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1 — Griffin Daily News Tuesday, September 20,1977
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GEORGIA, SPALDING COUNTY,
CITY OF GRIFFIN.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the “Georgia
Retailers’ and Consumers’ Sales and Use Tax Act. (Ga.
Laws 1951, p 360, as amended) an election will be held on
the 27th day of September, 1977 to determine if a majority
of the electors of the City of Griffin favor imposing a sales
and use tax authorized at the rate of 1 percent.
Voting shall be from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. at the usual polling
places and the ballot shall read:
SHALL GRIFFIN, GEORGIA LEVY A RETAIL SALES AND USE
TAX OF 1 Percent?
YES ( ) NO ( )
All persons desiring to vote in favor of levying such a
tax shall vote “Yes” and those persons opposed to levying
such a tax shall vote “No”.
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California plum harvest
sets all-time record
By TOM HOGE
AP Newsfeatures Writer
For the rest of the season,
America’s fruit markets should
be deluged with plums since
California, where more than 90
per cent of our crop grows, is
enjoying a record harvest this
year.
Despite the drought gripping
the West Coast, California
growers say they are harvest
ing 40 per cent more plums
than last year. This is 9 per
cent higher than the all-time
record for plum shipments,
says Virgil Rasmussen, chair
man of the Plum Commodity
Committee.
America has raised plums
since the days of the colonial
settlers, but the fruit is not na
tive to our shores. I’m told the
closest thing to a true Ameri
can plum is the wild per
simmon, which is apt to be
pretty bitter if not properly
ripe.
The mainstay of the Califor
nia industry is a Chinese plum
which was actually domes
ticated in Japan and introduced
to California in 1870. But the
prunes sold in our markets go
back still further.
Any plum is a potential prune
if it can be dried without hav
ing the stone removed and it
has firm, long-keeping qualities
after it is dried. Our prune in
dustry is based largely on the
Agen plum introduced into Cali
fornia back in 1856.
Fresh plums, which the
French confusingly call prunes,
range in color from yellow
green to deep purple and in
size from a cherry to a hen’s
egg-
While the current plum crop
lasts and the price remains
within reason, consumers
should take advantage of the
many ways to enjoy this adapt
able fruit.
By Roll Call Report
WASHINGTON—Here’s how
area members of Congress
were recorded on major roll
call votes September 7-14.
HOUSE
KOREAN AlD—rejected, 181
for and 205 against, an amend
ment to eliminate a proposed
sllO million economic-aid
outlay for South Korea. The
■ amendment was offered to a
resolution (H Con Res 341)
setting budget ceilings for the
fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. The
budget measure was later
passed with the sllO million
intact and sent to the Senate.
Members voting “yea”
favored penalizing South Korea.
Reps. Bo Ginn (D-l), Jack
Brinkley (D-3), Ed Jenkins (D
--9) and Doug Barnard (D-10)
voted “yea.”
Reps. Dawson Mathis (D-2),
Elliot Levitas (D-4), Wyche
Fowler (D-5), John Flynt (D-6),
Lawrence McDonald (D-7) and
Billy Lee Evans (D-8) voted
“nay.”
EARTHQUAKES—passed.
229 for and 125 against, the
Earthquake Hazards Reduction
Act of 1977. It was sent to the
Senate. The bill (HR 6683)
would spend $2lO million over 3
years to set up a federal agency
dealing with the sicence of
predicting earthquakes and
minimizing their devastation of
property and lives. No such
agency now exists, with anti
earthquake activities spread
throughout agencies such as the
U.S. Geological Survey and the
National Science Foundation.
Members voting “yea”
favored passage of the Earth
quake bill.
Mathis, Evans and Barnard
voted “yea.”
Ginn, Brinkley, Levitas,
Flynt, McDonald and Jenkins
voted “nay.”
B-l—adopted, 202 for and 199
against, an amendment in
opposition to the B-l bomber. It
eliminated B-l production
money from the fiscal 1978
defense appropriation bill, in
accordance with President
Carter’s decision to cancel
production of the B-l as the new
generation of American
bomber. Carter opted instead
for production of cruise missiles
for fitting on exisitng B-52
bombers. It was proposed to the
conference report of HR 7933,
later passed.
Members voting “yea” were
opposed to the B-l.
Ginn, Mathis, Brinkley,
Levitas Flynt, McDonald,
Dr. Kramer
speaks to
ABC-Ettes
Dr. Jerald N. Kramer, a
specialist in podiatry, presented
an illustrated lecture on
pediatry to members of the ABC-
Ettes. He was intorudced by
Mrs. Ethel Conkle.
The ABC-Ettes met at the
home of Mrs. Louise Hill for
their September meeting.
President Mrs. Martha Griffin
presided.
Plans were made for the
volunteer services community
project at the Living Center and
the Spalding County Fair
project in October.
M.E. Crawley
ends training
Navy Fireman Marcus E.
Crawley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Marcus W. Crawley of Route 5,
Vineyard road, Griffin, has
completed recruit training at
the Naval Training Center,
Orlando, Fla.
During the 8-week training
cycle, trainees studied general
military subjects designed to
prepare them for further
academic and on-the-job
training in one of the Navy’s 85
basic occupational fields.
A 1977 graduate of Griffin
High School, he joined the Navy
in July, 1977.
Slimnastics
are in progress
The Griffin-Spalding County
Recreation Department is
holding fall slimnastics classes
for women on Mondays and
Wednesdays from 9 a.m. until 10
a.m. at the Community Center
at City Park.
Registration fee is $3.00 per
month, payable during class
hours only.
Roll call
report
Evans, Jenkins and Barnard
voted “nay.”
SENATE
GAS—GUZZLERS—voted, 55
for and 27 against, in favor of
banning the manufacture and
sale of cars providing less than
16 miles-per-gallon. The ban
would take effect in 1980, with
the minimum mileage figure
rising by one mile per year until
it hit 21 m.p.g in 1985. This
phase-out of so-called gas
guzzlers is provided for in S
2057, the energy-conservation
part of President Carter’s
national energy policy, later
passed and sent to conference
with the House.
Senators voting “yea”
favored the ban on gas
guzzlers.
Sens. Herman Talmadge (D)
and Sam Nunn (D) voted
“yea.”
HOME INSULATlON—re
jected, 35 for and 48 against,
an amendment to limit the
involvement of utility com
panies in having insulation
installed in private residences.
The amendment was proposed
to S 2057 (see above vote).
Defeat of this amendment left
intact a provision of S 2057
under which utilities—if so
requested by a customer—can
arrange for the financing and
installation of insulation in a
residence. The amendment
sought to leave those 2 functions
to the home-construction in
dustry. It said that a utility
should get out of the picture
once it has conducted a personal
inspection of a residence’s in
sulation needs.
Senators voting “yea”
favored limiting the role of
utilities in home insulation.
Talmadge and Nunn voted
“yea.”
ENERGY—tabled, 62 for and
30 against, an amendment
prohibiting the major oil and
gas companies from acquiring
coal and uranium assets in
addition to what they now own.
It was proposed to S 977, a part
of President Carter’s proposed
national energy policy, later
passed and sent to conference
with the House.
Senators voting “nay”
favored the band on future
acquisiion of coal and uranium
reserves by oil and gas
companies.
Talmadge and Nunn voted
“yea.”
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New primary regulations
would hurt unknowns
By WALTER R. MEARS
AP Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Democratic reformers are con
sidering rules to condense the
schedule of presidential pri
mary elections, a change which
would make the campaign path
more difficult for future Jimmy
Carters.
That is not the intent, but it
surely would be the result
should the system be changed
so as to prevent scattered,
small-state contests at the be
ginning of the presidential elec
tion season.
It is in such competition that
the long-shot candidate can
start making a name, or at least
a dent, just as Carter did in his
climb from obscurity to the
White House.
A Democratic commission on
the primary system has recom
mended tentatively that the
process of selecting presidential
nominating delegates in 1980 be
conducted during a 13-week pe
riod, beginning on the second
Tuesday in March.
By that point in the last cam
paign, there had been delegate
competition in seven states, and
Carter had established himself
as a top contender for the
presidential nomination which
at first seemed beyond his
reach.
The process of picking Demo
cratic delegates lasted for six
months, but by the time the
winter was over, Carter was in
command, his ranking won as
the result of a year’s campaign
in states like lowa and New
Hampshire.
It worked because the process
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school bond
Members of the Camellia
Garden Club learned about the
school bond proposal while
watching a slide presentation on
the subject at their September
meeting. Mrs. H.A. Bolton 111
and Ray Simonton, members of
the board of education, showed
the slides.
The meeting was held at the
Griffin Country Club. Mrs.
Frank Ethridge and Mrs.
Abner Caldwell acted as
hostesses and President Mrs.
L.C. Olson presided.
Mrs. M.K. Gilstrap provided
information on the Fall Flower
Show to be held at the fair
grounds in October. Members
will enter arrangements to be
judged. The theme of the show
is “Flowers Under the Big
Top.”
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was gradual, and the fruits of
one victory could be parlayed in
another state. That strategy
would be less likely to succeed if
the newcomer had to confront
better-known rivals in a half
dozen contests all on the same
day.
But there is a problem, for
there is no rational pattern or
calendar in the current primary
process. And whatever is done
about it, the change will
inevitably alter the way the
campaign game is played.
“The single biggest complaint
about our presidential nomi
nating season was that it goes
on forever,” said Morley Wino
grad, chairman of the Demo
cratic party panel. “We simply
want to shorten the time span to
13 weeks.”
Those will be fighting words
in the head start states, espe
cially New Hampshire, which
has a state law to guard its
leadoff presidential primary
status by setting the vote one
week ahead of any other state’s
primary election.
The states make their own
laws on the primaries. All the
Democrats can do is try to get
the legislatures to change them,
or grant exemptions, or require
that nominating delegates be
chosen outside the primary
system, in party caucuses, in
states that don’t conform to
their rules.
The schedule is not the only
subject for the Democratic ru
lemakers.’
They also want all entries who
have met the fund-raising test
that entitles them to federal
campaign subsidies to be listed
on the ballot in each primary
and caucus.
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That would change the strate
gy of the candidates, too. Carter
and his savvy lieutenants en
tered his name in every pres
idential primary in the last
campaign, while rival candi
dates cautiously picked their
spots and stayed off the ballot in
states that looked too tough for
them.
As a result, Carter gained
delegates even in states he lost,
while his opponents sometimes
found themselves shut out be
cause they hadn’t entered.
The Democrats don’t own the
franchise on those issues, or the
others their commission is
considering. The Republican
party is considering the nomi
nating system, too, and there
are proposals for change in
Congress.
Among them are bills for a
national primary, for regional
presidential primaries, and for
a system that would have all the
elections held on four or five
dates specified by law.
But there is no sign that Con
gress is going to act, and if there
is a change in the system, it is
likely to stem from the rules of
the political parties.
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