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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 ■ ... - ■■ - eL, * * I|s r*F*-*'j*<\'' _*, H Jgg« ■. -llk 11 I f ■MnRr^HHFwwMHIyW r ieiK 'fW s Ha ■ *3BBB J b J * -IB W 3KKKt\S Im • fl Bi . imBB. jBBHF 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 Vol. 105 NO. 261 „ 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. ISt -S - ‘ - BMkXil 41111 f l&a ;ilB Bi a I jbbBBHh««'WvMBSB Hd si boss i OHbbkHEI 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 Iff fl “You can’t stop folks from criticizing you — but you can make them appear silly for doing IL”