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• ■ 'V i& : '' :>:? - k 'B <Bk •** Electrician removes tin flashing from wires. HKLa ■■MSB k 3/v st •■- 'Ji a i I*w .< : - ”wß| 1 wtwl -▼ I OBmE H ' ; * 7 i I II fl H I ’ ■ S’ i> s ; - Mik // ■ /dfi* " H-MS ■'*' t ‘ M g ■ T W •'’wW jr, -* Visitors commend special education Special education needs in the Griffin-Spalding County School System were pinpointed Wednesday afternoon for a fact-finding group who will seek additional funding from the General Assembly to meet the needs. The group consisting of members of a Governor’s Committee and Sub committee on Special Education, the State Department of Education and the Georgia Education Improvement Council toured special education facilities in the system. Mrs. Margie Britt was spokesman for the group and said the needs pinpointed in the Griffin-Spalding System and those in other systems visited by the committee, subcommittee and others would be evaluated. The evaluations will be presented to the General Assembly for possible action at the 1978 session which begins in January. Clyde Poole, a member of the sub committee and Superintendent of Emmanuel County Schools, praised the dedication of the special education teachers here. He said their work had DAI NEWS Daily Since 1872 Cindy Jimmerson placed in ambulance. been a contributing factor to the suc cess of the special education program in the Griffin-Spalding County School System. Griffin-Spalding Supt. D. B. Christie said additional facilities were needed. Special education instructors attending the meeting agreed. Assistant Supt. Tommy Jones asked the committee to request capital outlay funds for buildings and materials for special education programs. Poole said in the past the capital outlay funds had been parceled on a basis of population increase or con solidation. “Some areas have consolidated as much as possible and other areas are not experiencing growth. This does not mean they do not need capital outlay funds,” he said. Christie said the Griffin-Spalding County School System is providing educational opportunities to every child possible. (Continued on page 3.) GRIFFIN Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday Afternoon, September 22, 1977 Roof mishap kills man Mark David Cams, 23, of 224 West Central avenue, was killed Wednesday when a piece of tin he was holding touched an electric power line at O’Kelley’s Furniture Store on Experiment street. Cindy Jimmerson, 18, of Milner, a friend who was helping, suffered bums about the feet and hands and cuts and bruises to her head. Police said Cams was employed by his father, owner of Cams Roofing Co., and was putting metal facings on the roof when the metal touched a power line with 7,200 volts of electricity, knocking Cams 25 feet to the pavement below. His neck was broken in the fall and apparently he died instantly, they said. Miss Jimmerson was standing on a section about 12 feet from the ground and also was thrown to the pavement below. She was taken to the Griffin- Spalding Hospital for treatment, then transferred to Northside Hospital in Atlanta where she was reported in good condition today. The accident happened at ap proximately 1:15 p.m. The roofing work was part of remodeling at the store. The Country Parson by F rank (lark JP) A wis iL “It’s hard to believe the steps of the ladder of success could be so close together — and so far apart coming down.” People ••• and things Panic stricken housewife finding she had used starch instead of hairspray on her head. Sale sign upside down in store win dow. Workers giving shrubbery fall trim at downtown building. Search begins for OMB boss By RICHARD E. MEYER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - President Carter is trying to replace a man he says is irreplaceable. Stunned by the resignation of longtime friend Bert Lance as his budget director, Carter began the search today for a successor. “There will be an orderly transition,” the president told a news conference Wednesday when he announced Lan ce’s resignation. “I will decide beginning after today on who a suc cessor might be.” Among names that quickly surfaced were: —James T. Mclntyre Jr., director of Georgia’s budget office in 1972 while Carter was governor and now deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, which Lance had headed. —Robert Strauss, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and now the U.S. ambassador for trade negotiations. —Alice Rivlin, director of the Congressional Budget Office. —Hale Champion, former California finance director and now an official at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Carter said the task of finding a new budget director won’t be easy. “I don’t think there is any way that I could find anyone to replace Bert Lance that would be, in my judgment, as com petent, as strong, as decent and as close to me as a friend and adviser as he has been,” the President said. “Obviously, the government will continue,” Carter declared, “and I hope to do a good job as President, and I am sure a successor will be adequate. “But there has been a special relationship between me and Bert Lance that transcended official responsibilities or duties or even governmental service of the last six or seven years. “So he has occupied a special place in my governmental career, in my political career, and in my personal life. I don’t think there is any way anyone could replace him now.” Carter hinted that he might have an additional problem because of the controversy that finally forced Lance to resign. Asked if the Lance affair had damaged his own credibility with the American people, the President replied: “I can’t say. I’d guess to some extent.” In a letter to “My Dear Mr. President,” Lance quit “because of the amount of controversy and the con tinuing nature of it” surrounding his Heroic Scout to get medal A Griffin Eagle Scout will receive the coveted Honor Medal of the Boy Scouts of America for helping rescue an in jured and unconscious man from his blazing apartment last June and then giving him first aid. William T. Scott IV, 17, of 532 South Hill street, a member of Troop 77 chartered to the Southside Community Fellowship, will receive the medal and accompanying citation Sunday at St. George’s Episcopal Church. The National Court of Honor of the Boy Scouts of America cited Scott’s “coolheaded action” which saved a life “and reflected the highest credit upon him and his Scout training.” Scott, a junior at Woodward Academy, College Park, Ga., had just returned from a day at Camp Thunder and was relaxing in his Griffin home June 11 just before going to bed. He Vol. 105 No. 225 V President Carter became emotional at times during his press conference when he announced he had accepted the resignation of Bert Lance. At right Lance returns to his Georgetown home shortly before President Carter announced his resignation. personal financial affairs and his business dealings as the head of two Georgia banks. Lance’s business and banking practices have been under in vestigation for several weeks by the Senate Governmental Affairs Com mittee, Justice Department, Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Election Commission and Internal Revenue Service. They are looking into large over drafts at Lance’s First National Bank of Calhoun, Ga., by Lance, members of his family and the committee that ran his 1974 campaign for governor of Georgia; two multimillion-dollar personal loans at banks where his National Bank of Georgia had special accounts; his use of the same collateral for two loans at separate banks and allegations that he used bank-owned aircraft for his personal and political travel. In three days of testimony last week before the Senate committee, Lance said he might have made some mis takes but declared that his conscience las clear of any wrongdoing. He said the same to Carter. “It was, and is, important that my spotted a fire in a 4 apartment dwelling across the street. He immediately called the fire department and then raced to the house. He learned that at least one man was still in the fire area. Joined by Pike County Deputy Donald Buffington who had been passing in his car, Scott ran upstairs. Braving intense heat, Buffington and young Scott found Gary Cleveland, 60, lying unconscious and injured in a hallway. Together they carried him outside to safety and went back to make sure no one else was in the flaming building. Scout officials say Scott, pending arrival of an ambulance, then assisted Cleveland in breathing while firemen fought the blaze at 515 South Hill street. He also gave first aid for a facial laceration. The Honor Medal of the Boy Scouts of Weather FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA — Fair and cool tonight with lows around 60. Fair and mild Friday with highs in mid 80s. LOCAL WEATHER - Low this morning at Spalding Forestry Unit 55, high Wednesday 84. 'Sr u ' * W - $ name and reputation be cleared, for me, my wife, my children, my grand children and those who have trust and faith in me. And I believe that this has been done,” Lance wrote in his resignation. “As I said at the Senate hearings, my conscience is clear.” As Carter read Lance’s letter to reporters on national radio and television, he stumbled on the word “resignation.” An aide said the president was as close to tears as he has been since his wet-eyed victory statement the mor ning after his election last November. “Bert Lance is my friend,” Carter said. “I know him personally as well as if he was my own brother.” Question after question at the news conference was about Lance. Carter cast his eyes down from time to time, tightened his Ups and responded to the questions, one by one. After 34 minutes, he ended the news conference himself, without waiting for the senior news service correspondent to say, “Thank you, Mr. President.” (Continued on page 2) William Scott IV America is awarded to youth or adult members of the organization who have “demonstrated unusual heroism in saving or attempting to save life at the risk of their own.” Only 27 such awards were granted throughout the country during 1976.
