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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1977)
■■■■■■■■■■■ I _- M? : I atlMlgiWw . '* , ‘MF W 'WSIte 3 ■* ' — • JHrwr v —: n.Bwy jF a QJk 1 .mH/ ft; "■ •**' — Mi •ua^c*^ >|| R" , « w &*> v - -•■"W.w .... ■■■■**** ■ •**- a Frank Thomas, Reid Childers and P. W. Kamil (Lr) constituted the board before Childers resigned. This is a Griffin Daily News file photo showing them in session. People ...and things Three-year-old boy sobbing as he watches his school-bound brother through the living room window, still not understanding that he is too young to go to school. Neighborhood dog fleeing to safety of driveway from car then scampering off in another direction when car turns into drive. Chagrin covering man’s face when workmen finish home pool just about the time the weather is ready to turn cool. It’ll soon be that time again It takes a year to put on a fair The sounds of the Calliope will signal the beginning of the 1977 edition of the Griffin-Spalding County fair in less than a month. A carnival-like atmosphere will be in existence for a week, Oct. 10-15, at the fairgrounds on U. S. 19 south of Griffin. At the end of the week, the midway amusements will be loaded onto trucks and moved to other cities, booths and exhibits will be put away for another year and the members of the Griffin Kiwanis Fair Association Board of Directors will gasp a sigh of relief. When the fair ends, the work for the next one begins for the members of the fair’s board of directors and committee chairmen. Amusements for the 1977 fair were signed to a contract shortly after the close of the 1976 fair. The contract is signed early to assure the Griffin fair will get on the list for the next year. For approximately 10 years, Belle City Amusements has provided the midway entertainment at the Griffin- Pike sets tax rate The Pike County Board of Education and County Com missioners have set tax rates for the new fiscal year. School taxes were set at 15.75 mills, which is .70 of a mill above last year’s rate. The new tax rate sets aside 15.46 mills for maintenance and operation and .29 mills for bond retire ment. The Board of County Com missioners set the new millage rate at 8.20. The overall tax rate for operations of schools and the county is 23.95 mills. DAILY NEWS Daily Since 1872 Speculation picks up on who’ll run in city Speculation about the city com mission election mounted today with one man saying he would run and another that he was thinking about it. Emmitt Cone, Griffin Sales & Service maintenance and installation specialist, said he planned to run for Post One, held now by Ernest Jones. Don Rainwater of Morrow-Powell said he was thinking about running but Spalding County Fair. “Mr. and Mrs. Charles Panachek operate the amusements and they know the type of amusements we will permit in Griffin," Fair Manager Jack Smith said. He will visit the amusements when they play in Newnan and Thomaston before coming to Griffin. Smith has established a system of committees to get work done in con nection with the fair. These include the parking, tickets, publicity, electricity, grounds, food booth, advance tickets and many others. “We assign these areas to the Lance, Carter play tennis as they near ‘stay-go’ WASHINGTON (AP) - President Carter and his longtime friend Bert Lance reportedly are nearing a decision on whether Lance will keep his job as head of the Office of Man agement and Budget. Carter scheduled a news conference today and there were indications that some sort of decision on the Lance affair would be forthcoming, although Press Secretary Jody Powell discouraged speculation Tuesday that an announcement would be made. Lance played doubles tennis with Carter as his teammate Tuesday and the former Georgia banker was described by an aide that night as saying he has “no intention of resigning.’’ But there were two developments Tuesday that appeared to erode Lan ce’s position. Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday Afternoon, September 21,1977 GRIFFIN had not reached a decision. If he runs, he is in the first ward and would be a candidate for Jones’ seat, too. Qualifying will be open next Monday with the deadline set Oct. 24 at noon. The election will be on Nov. 8. R. L. Norsworthy’s term will expire this year, also. He is a resident of the fourth ward and holds Post 4. So far there has not been any public chairmen and they are charged with selecting their own committee mem bers. I don’t worry about whether or not the job will be done. That is up to the committee chairman and so far everyone of the them has performed to the best of his abilities,” Smith said. Smith, the committee chairmen and the members of the Board of Directors will meet a couple of weeks after the close of the fair and take a look at what happened — what was good and what was bad. Steps are taken to correct things that went wrong. It is at this (Continued on page 2) —Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who visited Carter on Monday night, was believed to have urged the President for the sec ond time to let Lance go. —The Seriate Governmental Affairs Committee released new testimony by a government lawyer, indicating that Lance actively sought to clear his record with federal bank examiners. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times quoted White House aides in today’s editions as saying Carter had left it up to Lance to decide whether he should resign, but both were weighing the politics of the situation. Powell said Tuesday that Carter would not be swayed by public opinion about his old friend and the Los Angeles Times said one senior White House aide had heard Carter telling Lance during a Monday meeting: “Bert, come back Childers resigns because of health Voters to fill vacancy Nov. 8 County Commissioner Reid Childers announced in a letter this morning to Spalding County citizens that he had submitted a letter of resignation September 20 to Gov. George Busbee. In a morning news conference, County Administrator Lewis Leonard presented the letter in the absence of Childers who is recently out of the hospital and recuperating at his home. Childers said his resignation will become effective upon acceptance by the governor. “I deeply regret having to resign as speculation on if he’ll have opposition. Cone said he would make “cleaning up the mess at the hospital’’ one of his campaign issues. He will ask what happened to the bond money for con struction of a fire station in the north part of the city. He noted the bond money was approved years ago and that the south side fire station was built. 1 FA W V .waß ; -k JHr -«Ai ii •* l ~ ■■ V F n / if p f'l HHra • JI I ■ m if ~■ uv i ~ Fair manager Jack Smith enjoys a little quiet before fair begins. and let me know what you think.’’ The newspaper said one Carter aide pictured the President as anxious to hold the press conference, despite the certainty of a flood of Lance questions, and quoted the aide as saying: “He said he’s tired of hiding and wants to get on with it.” Byrd revealed his Monday meeting with Carter, but refused to say what the two had discussed. Before Lance’s testimony to the Governmental Affairs Committee last week, Byrd had said Lance’s resignation was inevitable. But on Tuesday he refused to say if his opinion had changed, telling reporters “I think the President and Mr. Lance are evaluating the situation and I think they both need a little time in which to do that. I think they will be aided by silence, not by public state ments.” Vol. 105 No. 224 your County Commissioner. It is a job I have enjoyed more than any of all my life,” the letter stated. “At this time I need to concentrate on regaining my health. Then, in the near future, I hope that I will be able to offer (for) office again.” The letter continues, “I have con sidered it a great honor to be one of your elected officials and just hope that I have pleased you.” In his letter to the governor, Childers said he had a deep feeling of regret for it had been a pleasure and privilege to work with the other commissioners, officers, and employees of Spalding County. “Because of ill health I am unable to devote the necessary time to perform the duties and fulfill the responsibilities of this office in the manner that I deem appropriate,” the letter stated. “For this reason, which is purely personal, I am compelled to resign. Accordingly, I herewith submit my resignation as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Spalding County, effective immediately upon your ac ceptance.” Leonard announced that upon ac ceptance of Childers’ letter by the governor, a special election will be held Nov. 8 to fill his position. Retire at 65? well maybe not ATLANTA (AP)’— The standard retirement age of 65 for American workers will be a thing of the past in the near future, according to an official of the Social Security Administration. Haeworth Robertson, an actuary who makes estimates for Social Security financing bases, says workers under 40 may find when they are 65 that retire ment is still five to 10 years away. He attributes the predicted change to improved health and life expectancy. “People working longer will be a natural consequence of our shift in population,” said Robertson, who was in Atlanta for a Social Security regional forum which concluded Tuesday. “It should not be up to the govern ment to mandate this,” he said. “I would say our market economy will simply make the jobs available.” But even with the increased number of people working, Robertson said Americans will have to face increases in Social Security taxes. Weather FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA - Fair and mild tonight with low in the low 60s. Partly cloudy Thursday with high in low 80s. LOCAL WEATHER - Low this morning at the Spalding Forestry unit 64, high Tuesday 86. The successor will complete Childers’ unexpired time. Childers was nearly half through a six-year term. He took office in January, 1975. Leonard said all eligible voters in the county would be able to vote in the November 8 special election which will elect a commissioner at large. Upon acceptance of Childers’ letter by the governor, the Board of County Commissioners will declare a vacancy and plans will be made with Probate Judge John Snider for setting up the election. Until that time the board will con tinue with business as usual. Under county rules the two remaining members, Chairman P. W. Hamil and Frank Thomas, will constitute a quorum. Reward for pig WAUCHULA, Fla. (AP) - Jean Burton is offering a SIOO reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thief who kidnaped her 5- month-old, 150-pound hog named Little Pig. Mrs. Burton said she had raised the white-banded, red boar hog on a baby bottle since April. Social Security payments in 1977 are estimated at $87.7 billion and income is estimated at $82.1 billion, he said, adding that larger deficits have been projected for the next 75 years. Robertson said trust funds of s4l billion have been set aside to meet the deficits but they will be gone by 1983 if taxes are not increased. iJL ‘‘Some folks seem to talk simply to avoid thinking.”
