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Chart of city, county and bond election results on page 2. What now? Opinion divided Opinion was divided today on what should be done in the wake of the bond issue defeat Tuesday. Supt. D. B. Christie said he thought it would be a waste of time and effort to try to have another bond referendum soon. Mrs. Jean Boggs of Education 77 said petitions already are being circulated for the school board to call for another vote as soon as possible and as often as possible. Airlines Pilot Ivan Taylor, one of the few people who was willing to oppose the bond issue publicly, said the referendum was a “bad issue at a bad time.” He emphasized again he was for quality education but said he thought there were other ways to accomplish it. As to those who want another vote right away, Taylor suggested that a school board recall vote be put on the same ballot with a bond issue. School Board Chairman Henry Walker was at a loss to say what could be done in the wake of the bond issue defeat. “We’ll have to do the best we can with what we have,” Walker said. Somehow the community is going to have to get a new high school, he said. Christie issued this statement this morning: “I would like to express my ap preciation to the citizens of Spalding County for their interest shown in the bond issue. Naturally, I am disap pointed it did not pass, however, the people have spoken and I deem it un wise to pursue the matter at this time. Most of us have spent many hours in recent months attempting to answer all the questions and concerns of the people. But it is time to devote all of our energy toward the improvement of education in this system.” Christie said the effort to improve the education was a continuing one. It was going on before the bond issue and it will continue, he pointed out. He said ultimately the community would have to pass a school bond issue. Walker expressed concern that the system might lose some of its best teachers. He said some were waiting for the results of the vote before deciding what to do about their own careers. Christie suggested it might be possible to add some classrooms at Jackson Road Elementary. But he said the critical area where relief is needed the most is in the Beaverbrook, Orrs and Atkinson schools. He said it might be possible to add some classrooms on the Beaverbrook campus but additional sewerage lines would be needed. He said about all that can be done at Orrs has been accomplished. He pointed out that some mobile classrooms are at Atkinson which he said the state didn’t recognize as classrooms as far as standards go. Taylor said he didn’t think the series of ads opposing the bond issue last week was a deciding factor. He said the opposition already was there and that the outcome would have been the same. Taylor said that school board now has an opportunity to get a handle on the situation and do something about needs and not to rely on Education 77 or similar groups which he said didn’t have an open mind in the first place. Orchard Hill voters elect J.D. Goggins J. D. Goggins is the new Orchard Hill city councilman. He polled 18 votes, four more than his opponent, Mrs. Patricia Chambers, who took 14. Only six of the city’s 38 registered voters failed to turn out in yesterday’s election. GRIFFIN Daily Since 1872 * wife iß—wgg— fl| n Mfl jr sb i <1 —IKK' ’ w— fl—■. —■■■■■ —bbßt 4 r *9 JMk T*-—dßr m — ' El Jr iißlb-ra I r fa— Tim Moore and other students at Griffin High went about their school work on schedule this morning. People ••• and things Man dating check Nov. 7 and com menting, “Why, it’s Pearl Harbor Day” which actually is a month away. Sofa, tables, chairs, other household goods on back of pickup truck with set of drums on top, moving slowly along darkened city street. Large Halloween pumpkin still on Griffin house. Sa “Old age, like bad breath, is something you notice only on others.” Carter didn’t sway many votes WASHINGTON (AP) - President Carter probably swayed few votes in Congress with his bid for public support for his energy plan, administration supporters and critics agree. Key lawmakers of both parties said the problems of reconciling the vastly different energy bills passed by the House and Senate remain, despite Carter’s statement Tuesday night that he would not sign a final compromise bill failing his tests for fairness and energy conservation. Carter has threatened before to veto an unacceptable energy bill, and a White House spokesman confirmed after Carter’s speech that the president was standing by those threats. Democratic congressional leaders praised Carter for his address to the nation, but generally doubted his Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday Afternoon, November 9,1977 Busbee wants more money CLAYTON, Ga. (AP) — Gov. George Busbee said today he will ask the legislature next year to raise spending in the current budget by SSO million to S6O million, but he added that none of the money will go for continuing programs. Busbee did not detail the items he plans to recommend for funding, saying only that the money should go for “one shot capital outlay type items” that would not require funding year after year. The comments came in a prepared text of Busbee’s remarks to a group of businessmen here on the first stop of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s annual prelegislative forum. Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., was the other featured speaker on the tour. Both men face re-election next year. Busbee said he is encouraged by the performance of the Georgia economy and plans to raise his estimate of available revenues for the current state budget by $25 million to S3O million when the legislature convenes in January. He said that means the state will end speech would make the battle, now raging in House-Senate conference committees, any easier. And Republicans accused Carter of trying to turn the nation’s energy crisis into a partisan issue. They said his talk could even hurt his position in Congress. “He didn’t have a program to begin with,’’ complained House Republican Leader John Rhodes of Arizona. “He still doesn’t have one, and he’s trying to convince the American people he does.” “He’s trying to solve the problem on a partisan basis,” added Assistant Senate Republican Leader Ted Stevens of Alaska. “That’s a strange way to approach a difficult problem.” In an essentially low-key defense of his energy plan, Carter urged Congress the current fiscal year with an unap propriated surplus of more than SIOO million, when combined with the sur plus from the 1977 fiscal year which ended last July. However, Busbee warned it would be unwise to use the SIOO million for new programs in the next fiscal year because economists warn that the growth rate of Georgia’s economy will slacken over the next several years. Busbee said his proposal to use about half of the surplus on non-recurring items during the current fiscal year will avoid laying the groundwork for a tax increase in future years. The governor said the expected slowdown in the economy makes it crucial for state officials to avoid spending money on frivolous programs during the next several years. He said state departments have asked him for budget increases ex ceeding S6OO million and a total of -nearly 3,500 new employees for next year. “Both requests are exorbitant and I am now in the process of whittling them • down to match our anticipated in- to “resist pressures from a few for special favors at the expense of the rest of us." And he invited Americans to help persuade Congress to pass his energy plan — one which he said promotes energy conservation while being fair to both consumers and producers and protecting the federal budget. Carter said he would use those standards to judge the final legislation produced by Congress. “I will sign the energy bills only if they meet these tests,” he declared. That statement apparently surprised few members of Congress. “I would not expect him to sign a bill he thought was unfair and didn’t con serve energy,” said Sen. Bennett John ston, D-La. “I don’t think Congress would pass a bill that failed to meet Vol. 105 No. 265 come,” the governor said. Busbee said that although education is his No. 1 priority, massive problems remain. He said too many children are failing to learn basic skills and more emphasis on teaching basics must be applied. He said the state must take another stride forward in building a statewide kindergarten system and in improving remedial education programs. He said he will recommend additional education funds next year, but he added that they must be used more imagina tively. Butts County defeats bond issue Voters in Butts County defeated a $3.3 million school bond issue for im provements to the county’s high school and junior high. A total of 1,694 people voted against the bond issue, while 1,125 voted for it. those standards.” Sen Henry M. Jackson, D-Wash., chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, said the president “is telling it like it is. There are no easy choices in energy policy.” But Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, D- Ohio, an administration ally, said it is “very doubtful in my mind” whether the talk would have the effect Carter intended. And Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, said it would take “an extraordinary feat in gymnastics” to bring the con ferees to agreement. A second conference unit was to begin work today on tax aspects of the energy package. Meanwhile, the first con ference panel, which has been meeting now for three weeks, continued work on non-tax parts of the plan. Weather FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA - Showers and few thundershowers likely tonight with lows in the lower 50s. Thursday cooler with chance of showers and high in the mid 60s. LOCAL WEATHER - Low this morning at the Spalding Forestry Unit 52, high Tuesday 75. Tiggy Jones, Manolis in runoff R. L. (Skeeter) Norsworthy easily won reelection over his two opponents for the Fourth Ward seat on the Griffin City Commission in Tuesday’s voting. Even though First Ward Incumbent Ernest H. (Tiggy) Jones got the highest number of votes, he failed to get a majority and will face Mrs. Charlotte Manolis in the Nov. 29 runoff. Os the 3,806 votes cast in the First Ward election, Jones took 1,701, followed by Mrs. Manolis with 1,133 and Emmitt B. Cone with 971. There was one write-in vote among the absentee ballots for Jack Langford, Jr. He would not be eligible as he is not a registered voter in the city, according to John Dallas, superintendent of elections. Langford is a superior court judge in Atlanta, son of the late Jack Langford and Mrs. Virginia Langford, of Griffin. Jones led both opponents in all precincts except Orrs East where Mrs. Manolis led with seven votes, 184-177. Norsworthy, with 2,130, took 54 percent of the 3,926 votes cast in the Fourth Ward race. Sid James Beeland, his nearest op ponent, followed with 1,238 and Bobby Dunn brought up the rear with 559. Norsworthy led in all eight precincts. There were 69 absentee votes counted. Os the 74 issued, three were not returned and two were voided because the people who had them returned to the city to vote in person. Absentee ballots for the Nov. 29 runoff already have been ordered and should be ready for distribution by Monday, according to Mrs. Frances Bolton, absentee ballot clerk. Goolsby faces Elder in runoff Businessman Jimmy Goolsby and David Elder, an ex-county com missioner, will be in a runoff for a seat on the Board of County Commissioners on Nov. 29. Goolsby polled the most votes in Tuesday’s 6-man county commissioner race but did not receive a majority. David Elder finished second in voting and will be in the runoff with Goolsby. Goolsby led the field with 3,667 votes. Elder ran second with 2,921. Thomas Bearden was third with 491, Bob Gilreath received 405, Al Norris 234 and Frank Gunnels 187. ■HH JH Visits J. D. (Dan) Reed, Rotary District Governor, is in Griffin to make an of ficial visit to the Griffin Clnb. He will talk to the club at its Thursday noon meeting. Today he met with President Otis Blake, Jr., and Secretary Jerry Walker to discuss the local club’s programs.