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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1977)
KIII Back in the saddle NEW YORK — Famed cowpoke, movie star and western singer Roy Rogers, right, smiles along with his son, Dusty, during a news conference in New York Friday. Rogers was in town to promote his chain of restaurants and to talk about his lifestyle, which includes hunting, personal appearances at his restaurants and periodic television appearances. (AP) Atlanta man accused of threatening Carter ATLANTA (AP) — Charles Marion Cleveland, 50, made two calls to the White House last week, threatening to “shoot the President" each time, a Secret Service agent testified Friday. Agent George A. Waldrop tes tified at a preliminary hearing in U.S. Magistrate’s Court that Cleveland, charged with mak ing the theatening calls, called the White House twice last Sat urday, each time giving his name and address. Before the second call, Wal drop said he and another agent went to Cleveland’s Atlanta apartment. Tiny infant abandoned on roadside at Augusta AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - A tiny infant, abandoned five hours after he was bom, will spend several weeks in Univer sity Hospital before he is old enough to be placed in a foster home, authorities say. Passersby told police they saw a motorist stop his car about 5 p.m. Friday on the side of Powell Road near the Rich mond-Columbia county line and place a cardboard box in some bushes. The man, described as about 28 and with brown hair, then sped away, the witnesses said. for Saturday \ % ' * If* 7 “ \ Figures show jot hi9h J., M- 1 A/Jf \ lor area Rmn 90 L\VWI Cold Worm N-WWi ■■MMBi < Data from Show*™ Stationary Occluded NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA — Cloudy with chance of afternoon or evening thnn dershowers today. Highs in mid 80s with lows tonight around 70. 50 per cent chance of rain today, 20 per cent tonight and 30 per cent Sunday. DRY CLEANING SPECIALS MONDAY-TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY 3 PANTS tO9R SWEATERS PLAIN SKIRTS <■ CASH & CARRY ONLY (Ml garments moth-proofed) WOODWARD CLEANERS COLLEGE AT BTH STREET (ACROSS FROM BIG STAR) “He was drinking and was in a depressed state,” Waldrop said. Cleveland was arrested after the second call although the agent testified that Cleveland said he “wanted to shoot the President" while making the first call. During the second call, Wal drop said Cleveland stated he would “shoot the President” and “kill the President." U.S. Magistrate Allen Chan cey ordered Cleveland held un der |IO,OOO bond. Court officials said Cleveland would be given a psychiatric examination. One passerby went to the box and found a white baby boy wrapped in a dirty sheet, Rich mond County sheriffs deputies said. They said he had been bom about noon. Officers rushed the infant to the hospital, where he was list ed in very good condition. The baby has been nicknamed “Richmond County Powell” by officers, who reported he was awake but quiet when he was found. They said the hum of the police cruiser’s air conditioner lulled him to sleep on the ride to the hospital. Organized crime ‘The typical member of crime ring was Georgian’ By MARK O’BRIEN Associated Press Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Gambling and narcotics give the under world millions of dollars to fi nance more crimes and under write the infiltration of legiti mate businesses, says a report on organized crime in Georgia. The Georgia Organized Crime Prevention Council said illegal gambling, narcotics, prostitu tion, pornography and stolen goods were multimillion dollar rackets for organized crime in 1976. Gambling — sportsbetting, lotteries, bolita — was organ ized crime’s single most lucr ative business, the council said in its annual report. The typical member of a crime ring was Georgian, the quasi-state agency said. Only a small share of illegal activities was run by the Mafia. Organ ized crime in Georgia was dominated by the “local home grown garden variety” of crim inals. “It (the Mafia) is not the most serious part of organized crime that exists in our state today,” the report said. “Our most serious concern in the area of organized crime is the local home-grown garden variety..." The council defined organized crime as any group of persons who make most of their money by collaborating or conspiring to commit crimes on a regular basis. Much of the report was based on the council’s findings in met ropolitan Atlanta, Columbus- Muscogee County, Savannah- Chatham County, Bibb County, Albany, Glynn County, Au gusta, Valdosta, Tifton and Athens. The chairman of the seven-member council is De- Kalb County Police Chief F. D. (Dick) Hand. Here is a summary of the council’s report on organized crime. —Metropolitan Atlanta, in cluding Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties: About $260 million is made through gambling. A significant portion of gambling revenues is funneled into other vice-related activities, and also invested in legitimate businesses. Narcotics produced about $202 million. Atlanta is a major distribution point for drugs brought from as far away as South America to be resold throughout the Southeast. Pornography is “a multimil lion dollar industry." Criminals also reap millions from prosti tution and organized theft rings. Peanuts will stay in family ATLANTA (AP) - Gold Kist Inc. has been named to manage the Carter family peanut ware house in Plains, Ga., but the business will remain in the family, says Atlanta attorney Charles Kirbo. Kirbo, who serves as trustee for the President’s portion of the business, said Friday that President Carter “had ex pressed a wish prior to the ex ercise of the trust (before he took office) that the business continue to serve its customers in the area.” Gold Kist, an Atlanta-based farmers’ cooperative, will man age the business for the current harvest season. Kirbo added that it is not buying a share of the business which is owned by the President, his brother Billy, and his mother Mrs. Lillian Carter. About 500 major organized crime figures live in the area, but only a few are directly linked to the Mafia. Most are local or regional operators. “Ten to 12 La Cosa Nostra families can be identified through their operatives within the metro area, although no family maintains any signifi cant control over Illegitimate activities.” -Columbus-Muscogee Coun ty: Bookmaking is shared by at least three different groups, OPEN DAILY 10-10; SUNDAY 1-6 SATURDAY-SUNDAY-MONDAY ONLY sso-uu-u-anuS g K mort •AD VERTISID / - . . fl S MERCHANDISE POLICY M ..man *•<•<» -w rt tM a-w to lm awcMwd m *• m* a »»««■«■ B_ 3 |M lK Y .<to|»to a wcwtoMto<|-*>M n «acMM4wv*.'- fl _ ii ij ■ I I r wa I II B / — of fx' ° I i '.iireSWWl —- r aWto, r w I w r fl I I ■ f aCX fl d 11 O1 fl ll I r .?! 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Heroin and cocaine bring in more than $lO million, and marijuana and soft drugs produce about $1 million. No decrease in organized crime is expected in the future, particularly in the areas of gambling, prostitution and nar cotics. -Savannah-Chatham Coun ty: Nine national organized crime figures and 21 local persons were involved in Page 5 gambling, burglaries, nar cotics, fraud and infiltration of legitimate businesses. Lotteries continued to flourish in the area. There was a marked decrease in the number of narcotics seized after a drug ring was broken. An undercover operation resulted in the recovery of about SIIB,OOO in stolen property and the in dictments of 55 persons. —Bibb County: income from gambling is about $8 million a year. Prostitution is increasing — Griffin Daily News Saturday, August 27, 1977 and may be connected to drugs, which account for about $lO million a year. —Albany: Gambling was the No. 1 source of revenue — more than $1 million. About 450 persons were arrested for drug violations, and drugs brought in more than $1 million. Between 10 and 15 residents specialize in burglaries in Georgia, Florida and Alabama. —Glynn County: Drug smuggling along intercoastal waterways is still seen as a major problem. —Augusta: The biggest drug problem in this area is mari juana, with a total of 346 cases in 1976. —Valdosta: The estimated annual revenue from lottery op erations and bookmaking is $5- $6 million, and the drug trade was a $2 million business. —Tifton: Gambling provides more than $500,000 a year. —Athens: Fencing operations will be a priority for investiga tors in 1977.
