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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1977)
BUS ’W*■ I 11 ”gfiM -k ! 1 IHwl *&#?! HH/lMjjfniiflff I r liOi oW Bm r ??mK 1' J People ••• and things Grown jogger clad in shorts with stereo radio headphones making his way through downtown afternoon traffic. Two young boys, one with a cast on his left arm, tossing football under street light on South Hill around 11 p.m. Loyal football fan sweltering in 90 degree heat to watch B-team game at stadium. Lance says overdrafts not matter of ethics WASHINGTON (AP) - Insisting that “I have done more than stay narrowly within the law,” Bert Lance testified to day that his conduct both as a banker and as budget director meets the high ethical standards set by President Carter for members of his adminis tration. Pressed by a Republican senator about his overdrawn checking accounts in Calhoun, Ga., Lance replied — as he has insisted earlier — that the issue wasn’t a matter of ethics. “In a place like Calhoun, where you have a practice of overdrafts ... overdrafts as such is not an ugly word,” Lance told Sen. William V. Roth, R-Del. "... To simply say overdrafts con stitute an unethical situation, that is not the case.” No meter first day went well Chief Leonard Pitts expects the number of parking tickets downtown to fall off after the first few days of the no meter experiment. He said some 65 to 70 parking tickets were issued Thursday, the first day of free street parking downtown. When people learn they will get a ticket for parking more than 2 hours in one place, they will pay more attention to the limits, Chief Pitts believes. All in all, the chief said he thought the first day of no-meters went well. He expected the number of tickets to be down today. The city will run its no-meter trial through Dec. 31. The city com missioners will review the results of the trial period and determine if the meters will be reactivated or continued as they are now. People getting parking tickets may settle them for $2 each within 7 days. After that they will cost $4- GRIFFIN ijaiia#news Daily Since 1872 “There was no attempt to hide, no attempt to cover-up, no attempt not to disclose anything,” Lance said of the controversy over his Calhoun checking account. Roth began his questioning by quoting Carter’s statement that staying narrowly within the law would not be enough to satisfy the ethical standards of his administration. Lance responded that he had met that test and “certainly, I have done more than stay narrowly within the law.” During his appearance Thursday, Lance said the question of whether he had withheld information from the committee, when his nomination as budget director was before the panel last January, was the most serious of Reading GHS grads all can read Editor’s Note: This is the second of two articles about reading and the question parents and educators ask: “Why Can’t Johnny Read.” Today, Griffin High principal Tascar Williams talks about reading in high school and the “graduate who can’t read.” Why Can’t Johnny Read? This is the old cliche question to which parents and educators have been seeking an answer for many years. Finally, they have agreed that there are many questions about Johnny and his reading and there are just as many answers to those questions. They also have found that the same questions and answers do not fit any two Johnnies. If Johnny cannot read, his problem is not unique. Most likely, there are others in his classroom with the common problem, common, but not the same. In recent years, reading has become a primary target of federal programs because of the charges made by some that some students graduated from Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday Afternoon, September 16,1977 No children on bus Three Decatur residents were injured this morning when their car collided with a Griffin-Spalding school bus at Eighth and Poplar streets. There were no students on the bus and the driver, Mrs. Audrey Swain Maddox, escaped injury. Mrs. Virginia Hunt Bryant, 39, of 2332 Tartan drive, Decatur, failed to stop for a traffic light, according to witnesses, one of whom was a Griffin hospital emergency medical technician who was in his ambulance at the intersection. He took Mrs. Bryant, her sister, Mrs. Barbara Jones, 28, 2716 Ellen way, Decatur, and Mrs. Jones’ daughter, Tracy, 5, to the hospital emergency room for treatment. When the wreck occurred, the three were enroute to the hospital where their mother, Mrs. Emma Lou Hunt of Senoia, underwent surgery this morning. Mrs. Bryant’s car was demolished. There was some >1,500 damage to the bus, police said. the issues raised against him. Lance insisted he had told the committee staff about his financial dealings, including the overdrafts, during his banking career. Lance’s assertion prompted Sen. Jacob K. Javits, R-N.Y., to say he thought members of the committee should testify about their interviews last January with Lance. In a packed hearing room, Lance began his testimony Thursday, calmly reading from a prepared statement for close to two hours. He said he did nothing wrong in building up a personal financial empire, now seriously troubled, and that no depositor “ever lost a cent” in the two banks he ran in Georgia. high school and could not read. Griffin High School principal Tascar Williams says that Johnny has some degree of reading skill or he will not receive a diploma from Griffin High School. “There is no denying that we have students who have reading problems. However, much of this is their own problem and not a problem in the school system or the teaching techniques. These students learn to read at an early age, but do not put into practice what they have learned,” he said. Williams said those students who cannot read or have little reading ability are urged to get outside tutors to help them with their reading. “We are encouraging students to read anything they can get their hands on. The more they read, the more they want to read,” he said. An exchange of pocket books is being established at the high school to en- (Continued on page 3.) Tide turns against fence for hospital That fence may not be erected around the Griffin-Spalding Hospital grounds after all. During a Hospital Authority finance committee meeting Thursday, Dick Hyatt announced that “due to all the commotion about the fence,” he intends to withdraw his vote for it at Monday night’s authority meeting. “I haven’t heard from one person who favored the fence. I think it’s needed for the patients’ protection, but if they don’t want protection, then I will withdraw my affirmative vote,” Hyatt said. Larry Ballard, chairman of the grounds committee, said he felt the same way. “I’ve had about a dozen calls chewing me out about it,” he added. The fence was approved at the August meeting by a vote of 5 to 3. Hyatt’s change would tie the vote 4 to 4 and if Ballard also withdraws his vote, the matter could be dropped. Other members voting for the fence were Otis Head, Bill Wesley, and Chairman 0. M. “Pete” Snider. Jerry Savage, Mrs. Jo Pollard and Dr. Kenneth Reynolds voted against it. A year-end auditor’s report of the hospital’s finances was expected to have been filed today in the office of Superior Court Clerk John Lindsey at the Spalding Courthouse where it will be available for public scrutiny. A balance sheet showing a loss of IP BfW ■ jMAb I I . Ax < * iwrH Bert Lance, Atty. Clark Clifford and Sen. Charles Percy (1-r) during break in hearings. COST gears up to fight A group of people who fought the local option sales tax in Spalding County 2 years ago plan to do the same thing against a similar proposal for the city of Griffin. The Country Parson by Frank Clark “Faith enables people to believe in things which are impossible.” Vol. 105 No. 220 $53,792 for the year will also be published in the Griffin Daily News. Salaries will not be included in the report, according to Executive Director William Feely. • Patient statements soon will be itemized. Comptroller Vernon Baker said as soon as “the bugs are ironed out” patients will begin receiving itemized bills on services. Also notations on x-ray bills will state that charges for radiologists and physicians who read the x-rays are not included. The hospital has a $27,000 asset that apparently nobody knew about. Mr. Baker reported that some old stock had been found in a safe deposit box. It had been donated to the hospital years ago and “we have no idea who donated it,” said Administrator Carl Ridley. It was worth about S3OO to start and in today’s market would bring some $27,000, Baker said. The stock had split several times, he added. The finance committee voted to recommend that it be sold. They did not discuss what would be done with the proceeds. At Monday night’s meeting, the board will be given the current quote on its value and officials will check and try to learn where it came from. “Spalding County got off real cheap The group called itself COST which stood for Citizens Opposed to Sales Tax. It led an active campaign against passage of the proposal 2 years ago in the county. Jimmy Goolsby, a member of COST, put out a press release against the proposal this week. He said the group plans to speak out at public forums before Griffin voters cast ballots Sept. 27. Goolsby refuted the claim that property owners would get a break if the local option sales tax passes in the city. Advocates of the local sales tax say the money it brings in will be used to cut property taxes in the city by that much. City Commissioners favoring it have stated they will cut property taxes and lower garbage fees if the tax is passed. Weather FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA — Thunderstorms diminishing tonight. Mostly sunny Saturday. Low tonight in upper 60s; high Saturday in mid 80s. FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA — Low this morning at the Spalding Forestry Unit 70; high Thursday 90, rainfall .39 of an Inch. Also Also in this story: 1. Audit report to show loss. 2. Bills to be itemized. 3. Hospital finds stock it didn’t know about. 4. Ambulance service “real bargain.” 5. Surrounding counties to be asked to support their charity cases. last year. It’s the best bargain”, members commented about the county’s ambulance service. The county paid $33,766 for the am bulance service which kept 3 am bulances working 24 hours a day. Officials thought the cost was so low, the service will be reevaluated to determine if the figures need updating. The hospital authority will appeal to surrounding counties to help pay for their indigent sick who owe the Griffin hospital money. Many delinquent accounts are on citizens who live in other counties. Feely and Hyatt plan to visit boards of county commissioners in at least 5 area counties to ask for financial help with each county’s indigent. Administrator Ridly expressed pessimism about the prospects. “We’ve tried it before and they (Contlmied on page 2) Goolsby said he understands that if the city should approve the local option tax, then there is a strong possibility the Spalding County Commissioners would have another try at getting one passed county wide. The county voters turned down the idea 2 years ago. Goolsby said COST pointed out in the county referendum that if the tax passed countywide, property owners in incorporated municipalities such as Griffin, Sunny Side and Orchard Hill would not share in the rollback of county advalorem taxes. He said if the City of Griffin should approve the local option tax, it is reasonable to assume that the county would not be far behind in calling for another vote on the proposal.
