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Bond Q & A: there’ll be three questions on ballot
Editor’s Note: This is the final in a
series of questions and answers about
the bond issues to be voted on next
Tuesday. Education ’77 secured the
questions and prepared the answers:
Q. It is my understanding there are
three separate questions on the ballot to
be voted upon. Please give details of
what each question will include.
A. The school bond ballot contains
three separate questions which must be
voted upon separately. The first
question on the ballot, if approved,
“Shall School Bonds For A High School
And Other School System Additions
Candidates answer league questions on pages 6,7
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They’re
back
Busbee makes safety talk
today after his accident
ATLANTA (AP) - Gov. George
Busbee, who escaped injury Thursday
when the state patrol car in which he
was riding overturned in south Georgia,
w-s back at work tedayn saying he felt
fine.
And one of his first chores was to
address the Governor’s Conference on
Safety, where he told the volunteer
group that “accidents are a social prob
lem. They cross all social lines. They
are found in all stations of life.”
The governor and Agriculture
Commissioner Tommy Irvin, along
with several aides, were riding in a
state patrol car to the airport in
Camilla shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday
when the vehicle apparently struck lose
rock or dirt on the road, slid into a ditch
Solons warn
about surplus
ATLANTA (AP) - Spending
Georgia’s anticipated SIOO million
budget surplus for fiscal 1978 on con
tinuing programs will simply increase
the cost of government in coming
years, two influential state legislators
have warned.
Rep. Joe Frank Harris, D-
Cartersville, and Sen. Paul Broun, D-
Athens, said the money should be used
to pay for one-time-only expenditures,
such as construction projects that
otherwise would have to be funded by
bond issues.
Harris is chairman of House
Appropriations Committee and Broun
chairs the equivalent Senate com
mittee.
And Improvements In The Amount Os
$5,955,000 Be Issued By The Griffin-
Spalding County System,” would
result in the following:
A. A new high school constructed on
the Newnan Highway, between Carver
Road and Pinehill Road, which would
include:
1. Instructional classroom and labs
2. Physical education facilities
Drives and parking spaces
ROTC facilities.
B. A new eighteen classroom
elementary school to be constructed on
Cowan Road, north of West Mclntosh
Road.
DAILY
Daily Since 1872
Movie Director Joe Rubin (left) coaches actors (Ir) Randy Herman, Dennis Quaid and Scott
Jacoby on their lines. The filming of “California Dreaming” moved back to Griffin Thur
sday. The crew used the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Segars on East College Street. The scene
here was shot in the kitchen of the home. (More pictures and stories page 13.)
, and rolled over on its top.
After extricating themselves, the
> group flew on to Albany to attend a
“roast” of presidential aide Hamilton
It Jordan, and then returned to Atlanta.
None of the group reported serious
( injuries, but there were assorted cuts
i and gashes.
Busbee received several scratches on
his hand, according to the governor’s
press secretary, Duane Riner.
In a text prepared for the safety
conference today, Busbee said, “We’ve
got a problem with accidents, but one
that is not insurmountable... People
i have accidents largely because they
don’t know any better, but they can be
. taught to avoid most of them.”
i He said accidents rob citizens “of the
fruits of their years of hard labor” and
create an enormous drain on such pro
grams as social security and welfare,
when the accidents leave widows and
small children without adequate re
sources.
i “No one is naive enough to believe
we’re going to cut out all accidents,”
I the governor said. “Where there are
humans, there will be accidents. But we
are being overtaken by their cost and
we must move vigorously to reduce
them or else pay a price we do not want
to pay.”
I Riner said the car was traveling the
speed limit at the time of the accident.
He blamed the accident on the driver’s
unfamiliarity with the twisting road.
Others in the car were State Patrol
Capt. Dennis Sutton, Busbee’s security
! chief; Tom Daniel, an administrative
assistant, and the state patrolman
driving the car.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday Afternoon, November 4,1977
C. Demolition of the old high school
building on the Griffin High School
campus and construction of a new P.E.
facility.
D. Renovation of the library at the
Spalding Jr. High Unit II campus.
If question number two is approved,
“Shall School Bonds For An Athletic
Stadium And Facilities In The Amount
Os $1,000,000 Be Issued By The Griffin-
Spalding County School System’’, the
Board of Education would construct, on
the proposed new high school campus, a
10,000 seat stadium at a cost of
$1,000,000 with all of the funds being
Minister
nominations
sought here
The Griffin Area Ministerial
Association is seeking nominations
from churches, groups and individuals
for the Minister of the Year Award.
All ministers serving in the area are
eligible, according to the Rev. Paul
McKinley, association president.
Nominations may be made in letter
form.
Nominations should include reasons
why a minister should be named for the
honor. Letters should be brief, but
thorough.
The deadline for nominations is Nov.
29. All letters should be addressed to:
Ministers, Box 91, Griffin, Georgia
30224.
Areas to consider in making
nominations are:
1. Pastoral care —a statement about
the minister’s fulfillment of the
spiritual needs of his congregation in
times of crisis and other times.
2. The preaching ministry —a
statement about the nominee’s ef
fectiveness in this area.
3. Religious education, Sunday
schools, Bible study.
4. Civic awareness and concern.
5. Cooperation with other church
groups.
6. Church building and building
improvement — What has the minister
done in leading his congregation to
greater efforts in this area?
derived from local taxes.
If question number three on the
ballot, “Shall School Bonds For A
Central Food Storage and Cooler-
Freezer Facility In The Amount Os
$160,000 Be Issued By The Griffin-
Spalding County School System”, is
approved, the Board of Education will
construct this facility on land, presently
owned by the Board of Education, just
east of the present school bus shop at a
cost of $160,000 with all funds being
derived from local taxes.
Q. How was the ten percent increase
in county taxes arrived at by the board
NEWS
Jobless rate inches up;
pressure on for tax cut
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation’s
unemployment rate edged up from 6.9
percent to 7 percent in October,
showing little change for the seventh
consecutive month, the government
reported today.
Unemployment has fluctuated bet
ween 6.9 percent and 7.1 percent since
April, and Labor Department analysts
said this shows the economy is not
growing fast enough to account for the
steady increase in the labor force.
The stagnation in the jobless figures
is expected to increase pressure on the
Carter administration for a tax cut and
new job-creating programs next year.
Nearly 6.9 million Americans
remained without jobs last month,
about 10,000 more than in September.
Most of the increase was among
black workers, whose jobless rate
climbed from 13.1 to 13.9 percent in
October. In contrast, the rate for white
workers has remained at 6.1 percent for
the past four months.
Over the past year, the Labor
Department said, the black rate has
shown no improvement, while
joblessness for whites has declined by
more than a full percentage point.
High unemployment among blacks
has sparked criticism of President
Carter from black leaders, who use the
figures to argue that the administration
should expand its efforts to help
minorities.
The Labor Department did report
some improvement last month in the
total number of Americans employed,
which rose by 135,000 to 91.2 million.
But the size of the labor force also grew
last month and since enough new jobs
were not produced to take care of the
new entries, unemployment also in
creased.
The unemployment rate had fallen
dramatically from its 1976 high of 8
percent last November as the economy
enjoyed a period of rapid growth before
slowing last spring.
In September, when the jobless rate
fell from 7.1 percent to 6.9 percent, the
White House cited the decline as
evidence that the economy was recov
ering from its spring-summer
slowdown. However, the October
figures appear to dispute that
assessment.
Contributing to the slight rise in
joblessness last month were layoffs
among steelworkers, whose jobs were
eliminated by import competition, and
strikes in the aircraft and automobile
parts industries, the Labor Department
said.
Helping to offset payroll declines last
month were a 45,000 increase in con
struction jobs and gains in some service
industries, such as insurance and real
estate.
Over the past year, total employment
has grown by 3.5 million while total
unemployment has fallen by about
600,000.
Most of the increase in employment
in the past 12 months has been among
adult women, whose ranks grew by 1.7
million. During that time, employment
of adult men rose by 1.4 million and
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of education?
A. The board of education, after
deciding to call for a bond referendum
on Nov. 8, engaged the Robinson-
Humphrey Company as its fiscal agent
who in turn provided us with the
amount of tax dollars needed annually
to retire this bonding indebtedness over
a twenty-five year period of time. These
figures, based upon the current tax
digest, reflect a 10.07 increase for an
individual who paid taxes in Spalding
County last year. For example, if a
taxpayer paid S3OO in county taxes last
year, he could expect to pay $30.21 mote
teen-agers by nearly 500,000.
The trend for women continued in
October as their jobless rate edged
down from 7 percent to 6.8 percent. The
rate among men aged 25 and older rose
from 3.9 to 4.4 percent, an eight-month
high.
The teen-age unemployment rate
declined from 18.1 percent to 17.3
percent last month.
On a bright note, the Labor Depart
ment said the average work week grew
by 0.1 percent last month, the first
increase in four months.
The increase in the work week helped
contribute to a slight rise in earnings
among production workers.
The government said average hourly
earnings rose five cents to $5.41, which
was 43 cents above the October 1976
level. Average weekly earnings rose
$1.27 over the month to $195.30 and were
up $15.02 over the year.
People
...and things
New shirts for women duputies
arriving at sheriff’s office with sleeves
too tight, even for the smallest arms.
Local plumber asking city building
inspector for instructions on plumbing
for the handicapped.
Huge glass terrarium with one tiny
opening in courthouse probate office.
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Damage check
Light and Water Superintendent Clifford Hudson (1) and John Jones inspect
damaged equipment at the North Sixth Street complex. They’re looking at a
damaged regulator. An energized switch bounced against it and the damage
marks made it appear to have been hit by rifle shots. This was not the case,
Hudson said. The downtown outage Thursday lasted a flicker or two but the
North side of the community which Georgia Power serves was without power
for a longer time.
in taxes for the retirement of these
school bonds. These projections are
maximums and if the tax digest in
creases, as it has in the past, the cost to
the individual taxpayer for retirement
of these bonds will decrease.
Q. What would happen if the bond
referendum fails?
A. If the referendum in November
does not pass, we will continue to
operate in our existing facilities as we
are presently doing and we will con
tinue to teach in overcrowded and
inadequate classrooms and
laboratories.
Weather
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA -
Periods of rain and thundershowers
through Saturday. Low tonight near 60,
high Saturday near 70.
LOCAL WEATHER — Low this
morning at Spalding Forestry Unit 62,
high Thursday 67, rainfall .10 of an inch.
They need
your help
with leaves
Alvin Waller, superintendent of the
Griffin Sanitary Department, today
asked the help of Griffinites in
gathering leaves.
He asked that they be placed in a pile
separate from other debris. Small
limbs, bottles, soft drink cans and other
such items never should be added to
piles of leaves, he said. Such things
slow down collecting procedures and
cause delays in picking them up.
If people will follow these steps,
service will be improved, Waller said.
The Country Parson
by Frank Clark
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“You can’t stop folks from
criticizing you — but you can
make them appear silly for
doing IL”