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—Griffin Daily News Saturday, October 15, 1977
DeKalb rehires
overweight workers
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) -
Three DeKalb County workers
fired recently for being over
weight were rehired Friday
when the county commission
changed its mind. Then the
commission changed its mind
again.
As it stands now, the com
missioners will meet again next
Tuesday “at which time we will
decide if they should go back to
work,” said Commission Chair
man Walt Russell.
Commissioner Brince Man
ning said at a meeting earlier in
the week that “it hardly seems
fair to put someone to work and
then give them a physical and
fire them.”
The commission apparently
agreed and rehired the trio, but
then rescinded that action when
it learned the three might not be
covered by the county’s in
surance because they are over
weight.
“It’s up to the medical people,
but I say that if they do not meet
the medical requirements they
should not be rehired,” Russell
said.
New county employes are re
quired to take physical exams
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before they were given
physicals.
One works as a receptionist,
one as a truck driver and a third
at clearing debris. All weigh 240
pounds or more.
Marines
indicted
in slaying
EATONTON, Ga. (AP) -
Three Marines from Camp Le-
Jeune, N.C., have been indicted
for murder in the Sept. 29 slay
ing of an Eatonton man during
an apparent robbery attempt.
A Putnam County grand jury
returned murder and attempted
armed robbery indictments
Friday against David L.
Coulter, 19; William S.
Conlogue, 22; and Tony B.
Amadeo, 19 or 20.
Investigators said J.D. Turk,
62, of Eatonton was fatally shot
with a .22-callber pistol during
an attempted robbery on a Put
nam County roadside.
Authorities said the three Ma
rines, who are being held in
Georgia jails, also have been
named in murder warrants for
an Alabama slaying Sept. 28.
Officials said the three have
been charged with murder and
robbery in the death of George
Morris, 67, who was robbed and
shot at his store near Cherokee,
Ala.
Sun may set
on Franchise
Commission
ATLANTA (AP) - It may al
ready be time for the sun to set
on a three-year-old state agency
that is supposed to regulate auto
dealers and manufacturers in
Georgia, says a report from the
state auditor’s office.
The still-youthful Georgia
Franchise Practices Commis
sion isn’t accomplishing much,
concludes the auditor’s report,
which says bluntly: “The effec
tiveness and need of the com
mission cannot be verified.”
The report, released Friday,
was ordered by the legislature
as part of its review of state
agencies and boards under the
“sunset law” passed earlier this
year. Under that law, agencies
that can’t prove their worth are
to be dismantled.
The Franchise Practices
Commission was created in 1974
to regulate and license persons
who manufacture, distribute or
sell new motor vehicles, farm
machinery and construction
equipment.
But the audit report concludes
that “the commission has not in
the past acted on its own motion
regarding suspected or known
violations over which it has
jurisdiction.”
The report also alleged that
the commission allows some
motor vehicle manufacturers to
operate in Georgia without li
censes and that “a review of 80
files revealed that 43 percent of
the applications submitted did
not list with whom they had
franchises as required by the
act creating the commission.”
Oax
Having fun
Billy Carter, the President’s brother, holds a cigarette
and shares a laugh with George Lindsey, center,
backstage at a taping of the television show “Hee Haw.”
Carter was a guest on the show which will be aired later.
(AP)
Dear Abby
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Handy checklist for
diagnosing alcoholics
By Abigail Van Buren
1977 by The Chicago Tribune N Y News Synd Inc
DEAR ABBY: I am not sure, but I think someone in my
family is an alcoholic. He says he can take it or leave it
alone, but he always seems to be “taking it.” It has me
worried. How can I be sure?
WORRIED
DEAR WORRIED: The American Medical Associa
tion has devised the following list of questions that they
say are useful in diagnosing alcoholism. An affirmative
reply to one makes a person suspect, while an affirmative
reply to two “definitely" classifies a person as a problem
drinker:
1. Does the subject drink to calm his nerves or to
sedate himself?
2. Does he becomes increasingly irritable while
drinking?
3. Does he frequently drink until he becomes quite
drunk?
4. Does he drink a steadily increasing amount of
alcohol?
5. Does he hide his source of alcohol?
6. Does he lie about his drinking?
7. Does he take a drink first thing in the morning?
8. Does he miss work or shirk his duties because of
drinking?
9. Does he neglect his family?
10. Does he experience periods of blackout or amnesia?
11. Has he been hospitalized for drinking?
12. Has he lost his job because of drinking?
For 20 years I have recommended Alcoholics
Anonymous for those with a drinking problem. They're in
the telephone book, but you must call THEM and ask for
their help. Friends of families of alcoholics are welcome to
call ALANON (affiliated with A.A.) to learn how to cope
with an alcoholic. It’s free and could be the most valuable
call you’ve ever made.
DEAR ABBY: I had a shower in my home and served a
very nice lunch. One woman asked if I had an extra dessert
she could take home for her husband. I couldn’t very well
have said no, so I said yes. Then two more women spoke up
and asked if they could take home “a treat” for then
husbands, so I was stuck again. That cleaned me out of
dessert.
One invited guest came late due to working, and there
was no dessert for her. And, of course, my family got
nothing. Please print this.
I have never seen anything in your column about the
boldness of people who ASK if they can take home goodies
for their family.
BURNED UP
DEAR BURNED: You have NOW.
Hate to write letters? Send SI to Abigail Van Buren, 132
Laaky Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif. 90212, for Abby's booklet
“How to Write Letters for All Occasions.” Please enclose a
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Lockheed-Georgia
Union leader denies lack
of response to proposals
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - An
official of the local machinists
union, which plans a strike vote
Sunday, has denied a claim by
Lockheed-Georgia that union
leaders have rendered local ne
gotiators powerless to reach a
contract settlement with the
Marietta company.
“We’re attempting to nego-
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dent of Local 709 of the Inter
national Association of Machin
ists and Aerospace Workers,
said Friday.
“Any claim that we’re not
empowered to negotiate a con
tract is false,” he said.
Bowen’s comments came in
response to a statement by
Lockheed-Georgia which said
pressure from top union leaders
has led to “total lack of re
sponse by the union to the com
pany’s proposals.”
The 5,000-member local noti
fied the company Thursday that
it will terminate its contract
with Lockheed-Georgia at 12:01
a.m. Wednesday unless
agreement is reached by then.
Workers at the Marietta plant
— plus several hundred em
ployes at plants in Mississippi,
South Carolina and West Vir
ginia — voted to return to nego
tiations last week and stayed on
the job despite a strike by 14,500
other union members against
Lockheed in California.