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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1977)
Rk R ■■* Sb. J R BI lr *1 ' fe R. JB jr JI , ' *' K mJK [;-tt„»; /sy ■ s' Br ■R jR 9km bkvj9 Living happy life KITCHENER, Ont. — Sheila Mansukhani (right) of Libertyville, DI., sitting with brother Roger, 10, and grandmother Margaret Hopper of Kitchener, Ont., was given only a few months to live when It was discovered she had leukemia in 1970. Now, the five-year-old Is leading a t$J EV i S| * .h »-» ’ KL , kBS > ■ 2JBB **-•< ■ fl ' A i vlk ' I ■ l^ l ■' Strange faces FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — If everyone else is grin ning, then why is Sean Siegel crying? Apparently the sight of all those strange faces was too much for the 18-month old boy at Ft. Lauderdale’s downtown Discovery Center. I I Aft* -‘‘IT -mt' " L \ I Wl f 1 tJhfe ije-AV t Wt* ’-- 4 J-- JmL* I i> i JMbF’jk ■Sr W Injured fireman INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis firefighters help injured men from debris in downtown Indianapolis after a roof and part of a wall collapsed. (AP) normal life and starts school in the fall, thanks to a series of bone-marrow transplants with her brother that cured the disease. Sheila’s family was visiting Mrs. Hopper in Kitchener Monday. (AP) Youngsters from North Lauderdale Elementary School and kindergarten teacher from Broadview put on a clown show, complete with a how-to session on makeup, and this was part of the result. (AP) Elemenatry registration Thursday All elementary school students who have not registered for the 1977-78 school term may do so Thursday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at their respective schools. This will include students who have moved into Spalding County during the summer and those who will be transferring from private schools to the public school system. An open house has been scheduled in schools in the Griffin-Spalding system on Friday from 1:30 until 6 p.m. Selling sand SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - An enterprising Australian firm has started selling sand — to a desert kingdom. An official publication of the Department of Overseas Trade said the company, Ceilcote Pty Ltd., has shipped 102 tons of Australia’s best sand to Saudi Arabia to be used for sand blasting steel tanks. Commissioner Goldstein made a special request that sidewalks on Slaton street, at the rear of Hensley’s, be repaired. He took several photographs of what he termed "a deplorable situation which should not exist in our com munity” and passed them around for the other com missioners to see. He asked they be repaired this week. New trees Twenty-two trees will soon be removed. They are located throughout the city and have been inspected by experts from the Georgia Experiment Station who say they need to come down. Each tree will be replaced by either an oak or maple, ac cording to Mr. Inman. The replacements will be about 10 to 12 feet tall, he said. Bears Day Approval was given a proclamation that today be “Bears Appreciation Day” in Griffin. It was read by Janet Drake, junior mayor, and recognized the Griffin High team for its accomplishments. Purchases Purchases approved in cluded: —57,692 for 24 trash con tainers from low bidder Hen dricks Processing Co. —51,160 for signal switching units for city traffic lights from Econolite. —52,056 to Elec-tel Supply for electric meters. —52,000 to Headly Con struction Co., the retainage for alterations to city hall which has passed the final state in spection. Dog complaints The commissioners sym pathized with about a dozen irate citizens who complained about dogs but told them they couldn’t do much else. Mrs. Florine Parker of South 15th street served as spokesman for the group. Mrs. Parker explained that her neighbor keeps 13 large Doberman Pinschers in his back yard. His fence runs along the side of her house and is about 3 feet from her front porch, living room, dining room s» — hamger-suyer IX vo-kx OPEN \ \GV \ Hon. torn Thon. 10 to 7 yX \V—- 1 v i M4o» wtot y / X Sa*. 10 to 6 / \ 228-5650 .. -xV I y x! r /w > -| \ I "'t\v V L H // kO OWNERS W I IC/SPH MT sri LVN RANKS \ \ kjJg/J FREE SCARF TYING City commission (Continued from page one.) and kitchen. “The smell is so bad my own sister didn’t come to visit me for 3 months. The insurance man said he had never smelled anything anywhere like it. He said he couldn’t wait to leave my house. It’s unbearable for us to stay at home. . .Something must be done,” she said. Her neighbor, Mrs Duke, agreed, and told the com missioners that as soon as her food is cooked, she takes it out of the kitchen and eats in the living room to get away from the odor. Mrs. Parker said she had complained to the com missioners about the problem before. The city sent a representative from the health department out to check the situation, but he reported he did not notice either an odor or any flies. The group accused him of not being quite truthful about it. They presented a petition asking that something be done. At an earlier meeting when the problem was discussed, the commission took no action on Mr. Inman’s suggestion that the city limit the number of dogs a family can own to 3. He suggested a time period be provided to dispose of litters. Commissioner Goldstein told the group it had 2 recourses. “The commission is powerless to do anything, but we will instruct the city manager to take the complaint again to the health depart ment,” he said. He also said the group could go about having the dogs declared a public nuisance, working through the city court. Licenses Licenses for a package store and tavern were approved. The application for the package store was submitted by Larry G. Robertson whose business soon will open at Cook’s Shopping Center, in the building formerly occupied by the Christian Book Center. The building is being remodeled to conform to city code and will be named, “larry’s Southgate Package Store.” The application for a beer pouring license to operate a tavern was submitted by Boston Piercy, Jr. He plans to open Piercy’s Tavern at 128 West Broad street. Approval was given, provided the building be made to conform Page 3 — Griffin Daily News Wednesday, August 24, 1977 to the city code. Equipment The commissioners were split on 2 votes concerning purchases of equipment. City Manager Roy Inman had recommended the low bid for the purchase of a 75 cubic yard refuse transfer trailer for the Sanitary Division not be ac cepted. He recommended the city purchase the same type trailer presently being used so that their parts could be in terchanged. He also liked certain mechanical features. The price was $28,577 or $593 higher than the low bid. The recommendation was accepted by a vote of 4 to 1 with Norsworthy dissenting. The commissioners turned thumbs down, by a vote of 3 to 2, on a second recommendation by Inman that a low bid not be accepted. He had asked they consider purchasing a White sanitary department truck for $30,544 instead of a Ford for $149 less. The city already uses a White tractor which has proven very satisfactory with very little maintenance work required, he said.. Commissioner Goldstein said he was opposed to not accepting the lowest bids when specifications were the same. Norsworthy and Jones agreed. Mayor Raymond Head and Commissioner Mullins voted against accepting the low bid and agreed with Inman’s recommendation. The board was unanimous in its decision not to purhcase a $49,108 trencher. It was $9,000 more than the budgeted cost and would not be used enough to warrant the expenditure, they decided. Qualifing Qualifying dates for 2 city commission posts were set. Qualifying will begin Monday, Sept. 26. and will end at noon, Monday, Oct. 24, for posts 1 and 4. Post 1 is presently held by Commissioner Jones, Com missioner Norsworthy holds Post 4. Both are expected to seek re-election. The election for the 2 4-year terms will be held Tuesday, Nov. 8. Qualifying fee is $l5O. Building The city commissioners have agreed, provided the county goes along, to rent the metal building on city property, formerly used by Cronic Chevrolet, to the Recreation Department. Commissioner Jones suggested the recreation department could use the building for 2 practice basketball courts, volley ball and square dancing. The commissioners agreed on a rental fee of S4OO per month and that the recreation department pay the utilities. Hospital City Commissioner Louis Goldstein said he hopes that “our hospital administrators” will have taken positive steps to straighten things out by next week when he returns from a vacation. “If not, then you can expect to hear more from me,” he warned in a statement issued following Tuesday night’s city commission meeting. Goldstein who left the city Tuesday night said his vacation has been delayed for several weeks and “I don’t have to tell you why.” Government seeks clues to Nixon gifts WASHINGTON (AP) - Over the strenuous objections of Richard Nixon, the federal gov ernment is seeking to rummage through boxes he left behind to see if they contain clues to the whereabouts of valuable gifts from foreign dignitaries. At stake in the federal court hearing is more than just a list ing of the gifts, some of which may be “missing” through poor record-keeping. The hearing, scheduled for to day, is the government’s first attempt to search the materials in its possession since the Su preme Court awarded custody to Uncle Sam — specifying that strict regulations must govern access. It also is Nixon’s first chance to challenge those rules. While the fight over custody of Nixon’s papers, tapes and other materials was going through the courts, the boxes remained untouched under court order. Now that the case is settled regulations for gov ernment access have gone into effect and rules for public ac cess are being considered by Congress.
