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15-year-old convicted MIAMI (AP) — Ronny Za mora faces at least 25 years in prison for killing an 83-year-old woman. But the 15-year-old boy’s attorney still contends his defense of “television insanity” blazed a frontier in American law. After two hours of deliber ation, the jury of nine men and three women returned to the courtroom and to the glare of television lights late Thursday, just before midnight, to pro- NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SPALDING COUNTY, GEORGIA: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the Bth day of November, 1977, an election will be held in Spalding County, Georgia, at which time there will be submitted to the qualified voters of said County for their determination the question of whether or not bonds shall be issued by Griffin-Spalding County School System in the following amounts for each of the following purposes: $5,955,000 Griffin-Spalding County School Bonds for the purpose of providing funds in part to build and equip a new high school and other buildings and appurtenances useful and necessary thereto; for acquiring the property useful and necessary therefor; and, to the extent that funds are available, to otherwise acquire, construct and equip additional school facilities and to improve existing facilities of the Griffin-Soalding County School System and to acquire the property useful and necessary therefor. $1,000,000 Griffin-Spalding County School Bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and equipping an athletic stadium and facilities for the Griffin-Spaiding County School System and for acquiring the property useful and necessary therefor. $160,000 Griffin-Spalding County School Bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and equipping a central food storage and cooler/freezer facility for the Griffin- Spalding County School System and acquiring the property useful and necessary therefor. The bonds of each of said issues shall be dated January 1, 1978, shall be in the denomination of $5,000 each, shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed six and one-half per centum (6 1/2%) per annum, interest payable semiannually on the Ist days of January and July in each year, and the principal of each of said bond issues shall mature on the Ist day of July, as follows: SCHOOL BONDS FOR A HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEM ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS: Year Amount Year Amount 1979 $ 15,000 1992 $215,000 1980 25,000 1993 230,000 1981 105,000 1994 245,000 1982 115,000 1995 260,000 1983 120,000 1996 280,000 1984 130,000 1997 295,000 1985 135,000 1998 315,000 1986 150,000 1999 425,000 1987 155,000 2000 455,000 1988 170,000 2001 485,000 1989 175,000 2002 515,000 1990 190,000 2003 550,000 1991 200,000 SCHOOL BONDS FOR AN ATHLETIC STADIUM AND FACILITIES: Year Amount Year Amount 1979 $25,000 1989 $50,000 1980 25,000 1990 50,000 1981 30,000 1991 55,000 1982 30,000 1992 60,000 1983 35,000 1993 60,000 1984 35,000 1994 65,000 1985 40,000 1995 70,000 1986 40,000 1996 75,000 1987 45,000 1997 80,000 1988 45,000 1998 85,000 SCHOOL BONDS FOR A CENTRAL FOOD STORAGE AND COOLER/FREEZER FACILITY: Year Amount 1979 SBO,OOO * 1980 80,000 The principal of and the interest on said bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at a bank or banks which will be designated prior to the issuance of said bonds. The ballots to be used at said election shall have written or printed thereon substantially the following questions: YES ( ) "SHALL SCHOOL BONDS FOR A HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEM ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,955,000 BE ISSUED BY THE GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY SCHOOL NO ( ) SYSTEM?" YES ( ) "SHALL SCHOOL BONDS FOR AN ATHLETIC STADIUM AND FACILITIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000,000 BE ISSUED BY THE NO ( ) GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM?" YES ( ) "SHALL SCHOOL BONDS FOR A CENTRAL FOOD STORAGE AND COOLER/FREEZER FACILITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $160,000 BE ISSUED BY THE GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY SCHOOL NO ( ) SYSTEM?" The several places for holding said election shall be at the regular and established election districts of Spalding County, Georgia, and the polls will be open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., on the day fixed for the election. Those qualified to vote at said election shall be determined in all respects in accordance with the Georgia Election Code. This notice is given pursuant to a resolution of the Griffin-Spalding County Board of Education adopted on the 30th day of September, 1977. GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION By: /s/ J. Henry Walker, 111 ■ Chairman Attest: /s/ D. B. Christie Secretary-Treasurer Jury rejects ‘television insanity’ defense nounce Zamora guilty of first degree murder. A minimum sentence of 25 years in jail was established at the outset when the prosecution said it would not seek the death penalty. “It’s very unfortunate that the jury is sending this very young boy to a state penitentary where he will become a target of horrible offenses,” said defense attorney Ellis Rubin. “The appellate court should hear and consider this case be cause I think the issue present ed will forge a new frontier in American jurisprudence,” Ru bin said in announcing that he will appeal the verdict. Zamora, a slender junior high* school student, appeared pale and shaken as he heard an as sistant court clerk read the jury’s decisions. He was also found guilty of burglary, armed robbery and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony. Circuit Judge Paul Baker set sentenc ing for lsov. 7. “She’s lost her child,” said Rubin as he led Yolanda Za mora, the boy’s mother, from the courtroom. “It’s time to go home." The 52-year-old attorney at tracted national attention by pleading Zamora innocent by reason of “involuntary tele vision intoxication.” At one point, Rubin subpoe- Hl. q| R& z ■ fl - g fl Ronnie Zamora, 15, bows his head as a verdict of guilty is read by a court clerk near midnight Thursday. Standing beside him (r) is his defense attorney Ellis Rubin who had argued the boy was driven to murder by “TV intoxication”. (AP) Stoner seeking hearing ATLANTA (AP) - An attor ney for Marietta, Ga., white su premacist J.B. Stoner has asked Gov. George Busbee for a formal hearing on Alabama’s request to extradite Stoner to face charges in connection with a 1958 church bombing. Busbee press aide Duane Ri ner said the request came from attorney L.S. Cobb in reaction to the extradition request signed this week by Alabama Gov. George Wallace. The extradition request hasn’t reached Busbee’s office, Riner said, but he noted that Busbee had said he would order a hearing on the matter if Sto ner requested one. Stoner has denied having anything to do with the bomb ing. Busbee is out of the country on an industry-hunting trip, but Riner said a hearing could be conducted in his absence and a recommendation from legal aides might be on the gover nor’s desk when he returns. Stoner was indicted recently in connection with the bombing of the Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham. No one was hurt at the church, which was a cen ter of civil rights activities at the time. t PIANOS I ft Kohler & Campbell 9 Now In Stock. Spinets, o Consoles. 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The Thursday resentencing of John Wallace Eberhart, 24, was in line with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling banning capital punishment for most crimes in which the victim is not killed. Eberhart also has been sen- NAUTILUS FITNESS CENTER East Mclntosh Road — Across from Northgate 227-7808 Total Fitness Program For Men And Women Build Up Or Trim Down fl BKsk I Women's Days Monday-Wednesday-Friday 10 a.m. til 8 p.m. Men's Days Tuesday-Thursday 2 p.m. til 8 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. til 2 p.m. tenced to 20 years in prison for simple kidnaping, a charge stemming from the same case. The sentences will run con secutively. John Wesley Hooks Jr. also was sentenced to death in the case, but he was not resen tenced Thursday, because his attorney was not present. A third person found guilty in the case was originally sentenced to life in prison.
