eaters walked out after contract talks with the city bogged down. (AP)
